It's quite simple... you don't manage, you lead. Micromanaging your people is a crappy way to do business. You set the goal and let the people head towards it under your guidance. Let the results speak for themselves.
Tell your people what to do or tell them how to do it, but not both. If you have to do both, you're doing something wrong and probably shouldn't be in a leadership position anyways. This will teach your underlings some initiative and help them develop sound judgement. If someone doesn't know how to do what you tell them to do, let them come and ask. If they're afraid to come and ask, that's a whole different communication problem you're having.
I work from home 4 out of 5 days a week now because I get more done than I would at the office. We also have a person working from afar that nobody in the company has ever met in person, yet he is one of our 'secret weapon' employees and turns out some amazing designs.
The bossman checks on my progress all the time via email, phone, jabber, whatever. He checks on the overall state of his operations like this:
Yes, I offer Asterisk for _exactly_ this application. It's more or less a 'follow me' service so that you can work from wherever you want and have your extension forwarded to wherever you want. Once the workday is over, just turn off the forwarding and let everything roll to voicemail. The great thing with this is that you can then set the extensions however you want them: hunt groups, call center queue, etc. etc. You can even park the call and then contact a co-worker (we use Jabber) to dial into the system and pick up the parked call from wherever he or she may be at the time. From the caller's perspective, it's almost like they were transferred directly to the person down the hall from you. A little re-configuration and you have a conference call server... fire up some XML-RPC to your backend database and you have an IVR system... the list goes on and on.
Asterisk is much more flexible than working everything directly through the phone company, and can save a bundle on not having to pay for extra features at the Central Office level. After all, in some areas a channelized T1 with 24 trunks (think 12 in & 12 out) is cheaper than twelve centrex lines with all of the features. When you compare this over the long run, this savings, coupled with the lower hardware costs, can make a full featured phone system ROI _very_ quickly for the virtual office environment.
(Hints: Ask your phone company to let you colo the box so you don't have to pay the local loop charge for the T1. Also be sure to ask what it would cost to go ahead and split two of the 64k channels out for Internet access so you can administer it remotely without having to use a modem.)
Perhaps they can include, as a side project, a revamp of some of the transport layer protocols. How about something to replace SMTP with a protocol designed to help lessen the wide-spread proliferation of Spam? Perhaps we should all just switch to Jabber and get rid of that whole email thing.
This is true, but my customers don't RTFA. Therefore I use it to convince them to switch to something else, _anything_ else (preferably Mozilla mail). This saves me so many headaches.
<SNIP> From: [me] To: support@sco.com,sales@sco.com,legal@sco.com CC: webmaster@sco.com Subject: Code release
Due to recent court orders requiring SCO to provide information regarding release of code...
"SCO is to provide and identify with specificity the lines of code that SCO distributed to other parties. This is to include where applicable the conditions of release, to whom the code was released, the date and under what circumstances such code was released."
I'm writing to let you know that you released the following code to me:
Code: Linux 2.4 Kernel Source Conditions: GNU GPL Date: 2/11/2004 Circumstances: Public HTTP Server
Please be sure to include this in your filing and feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or concerns.
Thank you,
[me]
P.S. I went to www.sco.com to try and find the proper addressee for this message, but the site seemed to be down. I'd like to offer my consulting services for your global website deployment strategy needs to keep this from happening in the future. Let me know if you're interested. </SNIP>
How's that sound?
I actually downloaded the code last month after discussing the ramifications of the SCO fiaSCO with one of my customers. The solution we came up with is that once I downloaded the code and distributed my "derivative work" of said code to the customer, we were both covered and could no longer be the targets of any SCO lawsuit(s).
I was thinking more along the lines of via remote access w/ a portscanner and whatnot. I guess I'm just used to seeing Nessus run and taking friggin forever to scan a host over my cable modem (no... I don't break into the systems, I just scan them and sell the results;).
Holy smokes!! If it only took 45 seconds to crack it the last time around, I'd venture to say they overlooked a MAJOR security hole. This one has yet to be cracked; but if they overlooked a major one before, what are the chances that there are several obscure security vulnerabilites they overlooked this time?
Perhaps instead of a cheap state school, consider a cheap online school and look for a local integrator/VAR to bring you on board as a networking apprentice-type. You may even be able to find a local network helpdesk type position working under some PHB.
Nowadays it would be very much to your benefit to be a jack of both trades (programming and networking) and master of a few more. You may want to look into colleges that have good CS programs and then either tackle networking on the side (start w/ CCNA or something), or see if you can get a job working with the university's networking department. Best way to learn networking is hands-on anyways.
I laughed because many a day I end up working from home. On those days I usually end up waking up to a computer screen and a hot cup of coffeee. I work straight through and don't shower until the workday is done.
Given Gentoo's similarities to FreeBSD (i.e. provide the 'recipies' and compile from source), I've always wondered why the Gentoo project didn't use a BSD CVSup system (for the unwashed, the tree is updated using rsync). What are the technical advantages/disadvantages/differences between Portage and BSD's Ports?
