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Tearing up the Jack Welch playbook

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:37:09 +0800

How could I miss this excellent article back in July this year? A must read for those who suffer from all those CMMI/6-Sigma nonsense...

...58 large companies that have announced Six Sigma programs, 91 percent have trailed the S&P 500 since...

The whole series:
Tearing up the Jack Welch playbook

This is not funny...

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:54:42 +0800

Comprehension and Retention (a survey request)

Ok, not about the survey, but about the sample article for the survey. The story is absurd but real. How real? So real - I face this everyday to make a living...

The Devil Wears Prada

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:18:49 +0800

As prompted by this Ever worked with a diabolical boss? - San Francisco Chronicle [Googling Dilbert], I am dying to see this movie in local theatre...

My intelligence

Sun, 21 May 2006 01:16:20 +0800

I must be damned... If I am that all-round, why am I still struggling for my retirement fund now? I must have done something terribly wrong in my previous life to deserve such a disastrous this.life...

My character

Sun, 21 May 2006 00:31:15 +0800

Oh my shit... When did I become humanistic? I must be drunk when taking this quiz...

Hints for Computer System Design

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:28:49 +0800

Other than the desktop experience on Easter, I read an article while compressing my 30GB hard disk (by XP, not by hammer of course...). Just to jot down some interesting quotes before I have this forgotten:

「嚴禁倒垃圾，否則全家死光光」

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:53:19 +0800

宣傳公德標語喊打喊殺 . . .

No, it's not always that bad. About a year ago, I noted the following while in Beijing:

Actually, SMOKING CAUSES HEART DISEASE on each pack of cigaret