Archive for September, 2007
The feminizing of computing
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Bob Matsuoka, writing over on David Strom’s excellent Web Informant blog, hails the Age if the iPhone.
The iPhone is not a phone, its the first generation of a new type of computing device. One that will change how we view computing. One that will make our lives simpler. We won’t have to learn how [...]
Indians agree deal for $600 IT park in Serbia
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007BELGRADE (AFP) - An Indian company looking to cash in on eastern European “near-sourcing” signed a deal here on Tuesday to construct an IT park that Serbia hopes will become the biggest on the continent.
The deal with Bangalore-based property developer Embassy Group was potentially worth up to 600 million dollars (425 million euros) over five [...]
Plan approved to retire Yugoslav domain
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007I share and office with someone who sits on the Serbian National Register for INternet Domain names who told me ICAN had come down fairly hard on them about the fate of the YU country code domain.
From CNN:
The Internet’s key oversight agency has approved a plan to phase out the domain name for Yugoslavia, [...]
Writing sensible email messages
Monday, September 17th, 2007Writing sensible email messages: “
As we’ve seen before, getting your inbound email under control will give you a huge productivity boost, but what about all the emails you send? If you want to be a good email citizen and ensure the kind of results you’re looking for, you’ll need to craft messages that are concise [...]
Five Business Book Classics - The Essay by Todd S.
Monday, September 17th, 2007Five Business Book Classics - The Essay by Todd S.: “
I wrote a piece for the July/August issue of Corporate Dealmaker. The magazine did eight pages on business books and their impact on the M&A industry. Here is my contribution where I discuss books that should be on every executive’s reading list:
And [...]
Book Discussion: Chip and Dan Heath’s “Made to Stick”
Monday, September 17th, 2007From: Book Discussion: Chip and Dan Heath’s “Made to Stick”: “
Imagine: a teacher stands in front of a classroom filled with bored, listless students. As he repeatedly fills the board and erases it, fills the board and erases it, he drones out a list of names and dates, formulae and proofs, theories and evidence. His [...]
Volunteer Armies
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 Great post from Jason over at Beaufortes on Volunteer Armies, Edward Bernays and Project Leadership.
Volunteer Armies : Beaufortes