Corporate Personalities
Disclaimer: what follows is a completely biased take on some large companies that affect my everyday life. No independent research went into this diatribe. Also, there are some brilliant, hardworking people at all three of these companies and regardless of what I say below, I highly respect them.
Even big corporations have distinct personalities. Here are my perceptions about three important ones. First, Microsoft.
Microsoft’s motto seems to be: “We’ve got you by the balls and we expect your hearts and minds to follow.” Please forgive me if I’d prefer to invest in a balls-extraction device. Read more
It’s “noon” and “midnight,” okay?
I’m going to say this only once. “Meridiem” means middle of the day. “Ante” means before and “post” means after. They’re all from Latin. The middle of the day, the meridiem, is noon. As in 12 noon. Ante meridiem (a.m.) is before noon. Post meridiem (p.m.) is after noon.
Noon is neither before nor after the middle of the day, neither a.m. nor p.m.: it’s exactly noon! Read more
Spot the German
Sometimes in discussions of race there are comments such as: “If you see a Swede you’ll be able to distinguish them from people who come from a different country.” So let’s put that sort of statement to the test. Look at the picture and let’s play “Spot the German!” Read more