Speaking Of News Media

Speaking of the news media, this Tuesday my office will be inundated with news crews. Seems we’ve been chosen to be the topic of a Business Now profile, which should be shown on Tech TV and then perhaps in certain ABC News TV markets. The gist is that Oculan is succeeding in a tough business market. I suppose the producers will be coming to find out what our secret is.

I can save them the time in saying it right here: we’ve got good, smart people. It’s a fantastic team. The chemistry is right in this company, and chemistry often makes the difference between success and failure. Great people can do great things together. It certainly is worlds apart from the situation at $FORMER_EMPLOYER, that’s for sure.

Take Microsoft, for instance (“please! Bah dum-bum!”). They became the world’s biggest tech company through the sheer talent of their workforce. As much as I love to hate them, I give them credit for their ability to hire some extraodinarily talented people. Once a company gets a lock on the talent, it’s “game over.”

I hope the daylong filming that takes place Tuesday can convey that to the audience, that we’re a (work)force to be reckoned with. I hope our so-called competitors quake in their boots after seeing us on national television. Suckas!

Blogging Outages

I’m at Lake Gaston this morning, out in the boonies with nothing but dial-up access. Even so, I’m looking around my family blogosphere and it doesn’t look good. Oh sure, my site was down yesterday afternoon – due to a power failure. No word yet whether it was related to the Northeast power outage. 🙂

At any rate, I’m a bit disappointed in my fellow bloggers. C’mon, folks! JeffTurner.Net and OldNole.com are completely down, and the Wysiblog is coughing up a SQL Server error. Props to JamieGaines.com for having an actual, working website this morning.

More and more, I get bummed when I can’t tune into my fellow bloggers and find out what’s going on. All those media links on the bottom right of the page? I hardly ever go there anymore. I’d much rather hear what my friends and family have to say on a topic than listening to the newsheads. And THAT comes from a certified news junkie.