Foto Friday – Double-Crested Cormorant
Another photo from the photoarchives. This is a Double-Crested Cormorant caught at White Rock Lake with a Canon 7D and Canon 500mm f/4 IS USM.
Do things when you should...not when you have to
As a consultant, its my job to help my clients understand their options. Its also my job to help them understand which of those options are best and
Links for January 29 2012
Weekly links covering front-line strategy, CIO advice for CFOs, leadership, and the relationship between IT and finance in organizations.
Foto Friday – Great Blue Heron Portrait
Another from the photoarchives. I caught this Great Blue Heron at Bob Woodruff Park in Plano TX last year. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 500mm f/4 L
When the story is right, people listen
It been quiet here this week as I've been traveling. I spent the week in Chicago talking to clients and refining the story of what I do. Its fun to talk
Links for January 22 2012
The Danger of Imitation by Kevin Eikenberry Quote: Observe and learn from others who have been where you are going. But don’t lose yourself on that
Foto Friday – Killdeer
Here's a shot of a Killdeer captured at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington TX. Captured with Canon 7D with Canon 400mm 5.6 L. EXIF: 1/3200sec,
Watch out for the Gorilla!
I'm currently reading Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (amazon affiliate link). In one of the first few chapters, Dr. Kahneman describes the
Links for January 15 2012
The Human Marketing Manifesto by Russ Somers on russsomers.com Quote: I am not a lead, I am a person. A human being with human concerns....I was not
Foto Friday – Addra Gazelle
Another from the photoarchives - An Addra Gazelle at the Fossil Rim WIldlife Center in Glen Rose TX. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L. EXIF:
Are you building an "order taker" or "solution maker" environment?
Dave Brock just published a post that resonated with me. The title of the post - Order Taker or Solution Creator - hits home in the IT world. In the
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
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