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]]> Alek's away message 2007-09-13T17:23:21Z 2007-09-13T10:23:21-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2007:/mt/marek//2.69 2007-09-13T17:23:21Z Alek's away message: "Oh God, here we go again." [today is his third day as a bike messenger in New York; it might be the toughest place in the world to be a bike messenger; it's very likely he'll want... marek marekjez@gmail.com Personal Alek's away message: "Oh God, here we go again." [today is his third day as a bike messenger in New York; it might be the toughest place in the world to be a bike messenger; it's very likely he'll want to change it into a less strenuous job soon :-)]

]]> uplifting nightmare 2005-05-07T11:13:12Z 2005-05-07T04:13:12-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2005:/mt/marek//2.59 2005-05-07T11:13:12Z Have you ever had a nightmare when you think you’ll die but at the last moment you wake up just to rescue yourself from certain and horrible death? Well, I had one last night. I was alone in an unknown... marek marekjez@gmail.com Have you ever had a nightmare when you think you’ll die but at the last moment you wake up just to rescue yourself from certain and horrible death?
Well, I had one last night.


I was alone in an unknown basement arranged as an entertainment room. I was standing by the bar having a glass of something. Knowing myself, it was a glass of red wine.
A person from work approached me in a seemingly friendly manner and started a conversation. His eyes appeared to smile friendly from behind the glasses. His short, blond hair reflected the light that was shining from behind. However, after 10-15 seconds of the conversation his face started to morph into a dark face of ultimate evil and destruction. He started to kill me. I knew I would die. It was almost time to wake up. It was obvious that if I didn’t do anything, I’d be gone. However, there was something new and different in this situation. I felt strong enough to face this ultimate evil and respond. Somehow, I managed to stop the evil from succeeding….


Soon after I woke up and started to think about this dream.


I realized this was an uplifting nightmare.
I wish everybody a success in fight against evil. :-)

]]> He has no lips. He must be Polish 2005-04-26T08:35:46Z 2005-04-26T01:35:46-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2005:/mt/marek//2.58 2005-04-26T08:35:46Z I think it was Wednesday, last week, an early morning in Shanghai. WXQ was watching TV (CNN news) without any sound. I was waking up on my bed, but still trying to catch the last rays of sleep. When she... marek marekjez@gmail.com Personal I think it was Wednesday, last week, an early morning in Shanghai. WXQ was watching TV (CNN news) without any sound. I was waking up on my bed, but still trying to catch the last rays of sleep. When she said “they elected another Pope from Poland,” I could not resist waking up. “Why do you say he’s from Poland?” “He has no lips, just like you. He even looks like older you.” At that point, I knew that Joseph A Ratzinger (actually from Germany) was elected as the new Pope. I was glad to see a German cardinal to get this extremely important position.

]]> Family Tree Maker purchase 2004-12-10T08:15:34Z 2004-12-10T00:15:34-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.50 2004-12-10T08:15:34Z Several days ago, I bought the Family Tree Maker software. It arrived today in the mail and I promptly installed it. I opened the family tree database that I haven't touched for about 2 years. Somehow, the new software made... marek marekjez@gmail.com Personal Several days ago, I bought the Family Tree Maker software. It arrived today in the mail and I promptly installed it. I opened the family tree database that I haven't touched for about 2 years. Somehow, the new software made it apparent that I had holes in the information about my family. The first thing that came to my mind was "I need to call my mother to get it." A parallel thought arrived almost at the same time "My mother passed away." I got sad. The only information I added to the tree was the date my mother passed away. I closed the program. I'm not sure when I open it again.

]]> Two months ago 2004-11-15T07:31:16Z 2004-11-14T23:31:16-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.44 2004-11-15T07:31:16Z Exactly two months ago, about 6:30 am, my home phone started to ring. I was half asleep and didn't reach for it in time. It stopped ringing and my cell phone started to ring. There was no caller ID on... marek marekjez@gmail.com Personal Exactly two months ago, about 6:30 am, my home phone started to ring. I was half asleep and didn't reach for it in time. It stopped ringing and my cell phone started to ring. There was no caller ID on the cell phone. I usually avoid answering phone calls without caller ID, but not this time. My brother was on the phone and started by saying: "Niedobrze sie stalo. Mama zmarla." ([Something] not good happened. Mom passed away). I didn't know what to say, frozen by these words. I still don't know what to say. I still don’t know how to grieve, except to repeat frequently said words of a Polish prayer: "wieczny odpoczynek racz Jej dac Panie, a swiatlosc wiekuista niechaj Jej swieci."

