Comments on: Mini-Microsoft: credible or coward?

By: TDavid

TDavid — Sat, 20 May 2006 04:35:31 +0000

John - check the date of this post and look at the feeds I currently subscribe to. Mini is no longer there and hasn’t been there for quite some time. I believe my explanation above was quite clear for why I chose to subscribe to the blog at one time. What little of my interest that remains in Mini is equal to that of a passerby of an accident scene.

By: John

John — Sat, 20 May 2006 01:49:47 +0000

haha, you complain about what he writes and his credibility, and then admit you have him in your aggregator list. ha ha!

By: Make You Go Hmm: » For employees Microsoft throws in the towels

Make You Go Hmm: » For employees Microsoft throws in the towels — Fri, 19 May 2006 16:09:30 +0000

[…] Towels a “symbol of poor leadership?” Who da Punk’s real name must be Who da Kidding. If Microsoft plays lemming to anon cowards like this then the decline of their stock is far from over. I’m sure shareholders will be pleased that they restored towel service and put better food on the menu, thus restoring employee morale — until the stock drops even further. […]

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Scoble says he’ll quit on the spot if Mini is fired

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:04:55 +0000

[…] I’m not going to rehash my whole Mini take because my feelings are unchanged. Mini is not a hero. While he (???) spouts about helping the company, he is tearing it down from the outside by exposing all its faults, most of which the customers don’t need to see. We don’t need to see Microsoft’s entrails in public nor do we need to hear the anonymous cries of a disgruntled (???) employee. I seriously, seriously wonder if he brings any of this up at meetings or directly to his superiors, and if he does and is being ignored then that’s a whole different story and I could maybe see taking up for his cause. Maybe. […]

By: Make You Go Hmm: » 100 reasons MakeYouGoHmm should make CNET’s Blog 100

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:25:30 +0000

[…] not written by an anonymous blogger who’s true intentions might not be known like Mini-Microsoft (is it PR? spin? who knows?) […]

By: social rights for all!

social rights for all! — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:12:40 +0000

your conformity with capitalist logic is disgusting to read about - get yourself some class conscience! Sabotage and re-appropriation in one’s company is the right way to go!

By: darkmoon

darkmoon — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:15:21 +0000

btw… thanks for linking me. I feel the love. I do. Man… you make me miss home. *laugh* (was checking out your area code). Grew up in 206.

By: darkmoon

darkmoon — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:11:05 +0000

You know what… I rock the boat a lot at work. Major corporation and all. What sucks is that people don’t listen to you if you’re an engineer… Scoble’s different since he’s a manager. For some stupid reason (whether or not you’re on the technical track) managers hold a lot more weight. Ridiculous, but you something realize it’s pointless to argue against the system. Even so, I do. A lot.

Issue is that I’d love to blog about my corporation and air their dirty laundry. But because for my job, I refuse to do so since there are bloggers getting fired. On the flip side, I’d love to promote their good things too… but because of the other stuff, I have to be consistent and air both if I blog them both. Thus I don’t blog it at all.

I think Mini-Microsoft is right to have a voice when no one else listens. That’s a good thing. Sometimes you have to look out for #1 and the kids and family, but you can’t take the stupidity anymore. Heck, I can’t take it. But my better half has told me that if you have something to bitch about at work, do it as constructive criticism or don’t do it at all. Whether management will listen is another story, but eventually you’ll get someone who will help push your cause.

If that makes any sense at all. *laugh*