Switch to something a little more open minded... like Nullsoft's Shoutcast. I listen to some pretty nice UK radio stations from across the pond with KDE's Noatun whilst I code thanks to Shoutcast. I don't see any reason why its not usable for radio broadcasts like Click & Clack.
Just do what I did. Join the Marines. Three months at Parris Island without caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol should do the trick. You'll get plenty of water to drink (albeit luke warm from a canteen), and the excercise will help keep your mind off of whatever it was you're supposed to be craving.
In all seriousness though, looking back I wish I hadn't gone out the morning after I returned from boot camp. I should have just stayed home with the family. Instead I went straight to the nearest 7-11 and nabbed a pack of smokes and a steaming hot cup of coffee. It was like pouring regular unleaded into a sports car! I was in the best shape of my life. All I had to do was stick with it, but nooooooooooo... had to have a smoke. Duh! That was twelve years ago and I'm still smoking. I did manage to drop caffeine for a few months (went cold turkey), but other than that brief period a few years ago, it's a pack a day and almost a pot of coffee a day (plus sodas at lunch and dinner).
Turn back now while you still have the chance. In the words of Monty Python in their quest for the Holy Grail, "Run Away!!! Run Away!!!".
Elementary, my dear Have Blue. In order for a turbine engine to work, you have to compress the air prior to combustion. It is impossible to compress air at the speed of sound. As such, the Harrier can go right up to the speed of sound (I think), but not beyond. If you look at supersonic planes, you'll see that the intakes have small flaps on them that actually slow down the air intake to allow combustion.
I doubt we'll see any supersonic helicopters any time soon. Harriers can't even go supersonic. It would be one hell of an engineering feet to build a rotary-to-fixed aircraft like the X-50 and work supersonic flight into it's capabilities.
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It's quite simple... you don't manage, you lead. Micromanaging your people is a crappy way to do business. You set the goal and let the people head towards it under your guidance. Let the results speak for themselves.
Tell your people what to do or tell them how to do it, but not both. If you have to do both, you're doing something wrong and probably shouldn't be in a leadership position anyways. This will teach your underlings some initiative and help them develop sound judgement. If someone doesn't know how to do what you tell them to do, let them come and ask. If they're afraid to come and ask, that's a whole different communication problem you're having.
I work from home 4 out of 5 days a week now because I get more done than I would at the office. We also have a person working from afar that nobody in the company has ever met in person, yet he is one of our 'secret weapon' employees and turns out some amazing designs.
The bossman checks on my progress all the time via email, phone, jabber, whatever. He checks on the overall state of his operations like this:
if ((grossReceipts > expenses + wages + taxes) && (projectFinishDate < projected)):
kickAss()
giveBonuses(everyone)
else:
kickEmployeesInTheAss()
Just in cased you missed it before: Micromanagers SUCK!!
Yes, I offer Asterisk for _exactly_ this application. It's more or less a 'follow me' service so that you can work from wherever you want and have your extension forwarded to wherever you want. Once the workday is over, just turn off the forwarding and let everything roll to voicemail. The great thing with this is that you can then set the extensions however you want them: hunt groups, call center queue, etc. etc. You can even park the call and then contact a co-worker (we use Jabber) to dial into the system and pick up the parked call from wherever he or she may be at the time. From the caller's perspective, it's almost like they were transferred directly to the person down the hall from you. A little re-configuration and you have a conference call server... fire up some XML-RPC to your backend database and you have an IVR system... the list goes on and on.
Asterisk is much more flexible than working everything directly through the phone company, and can save a bundle on not having to pay for extra features at the Central Office level. After all, in some areas a channelized T1 with 24 trunks (think 12 in & 12 out) is cheaper than twelve centrex lines with all of the features. When you compare this over the long run, this savings, coupled with the lower hardware costs, can make a full featured phone system ROI _very_ quickly for the virtual office environment.
(Hints: Ask your phone company to let you colo the box so you don't have to pay the local loop charge for the T1. Also be sure to ask what it would cost to go ahead and split two of the 64k channels out for Internet access so you can administer it remotely without having to use a modem.)
Perhaps they can include, as a side project, a revamp of some of the transport layer protocols. How about something to replace SMTP with a protocol designed to help lessen the wide-spread proliferation of Spam? Perhaps we should all just switch to Jabber and get rid of that whole email thing.
This is true, but my customers don't RTFA. Therefore I use it to convince them to switch to something else, _anything_ else (preferably Mozilla mail). This saves me so many headaches.
If this is for "Next Generation", there's no reason to include Outlook Express since Microsoft is stopping development on it.
Here's what I sent:
<SNIP>
From: [me]
To: support@sco.com,sales@sco.com,legal@sco.com
CC: webmaster@sco.com
Subject: Code release
Due to recent court orders requiring SCO to provide information regarding release of code...
