Monkey with a keyboard. Former lumper, papermill hand, psychologist, computer programmer, pipe fitter, management consultant, entrepreneur, and shipping clerk - guess I wasn’t good at holding a job. Sooner or later something more or less profound might arise from this. Who knows?
Hear me blather on about consulting and entrepreneurship at: https://shows.acast.com/meddlesome
| Location | San Juan Islands |
| About | I write about stuff that interests me. |
| Github | https://github.com/kendisbrow |
So you're an independent contractor or have a firm with hundreds of employees. How do you set the rates you charge your clients/customers? Too low and you'll go out of business. Too high and you won't get any business. Do you care about competitor rates? Do you just spitball? The answer is within reach.
Catch up with Jim and Ken at the link below:
https://shows.acast.com/meddlesome/episodes/6935d3fb38a11f5f3eb7315a
What magic is this?
Space nerds:
This is lovely. A real time Artemis II tracker dashboard.
Amongst all the data, these 2 bits:
- The Earth's apparent size: "A marble at arm’s length"
- The Moon's apparent size: "A pencil eraser at arm’s length"
They are about 2/3 of the way to the Moon.
🚀🌎🌙
https://artemis-tracker.netlify.app
#Space #Moon #Artemis #NASA
What nearly went wrong on Nasa's space mission - and what still could
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36rxe9w97zo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Science and Environment @science-and-environment-BBCNews
RE: https://mastodon.social/@KenDisbrow/116279049436890385
In a follow up to this podcast, this Cornell University study found that high usage of BS is a sign someone might be bad at their job: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs
Upskilling, incentivizing, blue skying, and core competencies. Pretty obtuse. Terms of Art or purposeful obfuscation? Jim and Ken tell stories about the butchering of language, why it's done, and how it interferes with real communication. Next time you're in a meeting and hear five of these phrase shout out "Bingo!"
Catch up with Jim and Ken at the link below:
https://shows.acast.com/meddlesome/episodes/6887e4b06e658a8b3c7c09d6
What did he say?
RE: https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/116200532918202776
So I don’t like RFK. The view he is imposing on the country contradict established science to a dangerous degree. That said I’ll never make fun of someone taking the time to exercise. In this case he’s setting a good example (even a stopped clock is right twice a day). Yes but, it was only 12 minutes. Yes but, it was for publicity. So what? It’s a good example, better than no minutes, and we each vary in our capacity for exercise.
Indecision can paralyze your business. But making the wrong decision can be catastrophic, too. How do you gauge if you're making the right decision, the optimal decision? Can you learn how to make"better" decisions? Are there tools or techniques to help? Find out the secrets to making sound (or not) decisions. There's a huge reveal in this episode, but you may not believe it!
Catch up with Jim and Ken at the link below:
https://shows.acast.com/meddlesome/episodes/6887e44d459778d8a3ef33b9
Something is better than nothing...most times
“Americans are very lucky, because wherever they go to bring freedom… they find oil.”
— Italian journalist and satirist Michele Serra
How the makeup of US households have changed 1960 vs today
(by @VisualCapitalist)
Dave Mark
BBC News
Randahl Fink
Information Is Beautiful
Daring Fireball