]]> 7th Annual Top Ten Technology Trends 2004-11-13T16:58:21Z 2004-11-13T08:58:21-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.42 2004-11-13T16:58:21Z On 9 November some of the techno-industry's leading (and, as I found out, very opinionated) luminaries debated what technology trends would emerge during the year ahead at an event organized by Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club. That day, I spend my... marek marekjez@gmail.com Technology On 9 November some of the techno-industry's leading (and, as I found out, very opinionated) luminaries debated what technology trends would emerge during the year ahead at an event organized by Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club. That day, I spend my dinnertime at Fairmont Hotel in San Jose attending 7th Annual Top Ten Technology Trends sponsored by the Churchill Club ( http://www.churchillclub.org/index.jsp ). It’s an interesting event, less due to the accuracy of the forecasts and more due to the personalities and opinions of the major speakers.

This year the speakers were John Doerr [JD] partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (introduced also as a member of the board of “something called Google”), Esther Dyson [ED] editor at large at CNET Networks, Roger McNamee [RM] co-founder and managing director of Silver Lake Partners & Integral Capital Partners (also introduced as author of “New Normal” book) and Joe Schoendorf [JS] partner at Accel Partners. The moderator was Tony Perkins [TP], creator and editor-in-chief of AlwaysOn.com (I also remember him from prior incarnations of Red Herring).

The evening started with the review of last year’s Top Ten Technology Trends. I was amazed how far some of the predictions were from the reality this year (although some of them may still come true in the future). For example, [JS] commented on [JD]’s prediction for 2004 of personalized (based on your gene makeup) medicines: “not now, maybe way in the future.”

Format of the event:
- presentation of the prediction by its author
- short discussion among the panelists
- followed by voting using green (agree) and red (disagree) signs held by everybody (including the audience)

Disclaimer: I type with two fingers (I know, I need to take typing class :-)) hence some of the phrases attributed to the presenters may be incomplete and may not reflect completely the intentions of the people associated with it in my notes.

Next Year’s (2005) predictions were:

1. Presented by [JD] “The NextWeb. Ten years after the first web browser we’re witnessing incredible innovation and systemic rethinking/reinvention in important web services, e.g. Google/search, commerce, personalization, even browsers. Has the Internet been under hyped?”
[JD]: It is true. I remember “aha moment” when the first web browser appeared. We have moved several paces since then. At first we had services based on personalization, then self-service web sites. At this point, we are approaching nirvana where info is available everywhere. We are getting a sense of community. Search is everywhere. This trend has a long way to run.
[JS]: Early on, we say this will change the world. We wait and nothing happens at first. Then it fails. Later it takes off and the result is so much bigger than we ever imagined.
[ED]: It will be invisible
[RM]: Full duplex
[ED]: At first it’s content then you get applications
[RM]: [Too much] venture money is going to fund community work
[JD]: Bill Joy (Sun’s founder) explained to [JD] his view of nextWEB categories – near web (your pc), far web (your TV), near web (local), is-this-what-you-mean web, b2c web, smart dust web
Voting: The attendees agreed with John (voting green)

2. Presented by [ED] “The Personal Electronic Health Record (PEHR) will be a big deal, and a lot of business will coalesce around it. It will foment new apps for data sharing and protection, domain-specific health-oriented search and the like”
[ED]: emerging business opportunity for providers, employers, clinics; patient is missing it so far; there will be demand from patients to see PEHRs just like they need to see their financial records. Yahoo and Google mentioned
[JS]: inertia against it will work against it (but it should happen)
Vote: mixed red and green (disagreement, over the future)

