People often say that beggars can’t be choosers. Projected on my current job situation, in which I’ve been out of a job for a few months, I suppose that means I should be considering every possible job offer. It’s fair enough to claim that any job is better than no job. However, there are some […]
Wanted: No more call center position offers (M/F) Read More »
Today, I was curious to find out if there’s a simple way inside Microsoft Teams to create an overview of who’s who inside a team. Why would you need that? People that are new to your organization might not always know who they can contact for certain questions. That becomes even more of an issue
Creating a “Who’s Who” page for teams in Microsoft Teams Read More »
I always tought about making a career switch and becoming a developer, but it always seemed to be so hard. So, other than “hacking away” at some existing projects I never really did any programming. Even as a “web developer” most of what I did was focused on using existing tools. Programming my own solution?
Press Start To Start Developer Career Read More »
Anyone with a “hiatus” between jobs, access to a computer and knowledge of building a website has been there at some point. You were on the website after seeing an advertisement or Googling “How to make money online”. You were about to click that button that screamed at you to BUY THIS THING NOW. For
“Make Money Online”, What you’re really buying. Read More »
I tried coming up with a nice story or a cool introduction for this post. Perhaps a story about puzzles, or the stereotype of men throwing out the manual of a new product. To be honest, however, I just want to rant for a bit about some of the “documentation” out there. To make matters
Documentation Frustration Read More »
There is something about making phone calls that makes me queasy. I just don’t like it, and when I have to make a call I roleplay the possible scenarios in my head. Only to say something completely different when actually making the call. But that’s not really the point. This feeling gets amplified when I
This Number Is Unknown To The Internet Read More »
Past weekend I was considering to reactivate my Fiverr gigs. If you are now scratching your head and thinking “What’s a Fiverr”, here’s a short TL;DR: Fiverr is a “job market” where you can sell and buy ‘gigs’. The selling point slash marketing gimmick is that “each gig is sold for a “fiver” or five
Why Minimum Wage Jobs Are More Exciting Than Fiverr Read More »
In any modern company, there is really no place for magic. Sure, there are sales and marketing teams trying to sell snake oil, managers that expect their employers to bend the laws of time to finish projects against impossible deadlines and costumers that wish their mere looks could kill you. But none of that comes
Proof people think IT staff are genies Read More »
This morning I was listening to some music in the car. Since my Aux cable is dead (again) and my radio doesn’t have Bluetooth I had to rely on good old USB Sticky McStickface of which the music is rarely updated. Because there’s only good music on there, of course. Okay, so it’s because I
As some of you might now, InfoSecurity has come and gone this week. My father was at the event doing his thing, and he brought me some stuff. I’m a pen and notebooks guy so I got some of that, but I also a new device from the people of LastPass. LastPass is a password
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