Author Archives: ttheobald

KPIs Part II – As Applied to a Technical Support department

Posted on July 20, 2012 by ttheobald

This is Part 2 of a series – Part 1 can be found here So…part 2 of this series will take a look at the KPIs appropriate for a Technical Support department.  In order to arrive at what elements of … Continue reading →

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Battle-Bands: table-less / mapless D&D 4e

Posted on July 15, 2012 by ttheobald

With the oncoming death of the VT (actually, this was spurred because while insanely useful, the VT made mapmaking a HUGE pain in the ass), I was spurred to create a “mapless” battle plotter for D&D 4th Edition.  The rules … Continue reading →

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Problems in Retail

Posted on July 9, 2012 by ttheobald

I was asked recently (during an interview) what my view of the retail world was – as an open-ended question and not focused on the aspects of how to use technology to provide a solution, I stumbled over it.  It … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Prometheus

Posted on June 18, 2012 by ttheobald

I’ve been putting this off (which seems to be becoming a bit of a theme for me), but here’s the review: Visuals:  9 Audio:  7.5 Plot:  2 Characters:  4 Action:  8 Science (only applies to sci-fi films, not counted in … Continue reading →

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Key Performance Indicators in IT – part 1

Posted on June 15, 2012 by ttheobald

I was asked recently by a company as part of their first-round hiring process a question very similar to this: How would you establish measurement of the departments under you in such a way that you would have an indication … Continue reading →

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Been Gone a While…

Posted on May 30, 2012 by ttheobald

Apologies – current company is in a death-spiral under a fail-upwards culture in our UK office, and I’ve been pounding the pavement both looking for a new position as well as trying hard to get a business plan polished up … Continue reading →

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This is the reason…

Posted on April 4, 2012 by ttheobald

…why many people, myself included, smile going out the door every morning, or smile when looking up at the stars.

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10 Things Christians and Atheists Could (but mostly don’t) Agree On

Posted on March 8, 2012 by ttheobald

A friend linked to this article from Cracked.com entitled “10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (and Must) Agree On” on her FB page the other day, and after reading through it I felt the need to respond. Summary:  No, we don’t … Continue reading →

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Fox News: if you’re a woman in the military, you can just expect to get sexually assaulted.

Posted on February 14, 2012 by ttheobald

Wow. Apparently, it’s the responsibility of “extreme feminism” for a $113 million expenditure that the military has in place for sexual counseling for female members of the armed forces.  As if that were a bad thing. Oh wait, “Their job … Continue reading →

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RP and Birth Control

Posted on February 13, 2012 by ttheobald

I never explicitly posted about it, but I have mentioned it several times on FaceBook, the actual agenda behind the pro-life argument. It doesn’t stop with abortion.  That’s just a red-meat issue to get people to jump in line and … Continue reading →

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