Category Archives: At Work @IBM

The End of an Era

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Tom

Friday, January 16th 2009 marked the end of an era for me. I ended my employment with IBM voluntarily. It wasn’t like the threat last time and I left on very good terms with the magic ‘can work here again’ … Continue reading →

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Alright, it’s official, 2008 Sucks.

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Tom

First, I loose the washing machine to a ridiculous repair. $600 to fix a washer worth $500. So we’ve been waiting on a tax refund for that, hauling clothes over to the neighbor’s house who works during the day. Then, … Continue reading →

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IBM Not To Use Vista – But Will Move to Linux Desktops

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Tom

What Digg.com Says:Andreas Pleschek also told that IBM has canceled their contract with Microsoft as of October this year. That means that IBM will not use Windows Vista for their desktops. Beginning from July, IBM employees will begin using IBM … Continue reading →

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Well, We Can Podcast now Too

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Tom

First, we can blog, and now we’ve been encouraged to podcast (see:Big Blue dives into podcast waters | CNET News.com)

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IBM Employee quits job after blog posting

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Tom

Some time ago I identified myself as an employee of IBM under their ‘blogging’ rules that were reveled that allowed us to blog, even identify ourselves as IBM employees, but how to handle it. News.com has a blog entry (not … Continue reading →

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Well, At Least Vincent Freeman Would Have a Job

Posted on October 10, 2005 by Tom

I.B.M. to Put Genetic Data of Workers Off Limits. Once again, my employer is on the forefront of privacy issues when it comes to their employees. A few months ago IBM Partnered with The Genographic Project and let anyone who … Continue reading →

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IBM Requests all employees work from home if possible

Posted on September 1, 2005 by Tom

We just got an email today from the NC State Executive for IBM that if manager willing, and it’s capable for you to do so to please not commute in to the office and work from home. My wife has … Continue reading →

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Eh? Apple going Intel? I think not.

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Tom

(Take 2, internet hiccup wiped my first posting. Make sure I use a posting client from now on) So, now it’s been about 24 hours since all the fervor started regarding Apple talking to Intel about Chips (Thanks WSJ) Which … Continue reading →

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IBM Gives go-ahead to employees to Blog On.

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Tom

IBM internally on Monday gave the go ahead to it’s entire workforce that it was OK to blog about IBM as long as you followed a set of guidelines which in my opinion is completely reasonable.

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