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Links for August 15 2010
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
Foto Friday – Reminder of Winter
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
IT & Marketing – Like Peanut Butter and Jelly?
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 & IT
Cognitive Dissonance has been defined on Wikipedia as an "uncomfortable tension caused by holding contradictory thoughts simultaneously". A similar
Links for August 8 2010
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
Foto Friday – Tree and Sun in Black & White
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
CIO's: Consider This...
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
Embrace your community
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
Links for August 1 2010
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
Foto Friday – Musckovy Duck
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
Are you keeping your eyes open?
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
CRM tools do not equal CRM
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
Links for July 25 2010
Transparency creates an information blizzard not an excuse, nor an absolution by Mark McDonald on The Gartner Blog Network Quote: Transparency is a hot
Foto Friday – Great Horned Owl
Here's a Great Horned Owl from the visit to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center's First Saturday event. He looks frightened :). Captured with Canon 7D and
Open Source, The Enterprise and The Community
Rackspace has just announced their open source cloud platform, OpenStack in collaboration with NASA. While the open source world has been a viable area
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