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New posts going up at blog.karlbecker.com
You still really want to read my writings? Well okay then! Check it out at blog.karlbecker.com, which is a much better domain name than here… since URL should be about my Car Care app, after all!
A workday inside a China Airlines 777-ER200
I just spent the majority of a 24 hour period on an airplane. Sound hellish? Consider this: I was in business class on the 777-ER200, and more or less had my own little cubicle, which had a chair that folder out to 180 degrees flat. I slept – and worked – well. I have been …
An adventure across continents and years
I am going to fly around the world. I just took off from Boston on an American Airlines flight. We have power outlets so I can charge my laptop and phone, although they are both full of charge and don’t really need it. However, I want to make sure I have all the power I …
One hospital visit, two bills
I went to dinner the other night, ordered a nice steak and salad, and a glass of fine wine. Once the bill arrived, my eyes grew slightly and my eyebrows creeped up and away from the table. The price was not the shocker; the two individual bills, one labeled “food prep,” another labeled “food service,” …
A company is like a child
A company is like a child. In order for a company to be successfully created, conditions have to be just right. Try making a company too early or too late, and there won’t be a conception. There’s a window to making a baby, and a window to making a company. Even before conception, there is …
Strunk said “Omit Needless Words:” this vaccine-related press release omits important facts
A friend sent me a link to a press release (specifically, this copy of it) claiming “Public Health Officials Know: Recently Vaccinated Individuals Spread Disease.” My friend asked my opinion on it. The meat of this press release says documentation from Johns Hopkins and St. Jude’s Hospital says to be careful around cancer patients. This is …
Should health care be profitable?
In the USA, health care results in massive profits. Should it? According to this Washington Post article, health care in the USA is “very much something people make money out of. There isn’t too much embarrassment about that [in the USA] compared to Europe and elsewhere.” Profits have enabled us to look past the embarrassment of …
Karl’s first blog
It only took until 2013, but now I’ve got a place to put my random thoughts. Stay tuned for everything from thoughts on health care to software development practices, mobile apps, and everything inbetween.
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