3. Presented by [RM] “Enterprise. There will no major waves of enterprise technology spending equivalent to Windows (early 90s), ERP (mid-90s) or Y2K (late 90s) for at least five years. - The focus of enterprise technology spending over the next few years will be on operating cost savings, not competitive advantage - one of the biggest opportunities for near term cost savings will be technology spending itself”
[RM]: we are in a period between the big waves; companies are spending money to build their own as opposed to buying
[ED]: huge wave of do it yourself
[JS]: do you remember 1990-91 when we said PCs are maxed out; that in 2-3 years we’ll enter new golden age; what we’ve done so far in the enterprise almost reaches end-of-life and will need to be replaced; DB spends money on maintenance; eBay – IT structure is obsolete
[JD]: morally equivalent to saying that the future is in internet with web services; agree most IT budget is tied up in legacy systems; my partners and I make investment in web services to increase revenue; e.g., social net system to call on your customers
[ED]: not a single wave; lots of local storms
[RM]: we will be in build world; in 5 years, you’ll see new product wave. Now IT budgets are 2.8% versus 5% in the past.
[ED]: vendors will make real money
Vote: mixed red and green (more red)

4. Presented by [JS] “China: The Next Global Innovation Leader. We tend to look at China today the same way we did Japan in the 50's 60's and early 70's - a great source of low cost labor. China, even more so than Japan is poised to become a global leader in inventing the next big thing. Why, what, when?”
[JS]: [survey: who visited China? Most of the attendees] China is the major competitor to Silicon Valley; 2000 year history of intellectual achievements; lots of PhDs graduating in China and US; comparing to Israelis who went back to start lots of companies; we are now in the cusp where Japan was in 70s and 80s. We’ll be surprised in a year by innovation coming from China.
[JD]: will China invent something in 2-3 years? What is that?
[JS]: I cannot tell you that, but they have so many experiments
[ED]: two things to notice. First, it’s less important where the next innovation comes from (but statistics favors China). Second they have huge scale that allows them to set standards
[JD]: what’s the next big thing?
[RM]: Patriot Act forces smart foreign-born people to go home – it’s the single stupidest thing [applause]
[JS]: disagrees – they went back because of the opportunity; he worries about two groups going against Cisco 24 hours a day
[JS]: more people in China have cell phones than people in this country (this will set the standards)
Vote: mixed but green prevailing.

5. Presented by [TP] “Mainstream media & entertainment will relent to the Open Source Media Revolution, and allow more online content participation (e.g. Blogging, uploading of music and video) and greater transparency and collaboration of members (i.e. online social networking). This will provide a mini-boom for new content creators and blogging and social networking tools and application developers.”
[TP]: evidence: 4.5M blog sites; 5th wave of media watching 4th wave (e.g., Dan Rather, NYT editor, etc..) Mainstream media and entertainment
[RM]: if you said it 2 years ago it would have been brilliant, but by now it already happened
[JS]: which media will go only web (or which media company will fail because they don’t get it)?
[ED]: this trend is similar to enterprise trend
[RM]: based on the crap they show, it’s amazing that network TV is watched by so many people
[TP]: no one’s making money in blogging; no one is making money in social networking; editors will have to open up to people
Vote: mixed

6. Presented by [JD] “Stem Cells Rock (and divide, and differentiate). California will lead the world with research into embryonic stem cells, eventually leading to new therapies for many diseases. We’ll learn the intricate networks and signaling involved in hundreds of cell types, with breakthroughs through exquisite drug intervention and cellular therapies for intractable diseases.”
[JS]: what’s the time frame?
[JD]: proof of concept – spinal cord, type 2 diabetes, heart muscle. California will lead the world. The most pro-life thing we can do is to take couple hundred embryos
[JS]: we live in the valley where complexity takes time, but I worry that even in 2010 we’ll see no results. It’s up to us to set expectation that it will impact people’s kids [not them]. We should spend the money.
Vote: sea of green

7. Presented by [ED] “Cell-Phone Text Messaging. Americans will start to use cell-phone text messaging for a variety of tasks, and vendors/service providers will jump into the game, for everything from personalized marketing to drug compliance ("did you remember to take your pill at 7 pm?")”
[ED]: US are way behind Europe and China. The Internet changes geography. The link between people, events is virtual. There’s a change in time perception: “I’ll tell you on Fri where I am” (as opposed to “I’m planning to be at…”). Huge amount of text (SMS) applications: e.g., credit card fraud detection, find where your kid is, local mobile applications will change your life significantly
[JD]: mentioned Google SMS
Vote: green

