http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/ Public discussion - Everyone welcome Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:41:29 GMT H. E. David Headley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10453 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10453 _____ From: industry-industrie@... [mailto:industry-industrie@...] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:58 AM To: david@... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:14:09 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10452 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10452 ... "Yahoo announced earlier this year that GeoCities ? a free web hosting service that it bought in 1999 ? would close this past Monday, October 26. But Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:29:37 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10451 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10451 Self employment the fastest type of job creation in the last 20 years: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2009/200911/20091105.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:25:11 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10450 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10450 Amazing how much information is now available on the web. It sure didn't take too long to find out more information about those two programmers, even though Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:15:47 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10449 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10449 Thought readers of OHT will get a kick reading how some programmers manage a living :-) See story linked from: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ygcpkke Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:12:44 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10448 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10448 Add Newsvine (owned, I believe, by MSNBC/ Microsoft) to the list of companies going to great lengths to suppress the free flow of information. Or maybe they Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:52:08 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10447 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10447 I was not an early homesteader at Geocities. My "free" web site, Not Nortel Network, a wordplay on Nortel Networks, the Canadian Technology giant that laid Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:32 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10446 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10446 No the Poll is still open at: http://discussion.ottawabusinessjournal.com/pollBooth.php?pollID=371 Here are the current results: ? My company is Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:54:23 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10445 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10445 See interspersed. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_college ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1816 ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 ... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:04:21 GMT hchatfield2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10444 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10444 History! - how boring! - or - maybe not. As a hi tech guy recently graduated from a full time Documentary Production program at Algonquin College (at age 67) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:05:41 GMT ottawahitech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10443 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10443 From http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/geocities-closing.html/ : "Scott, an unemployed systems administrator looking to transition into a Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:49:33 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10442 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10442 ENGINEERING Where have all the women gone? Plus, the stats you need to know Blame culture. Or genes. Or Dilbert. In engineering, it's a man's world?for now Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:45:04 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10441 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10441 "One novel?and controversial?idea that has emerged in the wake of the recession is a proposal forwarded by Boston University economics professor Laurence Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:34:53 GMT HTL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10440 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10440 Oh Please, So feel great about a dead end job! If you are looking for personal growth then there are many programs and many books that can do far more in Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:12:56 GMT jgillcell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10439 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/10439 In praise of dead-end jobs Is a low-status job the most important work experience of all? "...Kramer wrote recently in the Wall Street Journal about how jobs