Recovering from Outsourcing – A CIO's Tale
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. In my last post titled Driving transformation with IT starts with transforming IT, I pointed out a
Links for November 20 2011
What cloud boils down to for the enterprise By James Urquhart on GigaOm - Cloud Computing News Quote: What you do bring to the table–er, service–is code,
Foto Friday – Baby Chimp
Here's another from the photoarchive: A capture of a baby Chimp playing at the Dallas Zoo. Captured at a bad time of day with the sun directly in front
Driving transformation with IT starts with transforming IT
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. I was just perusing the Enterprise CIO Forum and noticed the video of Canadian Pacific's CIO
Don't let "them" tell you you're wrong...
I ran across a very interesting article titled Why Gursky’s Photo of the Rhine is the World’s Most Expensive Photo that discusses a
Links for November 13 2011
Leadership Is a Gift Given by Those Who Follow by Grant McCracken on Harvard Business Review Quote: Leadership as an act of service. As the General says,
Foto Friday – In Honor of Veterans Day
In honor of Veteran's Day today in the US, I'm sharing this photo taken a few years ago from the deck of the USS North Carolina docked at Wilmington NC.
IT Projects – doomed from the start?
I just ran across an interesting research report titled "Doomed from the Start? Why a majority of business and IT teams anticipate their software
Links for Nov 6 2011
Don’t Sell Technology, Sell Magic by Ben Yoskovitz on instigator blog Quote: Customers want results. They’re attracted to products that delight them.
Foto Friday – Morning at the Park
I've been playing around with Instagram on my new iPhone (the iPhone 4...not the 4s). I'm not that happy with the output in terms of noise, etc but I
Hope isn't a tactic either...
You've probably heard the old saying that "Hope isn't a strategy". I've written a few words on the topic of Strategy, Tactics and Hope in the past and
Links for October 30, 2011
The paradox of expectations by Seth Godin Quote: Perhaps it's worth considering no expectations. Intense effort followed by an acceptance of what you get
Foto Friday – Texas State Fair Ferris Wheel
I picked up my first iPhone a few weeks ago (I love it...much better than my Android). Of course, the first thing I had to do was try the phone's camera.
Understanding Twitter Sentiment for Investing Decisions
Its been quiet over the last few weeks on here for a reason... I've been finalizing my Dissertation Proposal. Yesterday (Wed Oct 26th), I successfully
Links for October 23 2011
Reductio Ad Absurdum by Jim Shamlin Quote: Don't get me wrong: I'm a fan of surrealism and I adore absurdity, which means I'll gladly watch a
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