The Clever Moke

Seven Years Into the Three Year Home Improvement Plan

CleverMoke — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:04:01 +0000

In 2003, we bought the house, and it was a fixer-upper. When I say ‘fixer-upper,’ I need you to close your eyes. Imagine four types of siding. Peeling paint. Weeds…oh my God, the weeds. I could talk all day about the weeds, folks…they were our sisyphean task. [We had several solutions to the weeds. 1) Roundup concentrate. . . . → Read More: Seven Years Into the Three Year Home Improvement Plan

Husbands Working Harder; Wives Working Hardest

CleverMoke — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:03:33 +0000

I recently ran across a somewhat dated article about housework. The key takeaway:

Overall, U.S. women do considerably less housework today than in 1976, while the amount of housework men do has increased. In 1976, women did an average of 26 hours of housework a week, compared with about 17 hours in 2005. Men did about six hours . . . → Read More: Husbands Working Harder; Wives Working Hardest

“They Couldn’t Tweet Their Way Out of a Paper Bag”

CleverMoke — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:03:21 +0000

Why Our Kids Need Even More Work on Spelling, Grammar and Sentence Structure

OMG I was sooooo LOL when I was powerdisking Ali G saturday I was ROFLMAO

Huh?

My first thought isn’t that the author obviously enjoyed watching multiple episodes of British comedy The Ali G Show on Saturday. I got that (with the help of an urban dictionary), but what I . . . → Read More: “They Couldn’t Tweet Their Way Out of a Paper Bag”

Shopping for a Used Car (or Two)

CleverMoke — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:02:40 +0000

Pitfalls, Lessons and Morals of the Whole . . . → Read More: Shopping for a Used Car (or Two)

The Frozen Food Cost Conundrum

CleverMoke — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:02:09 +0000

Does Eating Fresh Really Mean . . . → Read More: The Frozen Food Cost Conundrum

Sharing the dream.

CleverMoke — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:12:32 +0000

Take Note, Product Development Dudes. It Isn’t All About Your Latest Gizmo. And Marketers? Let’s Look Past the Focus Group.

You know those product development guys down in the basement? At tech companies they frequently huddle in tight knit groups around a laptop, whispering feverishly about things in the electronic ether which we cannot fathom. The ones . . . → Read More: Sharing the dream.

Ahead of the Curve, Behind on the Bills

CleverMoke — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:06:51 +0000

Exploring the First Mover (Dis)Advantage

First mover advantage evokes very sharp images in our minds: the Apple Mouse, Microsoft Windows, XXXXXXXXXXX. Except…it’s aall just a collective memory fart. Apple’s vaunted mouse was invented by ___________ skunk works, along with _____________. Today, the first mover sells enormous, loud and expensive machines which take pictures of paper while Apple and Microsoft vie for . . . → Read More: Ahead of the Curve, Behind on the Bills

The On-the-Job MBA

CleverMoke — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:05:22 +0000

How Do You Tell a Potential Employer You’ve Got the Skills?

The days of ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. EEEEEEEEEE. EEEEEEEEE. XXXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. . . . → Read More: The On-the-Job MBA

He Likes to Kiss Up…and Kick Down.

CleverMoke — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:41:01 +0000

The Neanderthal Boss Makes a Deep Recession Comeback: 3 Reasons Why

Whatever happened to Captain Touchy Feelie? Remember him? He was your boss back in the late 90′s and early 2000′s. Maybe he had beanbag chairs in the office, or a ping-pong table in the Company’s rec room. Comp time was handed out like amyl nitrate poppers . . . → Read More: He Likes to Kiss Up…and Kick Down.