Monthly Archives: January 2009

Words To Pounder

Proverbs 6:6-11 (New Living Translation)

 
 6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
      Learn from their ways and become wise!
 7 Though they have no prince
      or governor or ruler to make them work,
 8 they labor hard all summer,
      gathering food for the winter.
 9 But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?
      When will you wake up?
 10 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
      a little [...]

Places I Think Would Be Great To Live and Work

According to CNN, Nearly half of all Americans want to live elsewhere, study finds. Though “Denver, Colorado, was the top choice of people surveyed by the Pew Research Center,” here is a list of locations I would consider moving to if the job was right (in this order):

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – The city looks beautiful, very clean, [...]

Federal Reserve to Destroy Economy, Fails at Reflation

Will the Federal Reserve Destroy our Economy, View of Reflation Fails.
Do you think things will stabilize?  See for yourself:

Next Steps

As is stands I have the opportunity to change my life and that of my family’s for better or for worse, let’s hope it’s all for the better.
Recently being laid off, in a dwindling economy, I’ve been forced to consider some things. Questions I’m asking myself are, “who am I?” and “what do I want [...]

Steve Jobs demos Apple Macintosh, 1984

Oh how I just love the excitement of the people and how cool this was back then. This is great a classic “keynote” by Jobs: Video: Steve Jobs demos Apple Macintosh, 1984.
Demo of the first Apple Macintosh by Steve Jobs, January 1984, in front of 3000 people. Andy Hertzfeld captured the moment quite well in his retelling: “Pandemonium [...]

Laid Off Recovery Cycle

Okay, five days later since the day of bad news and here are the phases I’ve been through thus far:

The “HOLY CRUD WHAT THE HECK I’M I GOING TO DO NOW!!!”
“I’m pissed off!!!”
“I’m not worthy!”
“Why me?”
“What did I do or didn’t do to deserve this?”
“What could I have done to have been ‘passed over,’ lamb’s blood?”
A few [...]

Updated Resume

I updated my resume and added downloadable version in PDF, RTF, and TXT. I’ve also added a Grand Central Web Call Button to all everyone easy access to me via the phone.
Please have a look at http://xybermatthew.com/resume/

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-01-25

currently studying for php cert. #
skip the iphone and go for the http://ping.fm/IaK9F #
Spent 10.5 hours at the office Wednesday. Hoping today will go faster. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-22

Spent 10.5 hours at the office Wednesday. Hoping today will go faster. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-21

skip the iphone and go for the http://ping.fm/IaK9F #