The Table of Context

This post is like a table of contents for the blog.  There are now over sixty articles here, covering a fairly focused list of subjects:
Blog Governance - the rules of the road for this blog

 The Table of Context
 Comments Opened
 Thank you, kindly

Job Hunting - articles with specific guidance for job hunting

A break in the silence, and a true story
 Gig Economy I - Introduction Videos
 The Job Hunt, part I: initial preparation for the hunt
 The Job Hunt, part IIa: Employee job hunt
 Different types of job
 The coming gig-based economy
 Persuasion, Your Personal Hydrogen Bomb
 Highest and Best Use of Skill
 I'm older and scared of losing my job. What to do
 Ageism and LinkedIn in the modern world
 Smart Women Love the Cloud
 Learning the Cloud from clear blue sky 
 The Bell Curve and your chances of success, part II 
 Some light at the end of the tunnel 
 On the incredible value of Glass Door 
 Equity
How about a few smaller, scrappier companies, too?

Management Highlights - articles with guidance to management

 How to manage remote employees
 Proper Use of Independent Contractor
 Migration from California to Texas, remote workers to the rescue
 Contractors and Employees
 How to manage contractors
 Analysis of the story in the previous post
 It's not that recruiters are bad, it is the situation
 People are not fungible resources

Contracting

     The Incredible, Shrinking Contracting Company

Market News - things market participants need to know

Texas and US Economic Outlook
 Quick overview of the state of Austin high tech employment
 Ahhhhh, the state of the Cloud, NOW!
 How about a few smaller, scrappier companies, too?

Austin Specific Headlines - articles specific to the Austin, TX. job market

 Moving to Austin? Consider these before coming

Editorials and Encouragement

 Going Galt in plain sight
 The Glass Jaw of Time-to-market
 Loyalty
 Rank Hath Its Privilege
 We must become the CLOUD
 Paradigm Shift
 Tribal Knowledge
 Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up
 Kan-ban, man
 What is cloud computing?

Irrelevant Irreverence

 How to turn past annoyance into future dollars
 Total jerk = saintly person

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