8. Presented by [RM] “Consumer technology (and content) that targets people over 30 will be more successful than products targeting younger people.”
[RM]: media is no longer location based (proliferation of playback places); demographic of consumption is such that people over 30 have money
[JD]: if Roger said 27.5, I’d agree with him (average age of book buyer 40, movie 22, music 20, video games 25, iTunes? High-30s)
[JS]: in China, gaming services on mobile will be big

9. Presented by [JS] “Digital Living. Everything you own at home is obsolete. Throw it all out. TV'S, Stereos, CD's, DVD and all your cables. Store content once - use anywhere.”
[JS]: this valley created many of the most interesting markets that ever existed; for the rest of our life the next entrepreneurs will have to think globally; fundamentally everything goes wireless, then you’ll see significant changes. For example, next year’s MP3 players in cars will sync with you home wi-fi; in Jan CES you’ll see many products related to it
[RM]: no chance you’ll do it (related to throwing out originals of your pictures)
Vote: mixed (mostly green)

10. Presented by [TP] “A cultural move to the IT as a “utility” model (e.g. NetSuite, Salesforce.com, Sun’s new push to run your server room) in computing which will help keep the IT business growing overall. This trend will be driven by the continued virtualization of the workforce; where workers require web access to all business processes from anywhere at anytime, and the cost savings value of this kind of arrangement.”
[TP]: everything that I need is on the Internet. When I pay the phone bill I don’t worry about hardware or software, so why do I need to worry about hardware and software used by IT
No time to vote

]]> Mozilla Achievement 2004-11-10T07:06:12Z 2004-11-09T23:06:12-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.41 2004-11-10T07:06:12Z Congratulations to my Mozilla friends and colleagues on the release of their Firefox 1.0 browser (go to http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ if you want it)! The amazing achievement is that a small group of people on a mission, together with uncounted volunteers from... marek marekjez@gmail.com Congratulations to my Mozilla friends and colleagues on the release of their Firefox 1.0 browser (go to http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ if you want it)! The amazing achievement is that a small group of people on a mission, together with uncounted volunteers from around the globe, managed to release not only an English version of Firefox 1.0, but also many localized versions of it at the same time. Netscape, despite having many more paid resources, never was able to do it.

Congratulations to the Mozilla team.
Firefox kicks butt!

]]> "In New Hampshire we shoot first then ask questions later" 2004-10-27T07:21:27Z 2004-10-27T00:21:27-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.36 2004-10-27T07:21:27Z Last Sunday, I went with my son for a trip up north (I came to visit MA that weekend). We managed to find our way out of Cambridge onto highway 93 north toward New Hampshire. Our plan was to go... marek marekjez@gmail.com Last Sunday, I went with my son for a trip up north (I came to visit MA that weekend). We managed to find our way out of Cambridge onto highway 93 north toward New Hampshire. Our plan was to go for an excursion around the Lake Winnipesaukee.

The colors during our trip north were beautiful. Just about 20-30 miles north of Boston you could notice the change of colors. You could see the warm palette of yellows, oranges, reds and brow reds all around with a few breaks of dark green evergreens. Nice colors. It was also noticeable that the further north we went, the more dead, dry brown colors with more naked trees you could see like a premonition of winter.

We started to drive around the lake. At first we went through interesting downtown of Laconia where the stores are all closed (sounds like a text from that famous Led Zeppelin song), then we noticed a street that was next to the lake. I wanted to stop by and take pictures.

There were signs “No trespassing” so we parked on the street and made sure that we stayed on the public land. I took some pictures of the bank across the lake, nice hills with colors, church steeple, some houses, etc. Then I noticed behind me a huge lawn blanketed by yellow leaves. We took a picture of these leaves. Almost immediately an angry man came out of the house to the right shouting, “whom do you work for?” I was puzzled; I don’t remember what I said at first. However I explained to him that I just wanted to take a picture of the leaves on the lawn. It turned out that he didn’t want anybody to take a picture of his property. I realized that he thought that I worked for one of the tax assessors. It was obvious that he didn’t want his property tax raised. He turned out to be talkative. He explained to us that his neighbor’s house is worth only 80 thousand but sold for more than 200K. He also told us that damming the river created the lake. That the lake level is low this time of the year and many other local facts.

