It's a blog-birthday!
July marks the 5th year of existance of this blog. On July 14 2006 I pushed 'publish' on my first post. That post - titled The Strategic Use of Human
Links for July 24 2011
Dispel the myth of “lean will not work here” by Jeff Liker on The Lean Edge Quote: In short, every organization is operating in a different environment
Foto Friday – Red Winged Blackbird
This is a Red Winged Blackbird I captured a few months ago at Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington TX. Great bird photography location! Captured with
Forrester on The New CIO – Change is needed, but will it be heeded?
I've been writing about The New CIO for a little over 2 years and I still see many of the same issues within IT shops and CIO offices that I saw in 2009.
Links for July 17 2011
5 Things CIOs need to know about Google Plus by Tom Catalini Quote: Take a look at Google Plus to get a sense of the future, which seems to be arriving
Available does not equal best
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Note: I love technology...believe me I do. I just really liked this photo :) I Just finished
Customer Service sucks...or....the one where Eric lost his temper....
I lost my temper yesterday and a poor, helpless support representative got to hear some words that would make most folks blush. See...when someone in a
Links for July 10 2011
Sometimes I really get it wrong; my apology to SEO industry by Robert Scoble on Scobleizer Quote: Anyway, it’s 2011 now and it’s clear that the Google way
Foto Friday – Grand Prismatic Spring
This is a capture of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone. Captured with Canon 5D with Canon 24-105L handheld. EXIF: 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, 400mm, 0
Stop Chasing. Start Focusing.
Most businesses are chasing. They're chasing their competitors. Chasing their industries. Chasing their perceptions of their future as well as chasing
Links for July 3 2011
More letters to RIM; employees rally alongside anonymous exec on Boy Genius Report Quote: If I could only tell Mike, Jim and the rest of the C*O crowd one
Foto Friday – Gray Jay
Another from the archives. This is a Gray Jay captured while walking around the Oxbow Bend section of the Grand Tetons National Park. Captured with Canon
A look into RIM's Culture?
I ran across a great post this morning over on Boy Genius Report titled Open letter to BlackBerry bosses: Senior RIM exec tells all as company crumbles
Are CFO's running IT?
I just read an article describing the results of a Gartner survey of Chief Financial Officers and their opinions of IT and CIO's. The article - CFOs
Links for July 26 2011
CIO's Must Make Enterprise Architecture a First Class Citizen by Mike Walker Quote: I wouldn't necessarily make everyone use an architecture method as
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