A comment by Dennis Howlett in one of his recent posts forms my inspi­ration: I can only ever be the judge of what I think might work in a situation where I have incom­plete infor­mation. I could be completely wrong. But that’s where the blog metaphor makes such a positive difference. It is impos­sible to […]

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A recent story by the AP highlighted an inter­esting byproduct of the CA shortage — employees who leave their job at accounting firms are being actively recruited back to rejoin their former firm. Seems employers have realized that more often than not in the accounting business employees leave to explore different career options but leave […]

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A recent Harris Poll has concluded that 47% of Americans see accounting as having “consid­erable to great” prestige, and another 40% of the population attributing “some prestige” to the profession. Although it isn’t clear whether you have to have a profes­sional desig­nation to be considered presti­gious. Firefighters, doctors and nurses are in the lead with […]

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I have been playing around with Windows Live Local lately, Microsoft’s compe­tition for Google Maps. I decided to map all the clients where I’ve been in the last year with my firm. For the blue ones I just had to search for the business name, but the red ones represent clients that I had to […]

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