Mark Mzyk April 26, 2009
Transparency Kills Apathy
- Clay Johnson
While Clay’s quote is in relation to government transparency, it applies to all aspects of life, including business. So often in business, management hides information from employees, when doing the opposite would be better.
Transparency allows everyone to see the inner workings and to invest themselves in the process. It makes all [...]
Management
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Mark Mzyk April 19, 2009
Earlier this year I posted various thoughts on updating my resume. While it’s been a while in coming, I’ve finished the updating process.
Here is my updated resume for 2009 (as a PDF).
There are large changes over my resume from 2007. There are even changes to what I had previous said I was going to use [...]
General
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Mark Mzyk April 12, 2009
A while back I wrote about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. In a serendipitous coincidence, NPR ran a story recently that directly relates to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Shakespeare Had Roses All Wrong. While the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis isn’t mentioned, it clearly is involved.
The story touches on languages and how gender in languages affects thinking. It is highlighted that [...]
Languages, Programming
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Mark Mzyk April 6, 2009
In my spare time I’ve been working on a small project called @getencouraged.
If you can’t guess by the name, it involves Twitter.
You can find it here: http://encourage.ruzuku.com/
The idea behind the project is that you can visit the website and get a stream of encouraging quotes whenever you want. You can also follow getencouraged on Twitter [...]
General, Programming
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