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Links for Jan 8 2012
To Know, But Not to Understand by Valeria Maltoni on Conversation Agent Quote: We rely, in other words, on a random accumulation of localised knowledge
Foto Friday – Duck at Sunset
Another from the photoarchives - This is one of the first photos I took with my Canon 1D Mark III last year. I went out at sunset to test out the low
I learned Python...and much more
I've spent the last two weeks with my head buried in programming languages. I've been needing to re-write some scripts for data analysis for my research.
Recommended Books for the CIO / IT leader for 2012
Wow...2011 went by fast didn't it? In Dec 2010, I put together a list of Recommended Books for the CIO / IT leader for 2011. That list was a good list
Links for Jan 1 2012
Happy New Year! You Don’t Live in the World You Were Born Into by Mark Cuban on blog maverick Quote: “If you are looking where everyone else is for the
Foto Friday – A Plump Female Cardinal
From the photoarchives: I caught this Female Cardinal at in January 2010 at Spring Creek Nature Preserve in Garland TX. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon
2012 – The year of silo demolition in business?
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Paul Muller, and HP Blogger published a post on the Enterprise CIO Forum titled Twelve thrilling
Links for December 25 2011
Technology Merely Facilitates by Jim Shamlin on Jim's Notebook Quote: If you give an illiterate a typewriter, he can't write a novel. He can't write a
Foto Friday – An afternoon in the park
Went for a walk in the park last weekend and snapped this photo with my iphone + instagram app. Turned out nicely I think.
A cautionary tale of credentials vs professionalism
My wife and I have had our house on the market for 6 months with very little traffic into the house and no offers. With the real estate market and economy
Book Review: Humanize
I received a copy of Humanize from the authors. I don't recall there being a request for me to review the book...but I feel obligated to do
Links for December 18 2011
The difference between a failure and a mistake by Seth Godin Quote: We need a lot more failures, I think. Failures that don't kill us make us bolder, and
Foto Friday – Fall Colors in Dallas
We don't often see colors like this in Dallas. Captured with my iPhone and Instagram.
Clouds and Shadows – Managing Shadow IT with the Cloud
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Cloud computing is here to stay. Oh wait...I hate statements like that. Sorry about that.
Links for December 11 2011
Five Common Strategy Mistakes by Joan Magretta on Harvard Business Review Quote: But as important as it is to have insight into customers' needs, don't
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