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Category Archives: Admin
Moving to a new design
I’ve been sick and tired of my website for years now, and with the change in how I do business, I’m moving off this look into a new one. Expect a pretty simplistic look on the website for about a…
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What Does “MANASCLERK” Mean?
When I went to Vancouver, I was castigated by a family friend for having a company name that doesn’t make any sense. If you haven’t kept track, although I use a few Brand Names, my company name is “The Manasclerk…
Seattle!
For those of you who care, I’m spending the summer in Seattle at the behest of a fellow (much larger) investor in a Green startup up in Vancouver. He thinks it’s in the best interest of both the startup and…
The latest Secret Rules of Career Success Newsletter is on its way
If you are a subscriber, the latest Secret Rules of Career Success newsletter deals with how your unconventional paths to achieving more than other people can actually destroy your career and even get you fired. It’s a big topic, so…
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Seattle, Here I Come!
The cobbler’s children go unshod.
— Old Russian proverb
I’ve told you for years (if…
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My Google Failure, and Thoughts on Elliott Jaques
It seems that I’ve done something here to upset Google. Back when I started writing about Dr. Elliott Jaques, my blog was #3 when you searched for “elliott jaques”, right after his own Requisite Organization and Art Kleiner’s excellent introductory…
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Tagged elliott jaques, Google, requisite organization, SEO, stratified systems theory
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Updating Old Posts
I’ve been writing about work levels and stratified systems theory since 2003, just after I started writing this blog. Some of these older posts are great, full of wonderful information that you’ll no doubt find useful. Other posts are clearly…
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Bing! New search comes to Requisite Writing
I’ve finally figured out that Google Custom Search hates my weblog templates: it’s been broken, apparently for months.
I’ve now replaced it with Bing! from Microsoft. Give it a try and see if you don’t get much better search…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends north of the border.
If your holiday is as great as ours, here’s SCTV’s “20 Depressing Hits by Connie Franklin” to help you celebrate.
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Happy Birthday, JMMJ
Frequent past contributor and my best man, JMMJ, is celebrating a milestone birthday. Now you are finally old enough for this image to make sense.
So have a pint with the lads tonight, my old friend. Happy Birthday!
Podcast update: Jack Fallow interview
The Manasclerk Company, along with the Secret Rules of Career Success, is adding a podcast called “The Killer App”. Yesterday I added an interview with Jack Fallow. Jack was founder Chairman of GasForce, a company created when its employees bought out the group from British Gas. Yes, an employee-owned company that followed the Glacier Metal Company model. Continue reading
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Tagged GasForce, Jack Fallow, podcast, requisite organization, The Killer App podcast
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Admin: Recovery Means Reposts
If you’ve been seeing 20-30 updates on the RSS feed from Requisite Writing, it’s because I’m trying to recover the site. I did something stupid and lost 200 posts on Friday night. My backups for the last months were all…
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Welcome, Calandra!
The Manasclerk Company welcomes our summer intern, Calandra. Calandra is a student at Hope College, and has already added value. She’ll be working a bit on the Secret Rules of Career Success website but will mostly focus on helping me…
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New Webinar: “Why You Hate Your Church”
Why You Hate Your Church. Sunday, 2009 April 19 at 8pm CDT / Chicago time
A good percentage of readers of Requisite Writing are Christians of one sort of another, and a common complaint from them has been about…
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Tagged christianity, church, cranky parishioners, emergents, Evangelicals, webinar
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Latest Newsletter Now Out
The latest Secret Rules of Career Success newsletter is out. (Egyptian Dreams edition.) I’ve added a podcast version for subscribers to download and listen to. This is especially handy for commuters. If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, check your…
Welcome, Mr. President
Today Mr. Obama was sworn in as the President of the United States of America. It’s a rough time by anyone’s measure. Tt’s going to be an even harder job than it is usually (and it’s usually a tough roe…
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Michael Bates, a Commenter, Sued for Libel… By a Newspaper!
Michael Bates is a sometimes commenter here, a software developer, ex-candidate for office, radio personality, blogger, amigo and columnist for the Urban Tulsa Weekly. And he’s being sued for libel, along with the weekly and its owner, by the Tulsa’s…
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Tagged lawsuit, libel, michael bates, tulsa world, urban tulsa weekly
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This week: Career Hint in the Newsletter; Church and Democracy Here
This week in the newsletter, I’ll be discussing how to level-shift your work so that you improve your chances of thriving in this wretched economy. If you’re a hidden high potential, it’s a great time because you have spare capability…
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Happy New Year!
I hope that y’all who have been celebrating holidays have been having a great time. We’ve been sidelined here with the Xmas Plague (motto: “Pass it on!”) so I’m not going to post again until the new year.
Best wishes…
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Site Down [And We're Back!]
We’ve done an upgrade that has corrupted the entire site. Joy. I’ll be back up and running as soon as possible. Good to have that resolved….
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