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In light of recent tragic events, I am focusing some posts on bullying.

The American Federation of Teachers has resources on bullying in their Tools4Teachers website.
http://www.aft.org/yourwork/tools4teachers/bullying/

In light of recent tragic events, I am focusing some posts on bullying. Here are some hopefully uplifting songs:

• Lady Gaga – Born This Way
• P!nk – Perfect
• Shaina Noll – How Could Anyone

In light of recent tragic events, I am focusing some posts on bullying. So, for today here is an article on workplace bullying.

The Silent Epidemic: Workplace Bullying

I am fortunate to work in an environment where I am not exposed to workplace bullying, but it is a real concern for many.

In light of recent tragic events, I am focusing some posts on bullying. Here is a fun take on what happened to the bullies from the Never-ending Story:

In light of recent tragic events, I am focusing some posts on bullying. Here is a quote I thought fitting:

“If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.”

Bertrand Russell

When I see this:

It makes me think of this:

Or maybe this:

What it refers to is the practice of circling around a parking lot in the hopes that a spot might open up in the next few minutes/hours. I’m not sure why some people would rather do this than go park somewhere else, but it is a real problem. Just don’t look up sharking on Urban Dictionary, since it apparently also means something much more disgusting….

Disclaimer: I am merely making an observation about, not making fun, of this. I am actually glad someone is trying to stop people from wasting gas and causing more pollution when there is ample parking further down.

Some thoughts on the Netflix split:
While I think in the short term Netflix will suffer from their price increase and then misguided service split, I think in the long term they will come out stronger.
I think the customers lost from this were expecting too much for basically free. Hopefully this will allow Netflix to focus on their core customers who actually like their product.
I do think the split to two different services is a mistake, done hastily in reaction to a vocal group of bad customers. One of the downfalls of our constantly wired world is that it can be very easy for a few people to blow things out of proportion and then have their opinion given undue weight.

From Bottom 60% of Americans lost wealth between 1983 and 2009

the richest 5 percent of households obtained roughly 82 percent of all the nation’s gains in wealth between 1983 and 2009. The bottom 60 percent of households actually had less wealth in 2009 than in 1983, meaning they did not participate at all in the growth of wealth over this period.

On this edition of Tuesday Tunes I thought I’d play some bands that define the Celtic punk genre:

• The Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
• Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies
• Dropkick Murphys – Going Out In Style

When reading Information Overload and What You Can Do About It
I found the statistic interesting that knowledge workers spend less than 5% of the day on thought and reflection. That is about 20 minutes. Some days that feels very accurate. It can be hard dealing with constant interruptions. It makes you wonder what the designer of cubicles was thinking. I couldn’t imagine getting any work done if I had to work in that kind of environment.