Always Bill Your Family and Friends

April 23, 2011

Yep, you heard it here first – always bill your family and friends. Harsher words aren’t often spoken. But I’m not talking about actually collecting. If you’re an IT, accounting, or other professional, odds are high you’ve got family and friends asking you for help related to your profession. Whether it’s the accountant doing taxes [...]

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Most Popular Posts

April 19, 2011

I know I don’t post on this blog very often. I’m much more dedicated to my New Music Michael blog, where I post at least daily. Be that as it may, I was curious what were the top posts on 360 Analysis Avenue since I started the blog last July. Here’s a rundown. 2020 Workplace: [...]

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Presentations and Dress Code

April 19, 2011

One of the things they stress in our accounting designation program is that it is a “professional program”, and therefore, you are expected – neigh, you WILL – dress professionally. I’m fine with that, we dress pretty well in our office as it is, upscale business casual let’s call it most days, though I (and [...]

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My Take On A New Arena: Go To Hell Katz

April 4, 2011

Here’s the thing. I usually try to stay out of politics on my blogs and online in general. I have a definitive opinion on most everything, but I’m opinionated enough about music (on my New Music Michael blog) that I don’t need to alienate everyone. Daryl Katz has pushed me over the precipice, though. I [...]

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The Great 2011 Net Outage

February 11, 2011

Yesterday was an extraordinary day for online Edmontonians for two reasons: one was an internet outage by one of the city’s major ISP’s for a “large number” of customers in the prime evening hours. The other was the crash of yeglive.ca, an extremely popular website for exploring live events occurring in the city. Both are [...]

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Americas Roast Beef for Sale

January 20, 2011

According to an MSNBC article this morning, the Wendys/Arbys group is considering selling its Arbys chain. Well, big surprise there, hey – when’s the last time you or someone you know even went to an Arbys. I go on the odd occasion (I like their chicken cordon bleu sandwich), but it’s near the bottom of [...]

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The Future Of Transportation

January 19, 2011

I think the major precursor to all our transportation systems is going to be the price of oil, and therefore all types of fuel, becoming significantly more expensive over the next twenty years. While $100USD for a barrel of oil doesn’t seem unrealistic right now, I won’t be surprised that, by the time I’m looking [...]

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