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June 29, 2009
Commercials I Hate
When did crass become strategically smart for advertisers?
June 28, 2009
Myrtle Beach Pictures
I just spent the last nine days in Myrtle Beach. It was a welcome vacation. Myrtle Beach has been called the "Redneck Riviera" due to the fact that it is convenient to the Bible Belt and is known as a...
June 18, 2009
Google Lies: The Myth of Good Content
/* BEGIN GRUMPY RANT */ I blog for myself, mostly. I'd like something for the great-great grandkids to read about me, and I enjoy putting my thoughts on paper. If you like any of this, I'm happy. My latest reading...
June 14, 2009
Our Thoughts
A young Iranian woman protests the rigged elections in her country Our thoughts go out to the people of Iran who had their election stolen from them. Of all things, being able to change course peacefully is the one thing...
June 12, 2009
New Head Shot
There's a new picture of me up today. I thought I might explain it, in case you had any small children that were frightened. I have a major client that is about to end a contract sometime in the next...
June 9, 2009
Funeral Home Blogging
It's been said about the internet that never have so many had so much to say about which they knew so little. As I sat in the lounge in Atlanta yesterday trying to read, there was a television on. I...
June 6, 2009
Badges? Badges? We Don't Need No Stinking Badges?
Ever see those little badges on web pages that say that they're safe? Ever wonder if you should get one?
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June 5, 2009
What Really Drives Innovation, Anyway?
I recently had a team that was under-performing by any standards. They were all nice people: smart, capable, positive attitudes, competent in their work. But they just weren't producing that much. So management told them: produce or die. Basically either...
June 4, 2009
Will The Social Compact in the United States Remain Valid?
Will future generations feel that they have the same representation in regards to taxation as we do? Or at some point will they make the same case that Jefferson and Paine made?
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June 3, 2009
Agile Project Management Is Like Teenage Sex
Agile is a marketing term that describes best practices for iterative, incremental development of technology. In general, it emphasizes people over process; short feeedback loops; regular, quick delivery of business value to the customer; and a tightly integrated co-located, collaborative...
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June 2, 2009
Enough with the Spreadsheets!
Who doesn't like sitting around all afternoon while somebody updates a spreadsheet?Woo Hoo! Good times. I get to watch a lot of project teams on a lot of different projects, so I get to see how teams organize their...
June 1, 2009
Resveratrol is Best Vitamin Hack So Far
Some folks play the ponies. I'm a vitamin junkie. And although most supplements don't amount to much more than hype, I've found one that is truly amazing