Last week Intel Corporation announced that it has decided to lay off 12,000 of its employees, which is roughly 11% of its entire workforce. This is larger than the mass layoff in 2006 when Intel cut 10,000 jobs. The company has grown in size for most of the past decade. It reached a total employee count of 100,000 in 2011. According to the Oregon Live, Intel is Oregon’s … [Read more...]
Good Bye Dumb Phone, Hello Samsung S3
If you've been following my blog, you may recall how a while back I didn't want a smartphone. Eventually I started to cave and was tempted to join the smartphone masses. Then as I was finally about to upgrade, I got lucky and my boss bought me a new Samsung Galaxy S3. Now I've had my new smartphone for about 2 weeks and I'm loving it. So as promised, here is my review as … [Read more...]
Tempted To Join The Smart Phone Masses
Back in June I posted about how I don't want a smart phone. Well I hate to admit it but I am awfully tempted to join the masses. The big change is that now I could easily fit it into my budget (did someone say lifestyle inflation?). Also I take the train to work each day giving me 20 minutes each way that I could fit in blogging work. Is that enough to justify it? Easier … [Read more...]
Why I Don’t Want A Smartphone
Ok I admit that part of me does really want a smartphone, but I am just not willing to get one right now. With my current situation, the negatives of getting this fine piece of mobile tech simply outweigh the positives. The reason that this is suddenly on my mind is that my cell phone provider recently sent me an e-mail offering the phone I wanted for free...if I sign a 3 … [Read more...]
