It’s very easy for companies to be complacent about their employees and all too many are falling into the trap of thinking that ‘it’s an honour to work for us’ and in an industry largely driven by contract employment it becomes a slippery slope. Rather than harbouring talented individuals there’s a trend of burning them [...]
It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like Tasted – my first iPhone application – is now available on the App Store. I’ve been waiting to hear about the success of the legal contracts all being approved by Apple, expecting an email of some sort – it wasn’t until I decided to search [...]
So what have I been up too – besides working longer hours at work? I’ve finally finished my first iPhone application that is now awaiting Apples approval somewhere in the digital ether, in Texas I believe…. I kept it small and simple and spent my time focusing on well engineered code as well as an [...]
I’ve never worked in a kitchen, restaurant, or even a food stall. I can’t claim to know what goes on behind those doors, but from what I’ve witnessed I feel I’ve come up with a pretty good observation on the parallels that could ( or should? ) be drawn between working in a Kitchen and [...]
A word of advice to those who are managers, bosses and decision makers – be aware of the effects your decisions make on those that matter most to your company, your employees. It seems like a very obvious statement, but all too often I’m witnessing burn out and disillusionment due to the way shit rolls down hill. [...]
