Daily Archives: April 14, 2015

Xerox CEO gives advise on how to rise in power

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Her advice: 1) get a good internship, 2) speak up, 3) gain and retain peoples trust.  Hum…I wonder if she reads the reviews on her at glassdoor.com.  You get a contradiction about those 3 items and what the CEO allows … Continue reading →

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Xerox outsourcing for Orange county is costing more than inhouse

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting article where it looks like its costing the county more to have Xerox do the work than if they just did it in-house. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-657357-employees-xerox.html  

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Xerox CEO #7 top paid women in tech

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

I think the author missed 8.x million in this.  Anyways interesting to see how much exec’s make. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2015/03/27/tech-highest-paid-women/7.html  

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The bottom of this article doesn’t favor Xerox Tech group

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Most of the article is about GE Capital, but the example at the bottom is what caught my eye.  Author talks about how Xerox is being dragged down by its technology division (printers/copiers/etc).  In other words, it should kill it … Continue reading →

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Go Xerox Stock Go!

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Finally Xerox stock is moving upwards….at a pace faster than a snail.  Well for now. http://www.streetledger.com/company-shares-of-xerox-corporation-rally-3-84/38842/

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Xerox watching you in car pool lanes

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Looks like Xerox is being used to try and find carpool cheaters on Interstate 15. http://www.cbs8.com/story/28762544/new-camera-spies-carpool-cheaters-on-interstate-15

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Xerox Helping Clean up NJ Medicaid

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Not often Xerox is on the good side of the Medicaid clean-up story.  Sounds like they are being brought in to clean up someone elses mess. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/04/13/state-works-to-eliminate-backlog-of-thousands-of-medicaid-cases/

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So is there a STEM shortage?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

I stumbled on this nice paper about how the “STEM” shortage is not real.  It basically proves what allot in the industry already know.  My thoughts, back in the 90’s when the demand was up, wages where up too, also … Continue reading →

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Building a cider press

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

I have been toying with the idea to build a press for some time.  So I thought I would post some links I found interesting on it: http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2008/11/introducing-my-homemade-whizbang-cider.html  Nice looking cider press with a car jack.   Unfortunately not a lot … Continue reading →

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Cheap wi-fi enabled microcontroller

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

It looks like the remainder of the story about converting an ESP8266 for Arduino is done, so I just wanted to repost the link. http://makezine.com/2015/04/01/esp8266-5-microcontroller-wi-fi-now-arduino-compatible/

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