When we were departing he said, “you were lucky, in New Hampshire we shoot first then ask questions later.”

On the way back, in and around Laconia, I noticed many election signs supporting Bush and none for Kerry. Any correlation between Bush and "we shoot first then ask questions later?" :-)

The trip back to Cambridge was much less eventful than this stopover.

]]> Late entries and reflections 2004-10-17T18:40:36Z 2004-10-17T11:40:36-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.30 2004-10-17T18:40:36Z There was a meeting with M. Gorbachev on Friday that I attended. At this point, he is the president of an international charity based in Switzerland, Green Cross. It was interesting to see him. He aged since the time he... marek marekjez@gmail.com There was a meeting with M. Gorbachev on Friday that I attended. At this point, he is the president of an international charity based in Switzerland, Green Cross. It was interesting to see him. He aged since the time he was much more visible, but he appeared still to be sharp and witty. I felt sad for him. His place in the history will be always controversial – he helped to bring freedoms of the Eastern European countries and to many Soviet Union member states. At the same time, he is the person that helped to dismantle empire – history is not kind to people that lose empires. There was a significant entourage with him, at least one bodyguard, translator, wife, daughter and couple of other people. However, there was only one person he introduced publicly – it was his daughter. Looks to me that he wants to promote her publicly for some reason.

I use my old and somewhat erratically working bicycle to commute to and from my work. I do it to make sure that my body, and especially my heart, gets a reasonable workout. It was the same on Friday. I got there OK, but on the way back, in the middle of the intersection (when I had only momentum related to pushing myself off the ground) the gears gave up on me. No matter how hard I pedaled, the rear wheel wouldn’t move. I fell down (problems with timely removal of the cleats). It was sort of scary – lying down attached to bike with cleats with traffic going in one direction, but expecting a change in the lights. While I was struggling on the ground, a SUV (Jeep?) stopped concerned. They asked me if I was OK. I somehow managed to free myself from the pedals and was certain I can get up, despite 25+ pound backpack on my shoulders. I answered I’d be OK. It was nice of them to do it. Thank you strangers!! An interesting aspect of human behavior: when I was on the ground and Jeep stopped to help me, soon thereafter a car behind them started to honk as if its driver was saying “Don’t stop for this loser. I’m in rush to have some beers. Let him be driven over. I don’t care!”

I stayed away from creating an entry in this blog that my mother passed away over a month ago. I may have done it because I don’t want to give up unreasonable hope that when I call the usual phone number (she lived about 6,600 miles away from me, so phone was the most frequent and easiest way to “visit” her) she answers the phone. I know this expectation is unreasonable and 100% guaranteed not to happen, but nevertheless such is human, or at least my, nature that clings onto, no matter how improbable, event and doesn’t want to let go of it.

Prediction: I will have to go to Poland for my brother’s wedding within next 6-8 months (actually no later than Easter 2005).

]]> 2004-10-12T06:03:00Z 2004-10-11T23:03:00-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.25 2004-10-12T06:03:00Z Today was my first day of employment at G. It felt really good despite being anti-climactic - I had a contract there since 15/Dec/2003. While I'm not working for DH any longer, I really appreciate her help at G (and... marek marekjez@gmail.com Job Today was my first day of employment at G. It felt really good despite being anti-climactic - I had a contract there since 15/Dec/2003. While I'm not working for DH any longer, I really appreciate her help at G (and giving me an opportunity to have contract at G about 10 months ago).

]]> "Extreme ways are back again" 2004-05-05T07:04:44Z 2004-05-05T00:04:44-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.4 2004-05-05T07:04:44Z I had better days than last Tuesday. First, I have learnt implicitly about the negative "test" result (as described yesterday in the cryptic choices ii. and iii.). I did not care to ask nor to learn the reasons nor justifications... marek marekjez@gmail.com I had better days than last Tuesday. First, I have learnt implicitly about the negative "test" result (as described yesterday in the cryptic choices ii. and iii.). I did not care to ask nor to learn the reasons nor justifications for it. I said to myself, "It doesn't matter in a long run. Do not cry over the spilled milk. Now you know where things stand -- get up and act consistently with these results." I somehow felt cleansed and it felt right. However, later in a day I got a call from my son. Again, he dislocated his shoulder. I felt really bed for him. He wanted to play baseball with his friends next year. Now it is questionable, but I still hope he can do it. If I could transplant my shoulder to him, I would do it any minute.

