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Three Years Ago Today

Saturday, March 1st, 2003

It all was “started” three years ago today… Pour out a 40 Ouncer for those companies that have gone to their rest…
Relive the front page of the old marchFIRST website here –> http://disobey.com/ghostsites/show_exhibit/marchfirst
Call me crazy, but I miss those days…

Another crappy day at work

Friday, June 14th, 2002

Another crappy day at work today… My group of 80+ people in it’s hey-day has dwindled down to 2 (me being 1/2 of the total)… I’m glad to still be employed and actually busy, but totally feel sympathy for everyone that has been let go in the last several months… Cough… [...]

After being knee-deep in code

Tuesday, June 4th, 2002

After being knee-deep in code all day…
I’ve decided that the world is one big “If / Then / Else” statement… (At least it makes sense to me after a long day!)

Chicago Tribune | Divine shareholders

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2002

Chicago Tribune | Divine shareholders endorse reverse split
I have no comment regarding this, other than pointing out the following quote:
“Divine’s chief financial officer, Michael Cullinane, said more layoffs are in store as the company works to conserve cash and turn profitable. Divine’s 3,300-employee headcount “will go lower in the next month or so,” he said. [...]

Working from home today… and

Friday, May 17th, 2002

Working from home today…
and I’ve figured out a couple of things…
a.) I get a ton of stuff done because I am not interupted every 5 minutes by someone with a “project scope change”…
b.) I enjoy listening to Kevin Matthews really loud while coding away…
c.) I found that there is a family of [...]

unhappy employees != successful company

Monday, May 6th, 2002

unhappy employees != successful company

marchFIRST Very strange… For ALL

Friday, April 26th, 2002

marchFIRST
Very strange…
For ALL to remember.
The few marchFIRST employees that remain are for the benefit of
those of you that have claims. PLEASE be KIND to them. They are
not responsible for the state of marchFIRST. Without their hard work
and continued dedication our retirement plans, W2’s, claims, etc. would be severely impacted.

yeah… not a good day

Monday, April 15th, 2002

yeah… not a good day at all… Good luck Mike & Syd… :/