2011-10-18

Paul the innovator (15): The terms and conditions

Yes, this happened. Or very much. I do have an email as proof of the ‘well it didn’t work with this site, maybe just copy from this other site’.

Luckily the only consequence was a very surprised corporate lawyer. I repeat, this is a fictional depiction, an hypothetical situation, no baby monkey was harm or sold.

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2011-10-10

Paul the innovator (14): The network operations center

You can find some of the toughest guys in charge of NOCs.

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2011-10-02

Paul the innovator (13): Adding user experience

This is all too common… you can blame the UX designer for agreeing to do crap in the first place or the manager for only adding it as an afterthought. I’m going to just make fun of both :).

By the way, introducing Xavier The UX Designer. ;)

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2011-09-29

Paul the innovator (12): The announcement speech

Yes, you usually end up trying to put a more positive spin on it ;).

Update: made it a bit bigger (bigger is better, isn’t it? I just hate that the Cradle of Filth T-Shirt is not that easy to spot!).

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2011-09-16

Paul the innovator (11): Travel economics

I love how admins in big companies follow Travel Policy as if it was some kind of new-found faith that finally gave meaning to their lives. We all know travel implies insurance and other costs, but no matter how you look at it, it’s always overpriced. Best thing is that trying to change any of it looks to them like trying to change one of the 10 commandments.

Btw I decided to make the page a bit bigger. I was keeping it under 768 pixels for some weird reason but maybe it’s time I get into the new century.

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2011-09-13

Paul the innovator (10): The survey

This is one of the most effective methods for handling criticism inside a company!

It’s a kind of Pavlov conditioning.

  • "How am I managing you?"
  • "Well you could change the way you apply the ouch!"
  • "I repeat, how am I doing?"
  • And after a while, you'll get an "You are doing excellent, sir!"
As a disclaimer, this is related to personal experiences but in my case I've been always lucky enough that my bosses actually listened if you talked to them. Funny thing is that somehow, they managed to explain it exactly as depicted here :D. (more...)

2011-09-09

Paul the innovator (9): The reorganization

This dictionary.com thing actually happened to us when someone was presenting the plan for one of the biggest projects I was involved in, back when we were younger and wild.

 

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2011-08-27

Paul the innovator (8): The acquisition

Don’t judge the monkey.

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2011-07-23

Paul the innovator (7): The first version

Of course, this is in no way related to my day job experiences, it’s just speculation on how life must be for the poor souls that have to work in an environment where things like this could happen.

Honest.

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2011-04-15

Paul the innovator (6): The new hire

You’ve got to love team players :).

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