Archive for October, 2006

New Header Graphic

Posted by Lori Dorn on October 28th, 2006

You may notice the beautiful new header graphic. My wonderful husband, Scott Beale, created it from a photo he took when my dad was in town.
What an incredible shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Nothing more San Francisco than that.

Speak of the Devil

Posted by Lori Dorn on October 28th, 2006

Ahhh…now it’s Apple’s turn to deal with the blog thing and the lack of employee blogs.
Apple doesn’t have a blogging policy as management feels that their current communication policy governs blogging. Robert Scoble states in his post, “They [the employees] just aren’t allowed to be spokespeople… So, they don’t feel empowered to talk about [...]

The Good, The Bad and The Apple

Posted by Lori Dorn on October 28th, 2006

Oy. My brand new MacBook died a couple of weeks ago. Or I should say, the hard drive died a very rapid and painful (to me) death. Evidently, I’m not the only one to whom this has happened.
Being that this computer was only purchased this past July, I took it to the [...]

This Is Why I Love San Francisco

Posted by Lori Dorn on October 2nd, 2006

Where else can you find size discrimination, allegations of sexual harassment, wrongful termination, union grievances and mediation all rolled into one lusty package?
From Matier & Ross/SFGate:
Where else but San Francisco could a flap about the heft of the nude dancers at a peep show wind up as a union grievance?
That’s just what’s happened over at [...]

Here We Go Again

Posted by Lori Dorn on October 2nd, 2006

A suit was filed in federal court in which 2 deputies of the Contra Costa county sheriff’s department allege sexual harassment, both hostile environment and failure to report.
One of the deputies, a 22-year veteran, alleged that she was subjected to fondling, suggestive comments and staring. She also claimed that she was requested [...]