More than a living

Just a brief note to mention that More than a living has officially passed the one-year mark.
In that time, we’ve composed more than 265 posts. And those posts have generated more than 30,000 spam comments. (I can’t get a count on the real comments, but spam? No problem.)
Here’s the first post, entitled “I still have […]

[NOTE: I’ve been struggling with the title on this one for three days. And, while I can’t quite capture the idea in the headline, I still feel that this is imperative to get off of my proverbial chest.]
People are quite protective of their “tools.”
Oooh. Tools. They’re oh-so-valuable. Lah-di-dah.
Their software. Their methodology. Their ways of doing […]

To continue to riff on the “Common sense isn’t so common” theme…
I know you’re a smart cookie. So I know, for certain, that you’re often blindsided by moments of clarity. Insanely insightful leaps of intuition that just kind of pop into your head.
“It all seems so obvious,” you say to yourself. And after people quit […]

Sure, sure. You see us carp and complain about how horrible want ads are. Constantly describing the role instead of the problem that needs to be solved.
Well, you know, in all fairness, want ads are only part of the problem.
I mean, want ads suck. But, let’s face it. By and large, resumes suck, too.
And when […]