Jeff Harbert

People are afraid of failure because the word itself comes with an image of burned down houses, living in a van by the river, not getting the girl (or guy), being alone, and getting fired. Stop that.  The vast majority of the time, failures are immediately followed by renewed effort and success.  Don’t believe me?  Let’s [...] […]

The battery in one of my cars had gotten deeply discharged and wouldn’t hold a charge to save its life.  I’d charge it up, put the battery back in the car, and the starter would only make a little snick as I turned the key. Holy worn out battery, Batman. I picked up a battery desulfator [...] […]

No, not in the “it was filled with junk and I cleaned it out” kinda way – I found the one I want to build!  I’ve put hours and hours of thought into what I want in a garage, going through revision after revision.  Each time I’d try to find something online that’s close to [...] […]

The timecard website of a recruiting company I worked for briefly last week has a message on it that suggests using Internet Explorer 6, and the page you access to change your password is not secured with SSL.  You would think that a technical recruiting company would be more on top of things than that. Share [...] […]

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This is just a fluff post, not meant to be taken seriously. I say 2010 as ‘Two-Thousand Ten.’  No ‘and.’  It’s a minor pet peeve when someone says ‘Twenty Ten.’  It just doesn’t sound right.  After all, no one said ‘Twenty Oh-Nine’ for the year 2009, did they? No. So why use that format for 2010? [...] […]

Buzz has it that it’s nothing more than a larger iPhone or iPod Touch (for brevity, from here on I’ll just refer to the iPhone), and this is both unsurprising and very limiting.  An iPhone is a great supplement to a desktop or laptop.  With wifi and cellular connectivity it’s great for checking email, light [...] […]

I barely knew my grandparents growing up.  Both my parents grew up in the southeastern corner of Colorado, where my father’s parents remained until they died.  My mother’s parents only lived about an hour and a half away from the first house I grew up in, and while we visited every three or four months [...] […]

I bought my 2000 Protégé ES used in June 2007. It had the factory 15" alloys and BFGoodrich g-Force Sport in the stock 195/55-15 size. I’ve been really impressed with the tires. Two of them are nearing the wear bars, so I’ve been thinking about new wheels and tires. I’ve decided to stay with 15-inchers [...] […]

I am generally wary of C-level people because I’ve seen firsthand how little accountability there is for executives.  Trust is earned and not given, etc.  That said, I’ve worked with some truly amazing executives in my career.  (Related: I believe this lack of accountability is the single largest flaw in American capitalism.) I am somewhat [...] […]