Altidude

Nov
25th

Tue

Follow Up

I went in an Marco’d the shit out of that interview.

Awesome! I’m honored to become a verb.

“Verbed,” Marco. You’ve been “verbed.”

But as corporations were taken over by a caste who never made a product or provided a service, it is only natural that goods and services dropped in priority, while parasitical aspects of business gained importance, like developing innovative ways to hedge and leverage instruments to squeeze a little more profit out of transactions in commoditized debt. Think of it this way. When vampires are in charge, they will emphasize blood. Even if they are smart vampires who claim to have the health of the cows at heart (so to speak), their goal will be to maximize the flow of blood. Now, blood is important. Like money, it enables the body to live and take nourishment to all its cells. Money and blood matter… but their purpose, in the long run, is to help the body stay alive — or to help the company to make competitive goods and services. When the vampire tunes the cow’s body to deliver JUST the right amount of blood to keep it alive, under ideal circumstance, and no more, guess what happens when the slightest thing goes wrong?

— David Brin (via azspot)

Excellent advice on approaching job interviews.

whatthehale:

(via heidelweiss:soupsoup:marco)

Oh.

That really is about the best pre-interview pep talk I’ve ever seen. I’ve always tried to take this approach when interviewing, but sometimes, uh, external pressures can make it harder.

(KMH, you don’t sound enthused…?)

Nov
24th

Mon

Check out Missy Higgins, digging deep on a couple of songs from her latest album. I got to see her play when Julie opened for her in Milwaukee this summer. Was a great night at Turner Hall, which has been booking an excellent lineup this year.