Honest thinking about technology decisions. — Page 71

I get the occasional request to review a book or two from publishers, PR folks and authors. Normally, I get less than one request a month for reviewing

In a previous article titled The Future of IT & the CIO - Redux of the DoDo I pointed to some survey results that should be alarming to most IT

The Case for Listening by Rajesh Setty Quote: To be totally effective, you have to be doing something now or increasing your capacity to do something in

Its hot here in Texas....so I thought I'd share a nice Winter photo. Looking forward to some cooler weather here. Photo captured with a Canon 5D and Canon

I love peanut butter and jelly.  What a great idea to put those to food items together on a piece of bread. Have you ever thought about how much the

Cognitive Dissonance has been defined on Wikipedia as an "uncomfortable tension caused by holding contradictory thoughts simultaneously". A similar

Shadow IT vs. Shadow Marketing By Scott Brinker on Chief Marketing Technologist Quote: IT people work for IT. Marketing people work for marketing. And, as

This is one of those shots that everyone would tell you not to take. Shooting into the sun is usually a 'no-no'.   Who am I to listen to anyone? :) I shot

Danny Brown recently wrote a post titled "Consider This" where he writes a Seth Godin type of post (that's a compliment by the way).  In the post, Danny

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post titled Open Source, The Enterprise and The Community where I wrote about embracing the community that exists within your

What Motivates Us to Innovate? by Dan Blank on Publishing, Innovation & the Web Quote: Why do we innovate? Is it proactive or reactive? Is it

I caught this Muscovy Duck at Bob Woodruff Park on Plano TX. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L on my Induro CT314 tripod. I think this Muscovy

Have you ever gotten so used to doing something that you stop thinking about how or why you're doing it?  BTW - this is another one of my 'linear

Image by holeymoon via Flickr CRM tools do not equal CRM (yes...I know...I've said it twice...but it IS important). For the geeks out there, let me spell

Transparency creates an information blizzard not an excuse, nor an absolution by Mark McDonald on The Gartner Blog Network Quote: Transparency is a hot