Archive for the 'Cool Business' Category

United Web Apps on All Devices?

March 6, 2008

That’s right, its the Mesh. Security implications galore…..I hope there will be some amazing security SOA folks developing these apps.

The Five Year Business Dream

March 6, 2008

It’s true, I read about it in one of those productivity blogs you know; the ones that are so compelling that they actually make you totally unproductive while reading them. Boom boom, he’s on all night ladies and gentlemen. The gist of the post was that you should write down your five year goal in [...]

More Cool Business Quotes

March 2, 2008

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Michelangelo
You do not merely want to be the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.

Jerry Garcia
Diverse groups [...]

The Medici Effect

February 27, 2008

I rarely recommend a book before I have finished it but rarely does one come along that captivates me like the Medici Effect. The last was probably Crossing the Chasm.
The Medici Effect is a book after my own heart. It’s all about innovation and how we can develop and advance various disciplines by learning [...]

This is Probably Viral

February 23, 2008

I Google someone’s name and a ZomInfo link is in the top rankings. I click and land. I inquisitively type in my name and up comes some real history and background on me. Suddenly I see I am also a researcher for Full Trust UK LTD.
Is Full Trust UK LTD just someone pulling one [...]

Checklists -The Preserve of the Intelligent

February 17, 2008

As the New Yorker says “If something so simple can transform intensive care, what else can it do?”. Dennis Groves sent me this article a week ago and I read it twice. Each time I couldn’t stop myself thinking about how many people in the information security industry shun checklists and considering why this is. [...]

The Internet Undersea World

February 7, 2008

Conspiracy Theories abound but the fact is that the physical map is pretty cool and puts things in perspective.

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Thanks to Simon for mailing this.

The Zen of Zero Mail

January 14, 2008

I had the pleasure of pizza with JD last week. We chatted about performance and how I am getting swamped and less effective the more and more I take on at MSFT (we met before I took two redeyes in a row for instance). He showed me his zero inbox and I was literally about [...]

Meet Kai - Customer 2.0

November 27, 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/gabriel_morgan/archive/2007/11/18/customer-2-0-is-here-and-she-has-a-major-impact-on-business-models-and-system-architecture.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik/archive/2007/11/23/focusing-on-customer-2-0.aspx

Patterns and Practices for New Hires

October 9, 2007

Simply a must read