"SCO is to provide and identify with specificity the lines of code that SCO distributed to other parties. This is to include where applicable
the conditions of release, to whom the code was released, the date and under what circumstances such code was released."
I'm writing to let you know that you released the following code to me:
Code: Linux 2.4 Kernel Source
Conditions: GNU GPL
Date: 2/11/2004
Circumstances: Public HTTP Server
Please be sure to include this in your filing and feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or concerns.
Thank you,
[me]
P.S. I went to www.sco.com to try and find the proper addressee for this message, but the site seemed to be down. I'd like to offer my consulting
services for your global website deployment strategy needs to keep this from happening in the future. Let me know if you're interested.
</SNIP>
How's that sound?
I actually downloaded the code last month after discussing the ramifications of the SCO fiaSCO with one of my customers. The solution we came up with is that once I downloaded the code and distributed my "derivative work" of said code to the customer, we were both covered and could no longer be the targets of any SCO lawsuit(s).
whoops.... wrong article.
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Was supposed to go on:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/29/211
The egovos.org site is powered by Zope. Let's see how she stands up to a Slashdotting. Any bets?
I was thinking more along the lines of via remote access w/ a portscanner and whatnot. I guess I'm just used to seeing Nessus run and taking friggin forever to scan a host over my cable modem (no... I don't break into the systems, I just scan them and sell the results ;).
I've been toying with the UML jail concept recently, and I must say it looks great on paper. However, the setup and administration can be a real PITA.
If they try hard enough, I'm sure they'll be able to find some way to screw it up. I think I'll stick with something a little more minimalist.
Holy smokes!! If it only took 45 seconds to crack it the last time around, I'd venture to say they overlooked a MAJOR security hole. This one has yet to be cracked; but if they overlooked a major one before, what are the chances that there are several obscure security vulnerabilites they overlooked this time?
Perhaps instead of a cheap state school, consider a cheap online school and look for a local integrator/VAR to bring you on board as a networking apprentice-type. You may even be able to find a local network helpdesk type position working under some PHB.
Nowadays it would be very much to your benefit to be a jack of both trades (programming and networking) and master of a few more. You may want to look into colleges that have good CS programs and then either tackle networking on the side (start w/ CCNA or something), or see if you can get a job working with the university's networking department. Best way to learn networking is hands-on anyways.
I laughed because many a day I end up working from home. On those days I usually end up waking up to a computer screen and a hot cup of coffeee. I work straight through and don't shower until the workday is done.
Given Gentoo's similarities to FreeBSD (i.e. provide the 'recipies' and compile from source), I've always wondered why the Gentoo project didn't use a BSD CVSup system (for the unwashed, the tree is updated using rsync). What are the technical advantages/disadvantages/differences between Portage and BSD's Ports?
Switch to something a little more open minded... like Nullsoft's Shoutcast. I listen to some pretty nice UK radio stations from across the pond with KDE's Noatun whilst I code thanks to Shoutcast. I don't see any reason why its not usable for radio broadcasts like Click & Clack.
NASA should set Opportunity on a course to make the 6600 mile trek and kick Spirit's ass for acting up. A little sibling rivalry can't be too bad.
Reminds me of the old botwar games where you program your bots (rotate, move, or shoot) and watch them go at it.
Just do what I did. Join the Marines. Three months at Parris Island without caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol should do the trick. You'll get plenty of water to drink (albeit luke warm from a canteen), and the excercise will help keep your mind off of whatever it was you're supposed to be craving.
In all seriousness though, looking back I wish I hadn't gone out the morning after I returned from boot camp. I should have just stayed home with the family. Instead I went straight to the nearest 7-11 and nabbed a pack of smokes and a steaming hot cup of coffee. It was like pouring regular unleaded into a sports car! I was in the best shape of my life. All I had to do was stick with it, but nooooooooooo... had to have a smoke. Duh! That was twelve years ago and I'm still smoking. I did manage to drop caffeine for a few months (went cold turkey), but other than that brief period a few years ago, it's a pack a day and almost a pot of coffee a day (plus sodas at lunch and dinner).
Turn back now while you still have the chance. In the words of Monty Python in their quest for the Holy Grail, "Run Away!!! Run Away!!!".
Just got a new Toshiba DMS w/ 80 hour Tivo built in (Thanks Santa!). Commercials beware >:)
Such memory erasure is already possible. I saw it in a Harry Potter movie ;)
err... compression... not combustion.
Elementary, my dear Have Blue. In order for a turbine engine to work, you have to compress the air prior to combustion. It is impossible to compress air at the speed of sound. As such, the Harrier can go right up to the speed of sound (I think), but not beyond. If you look at supersonic planes, you'll see that the intakes have small flaps on them that actually slow down the air intake to allow combustion.
I doubt we'll see any supersonic helicopters any time soon. Harriers can't even go supersonic. It would be one hell of an engineering feet to build a rotary-to-fixed aircraft like the X-50 and work supersonic flight into it's capabilities.
If they do we'll just fork the project (as one team already has).