Archive | July, 2008

Protecting your rights can be a long fight

Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Tyme White in Business

Updated 7/29/08: Scrabulous has been disabled in Facebook for US and Canada users.
Hasbro, owner of the trademark for Scrabble, filed a lawsuit against the creates of Scrabulous for trademark infringement via the Scrabulous Facebook application. A DMCA was also sent to Facebook to remove the application. I do not use the application (I rarely use [...]

Trying to control negativity…

Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Tyme White in Business

Driving along the same route you drive daily, seeing the scenery but not really paying attention, have you noticed something that you’ve never seen before? Then seeing the same things that have always been there, you open your eyes and see little things you never noticed before? If you experienced this, did you then wonder [...]

What age do you plan to retire?

Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Tyme White in Business

What age do you plan to retire?
When I feel like it. I’m serious, I don’t have a set number.
When I was growing up, when someone retired they quit their job and never worked again. Today things are very different. The retirement age is higher, people are able to work longer and more important (being realistic) [...]

The grass isn't greener on the other side

Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Tyme White in Miscellaneous

Have you ever seen a hillside that looks like a perfectly manicured lawn? The grass looks unreal, so green and lush? You wished your grass looked like that and if only for a moment, you want to sit in peace on that beautiful hillside. However, as you get closer you see weeds, bare patches, and [...]

The Test

Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Tyme White in Business

In college one of my teachers “tested” us to see what our ethics standards were. At the end of the test our teacher gave us this story – and everyone immediately knew their grade. I’m going to share the story.
A successful CEO realized it was his time to retire and to pick a replacement. Great [...]