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Failure is a constant, and welcome, companion in our work

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Failure is a constant, and welcome, companion in our work
by Douglas E. Welch
When we think of failure, we typically feel guilty and ashamed. Certainly failure is nothing to be proud of and yet we face failure [...]

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Technology can help businesses and individuals accomplish great things, but sometimes we set ourselves and others up for failure before we even finish a technology project. While automating portions of a [...]

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Listen: An Interview with barista, Kate Schroeder

An Interview with barista, Kate Schroeder
Links mentioned during this interview:
CoffeeGeek.com
Alt.coffee newsgroup via Google Groups
World Barista Championships
Videos: Latte Art - via YouTube
Photos: Latte Art via Flickr

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If you read anything by business guru Tom Peters (www.tompeters.com) you will hear the term Professional Service Firm (PSF) over and over again. This is what you and I do each [...]

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Listen: Our Passions
Our Passions
by Douglas E. Welch
Two weekends ago I attended the latest incarnation of BarCampLA. This unconference has become one of the highlights of my year as I get to “confer, converse and otherwise hobnob with my fellow wizards!” For a more detailed overview of what BarCamp is, you can visit the web site [...]

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There are many “secrets” to a successful high-tech career, but most of them are simple procedures, habits, hints or, more likely, common sense ways of working more effectively. Over the years [...]

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This is the audio from my talk A Year of Visibility at BarCampLA-5 on March 1, 2008. The audio quality here is slightly better than the video segment, as I was using my lavaliere mics.

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Listen: The answer lies somewhere in-between
The answer lies somewhere in-between
by Douglas E. Welch, career@welchwrite.com
Another Little League season begins here in Los Angeles and my son is joining his fifth team. It would be overstating the fact to say that I enjoy this time of year, but I do support my son in doing something that [...]

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As any high-tech freelancer will tell you, one of the major problems of working for yourself is knowing when not to work. Unlike the traditional office hours of corporate work, freelance [...]

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