Author Archives: Tim Garrett

Adieu to Facebook

I deactivated my Facebook account tonight. I’ve been threatening it a while now. I finally reached my tipping point. While filling out the deactivation form, I was asked [..]

Rants

Spring Annotations That Look More Like the Disease Than the Cure #Java

First off, I will preface this post with the caveat that I have a lot of respect for the Spring framework and the talented engineers who brought it [..]

Geek Speak

Ron Paul Making His Move?

The election results in New Hampshire tonight seem pretty unexpected to me.  CNN is projecting Ron Paul to take second while trailing Romney by 15 points.  I hate [..]

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The Real Problem with Occupy Wherever #OWS

I have blogged before about what I see as zombie groups united more by rage than any particular ideals.  I think some aspects of what I said then could [..]

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The Problem With Free Web-based Services

I have been observing for quite a while the proliferation of free web-based services.  The growth of these free services has caused me a great deal of concern. [..]

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Pod Cars

When I posted last night, I had no idea the term “pod cars” was already in use commercially.  My usage of the term was completely coincidental.  I read [..]

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Thoughts on today’s tech startups

Startups are hot right now.  So hot in fact that some would suggest we are approaching another bubble.  I follow a number of tech startup blogs, podcasts, and [..]

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Trying to avoid being just another stale blog

Do you ever wander into a blog, see the date of the most recent post, and immediately dismiss it as another abandoned blog of a sometimes-egomaniac on the [..]

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On Zombies

I think very few people recognize the threat that zombies pose to our civilization.  I have recently reached the conclusion that zombies are very real, although metaphorical.  If [..]

Rants

The Myth of the Interchangeable Employee

Calling employees “resources” has been ubiquitous for quite a while now.  It is pretty much taken for granted that the department that will deal with payroll, employee relations, [..]

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