I see today as a bottom, but bottoms are always good to bounce back … :-)

In the evening, I listened 40-50 times to a single song by Moby – “Extreme Ways.” I like this song ever since I saw Moby and David Bowie playing at the Shoreline. Somehow, listening to it repeatedly was the right thing to do.

Moby - Extreme Ways

Extreme ways are back again
Extreme places I didn't know
I broke everything new again
Everything that I'd owned
I threw it out the windows, came along
Extreme ways I know move apart
The colors of my sea
Perfect color me

Extreme ways that that help me
Help me out at night
Extreme places I had gone
But never seen any light
Dirty basements, dirty noise
Dirty places coming through
Extreme worlds alone
Did you ever like it planned

I would stand in line for this
There's always room in life for this

Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Like it always does, always does

]]> Today I'll know the "test" results 2004-05-04T12:40:49Z 2004-05-04T05:40:49-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.3 2004-05-04T12:40:49Z Today could be an interesting day in my life. Yesterday, a group of executives, from a company I’m consulting with, might have looked at an important to me matter. There are three results possible: i. They looked at it and... marek marekjez@gmail.com Today could be an interesting day in my life. Yesterday, a group of executives, from a company I’m consulting with, might have looked at an important to me matter. There are three results possible:
i. They looked at it and said yes (I’d consider it a positive result)
ii. They looked at it and said no (I’d consider it a negative result)
iii. Somebody decided not to submit the matter for their opinion (I’d consider it also a negative result)
Today, I should know the outcome. It feels like waiting for the test results in college. Either way, as a result of this, significant changes are inevitable.

]]> 1 May 2004 2004-05-01T22:10:46Z 2004-05-01T15:10:46-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.1 2004-05-01T22:10:46Z Today is the traditional Labor Day holiday in Poland (as in many other countries outside of North America). Despite the fact that Poland is no longer under communist government it is still an official holiday over there [I guess, people... marek marekjez@gmail.com This World Today is the traditional Labor Day holiday in Poland (as in many other countries outside of North America). Despite the fact that Poland is no longer under communist government it is still an official holiday over there [I guess, people don’t want to give up their days off :-)]. However, all the Labor Day celebrations in Poland and in Europe took a back seat to a more important event – admission of ten new members, among them Poland, to the European Union.

People ask me how it feels to witness this event and I have problems answering it. It feels like an extremely important historical day, but at the same time it feels that today is the same as yesterday and many days to come. I’m still not certain what it means for an average citizen. We’ll see. I’m hopeful though and see a big opportunity for Poland.

Happy EU admission day to you, Poland!

]]> Need to stop having fun and get a job with benefits

I’ve been consulting for a while. While I enjoy doing it (you get to see different organizations, face many new challenges and learning opportunities), I have been getting my medical insurance through COBRA. While COBRA coverage doesn’t run out next month, I feel urgency [supported by gentle and less gentle hints from my family :-)] to get a regular job with benefits. I got lazy in this department, I need to rewrite my resume and start marketing myself. I’ll keep you posted.

]]> Need to stop having fun and get a job with benefits 2004-05-01T04:49:54Z 2004-04-30T21:49:54-08:00 tag:jeziorek.web.aplus.net,2004:/mt/marek//2.2 2004-05-01T04:49:54Z I’ve been consulting for a while. While I enjoy doing it (you get to see different organizations, face many new challenges and learning opportunities), I have been getting my medical insurance through COBRA. While COBRA coverage doesn’t run out next... marek marekjez@gmail.com Job I’ve been consulting for a while. While I enjoy doing it (you get to see different organizations, face many new challenges and learning opportunities), I have been getting my medical insurance through COBRA. While COBRA coverage doesn’t run out next month, I feel urgency [supported by gentle and less gentle hints from my family :-)] to get a regular job with benefits. I got lazy in this department, I need to rewrite my resume and start marketing myself. I’ll keep you posted.

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