The Unglamorous Side of Rocking the Boat

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

I don’t know if this applies to anyone else. This is my story about the pickle I’ve gotten myself into.
I have done a fair job of shaking things up for the Web department. I have even converted a few people in other departments into thinking a little different when attempting to solve a problem. [...]

The Photo Department Revisited

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

The Good
I did not realize part of the Photo department’s problem was multiple versions of the same photo. All I saw half a million photos listed on a single server, with a count close to 750,000 photos in total on all the servers. It didn’t occur to me that the most basic file management solution [...]

Wanted: Entry-Level Front End Coder

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

We build web sites, run e-mail campaigns, post print deliverables online, manage e-classifieds, cover Angus events live on the Web and shake up the Ag. industry in general. This position can be considered an open internship if you are a student. It is a part-time gig, with pay based on level of experience and knowledge.
Requirements:

Exceptional [...]

Not Just a Web Monkey

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I recently read posts on a job site in order to emulate a good job description for our potential part-time employee.
I hate being in that spot where the description reads like it’s over a candidate’s head (but the job is not), or when the job is really more responsibility than articulated (but the wording makes [...]

Web Services is Growing!

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

We have just been approved to hire a new entry-level web designer. I am excited at the prospect of getting some help, but am not ready to believe it will happen. For one, they only want to hire a part-time person. Upper management doesn’t believe we have enough work to keep a full-time hire busy, [...]