An oasis to run to in blogosphere when the social networks begin to pale. iScatterlings will be here.
August 6th, 2007 — Global
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So the next time you are driving in the wilderness and come across a billboard like this, you’ll know you are not a lone iScatterling.
We are with you all the way.
Drive safely, don’t drink and drive.
August 5th, 2007 — Global
I saw the red, so I bought the red. The two colours look good together. I wonder what other colours there are available?
After the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix, I will go take a tour of local garden centres to see what I can find.
August 4th, 2007 — Global
Who is going to be the blogger to post the 1,100th comment at iScatterlings?
I hope it is you! Please post your comment and so become the one and only 1,100th commentator at iScatterlings. Ever! What a proud thing to be. You can tell your grandchildren about it!
August 4th, 2007 — Namibia
Saturday arfternoon. Sunny sky, no cloud, birds are chirping and twittering, doves coo-cooing, lawn mowers buzzing in the background a UK summer breeze wafts through the house making curtains billow. In the distance I can hear sheep lowing.
All is quiet and peaceful here. All is also quiet in blogosphere.
Visitor activity on the blog is puttering along at a slumbering pace. Today is a good day to catch up on relaxation. Today is also a good day to do some housekeeping activity such as update some of the Wordpress features like the Ping list. I have updated the list. I’ve also mowed the lawns, trimmed the grass edges, Dysoned the carpets, watered the plants and put the fans on in strategic places to keep the house cool.
It is a lazy Saturday afternoon. Probably have a braai later.
August 4th, 2007 — Global
August 3rd, 2007 — Business
Do you work for a toxic boss? Are you completely devoid of any motivation to do your work? Ever felt that you simply cannot go to the office anymore, and the internal forces driving these thoughts through your mind are so utterly compelling?
Well you are not alone. A friend of mine has unfortunately kept quiet for two years about her experiences under an arrogant, micromanaging, insecure bully of a boss. And it has driven her close to a total nervous breakdown.
I was appalled to learn about what her toxic manager put her through. I heard how he undermined her, would never listen to her innovative concepts and totally discounted out loud in front of others any ideas she came up, had the temerity to order her directs, (never had the courtesy to ask her to get it done), to do tasks regardless of what work she had assigned them and then shout at the staff member for providing the wrong data plus he would never take responsibility for his initiatives going wrong. It was always someone elses fault.
My immediate reaction to hearing all this was an adrenaline pumping violent urge to confront him and sort it out man to insecure bully. But I realise that this was not going to resolve the issue nor keep my friend in a job she used to love and be highly regarded at doing. She was/is thought of as being in the top 10% of her profession.
What she had was a manager the company thought of as the ‘blue eyed wunderkind’ and so promoted him in from another division to direct the department with zero experience of her professional discipline nor what the department actually did.
Who is to blame?
Let me know what your thoughts are.
August 2nd, 2007 — Africana
The true blood diamonds of Africa are the child soldiers. Progeny of the first human blueprint of this world, forged in a history no other can compete with, these children were the real diamonds for Africa’s future. But then……..
August 1st, 2007 — Global
The new edition of Wired provides a much needed reality check on Web 2.0’s sacred cows.
August 1st, 2007 — Global
This post was inspired by something Champers said to me the other day! So Mz Champers, this is for you.
