Well, isn’t that amazing…. DUH! Most people would prefer to be evaluated based upon what they actually achieve, not whether or not they sit and look pretty in an office. But will entrenched management “get it”? People cannot afford to just sit in an office anymore, and businesses can generate more profit if they change…
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Mozilla ThunderBird (Email Client) project becoming more open
The Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client is discussing refocusing their internal resources in a new direction and possibly relying more heavily upon the global community to provide leadership and innovation for the project. There is speculation this is motivated by a desire to drop Desktop software and code only for “cloud” (Internet server) based services. I am not comfortable…
Monday June 18 Microsoft Announcement
Rumer is it’s a tablet to be made by Microsoft, like the XBox. http://mashable.com/2012/06/14/microsoft-is-launching-an-ipad-killer-report/ This just in from Mashable: It’s hard to recall another Microsoft invitation like this one. No graphics, no details, no leaks. It sounds, well, almost Apple-esque in its urgency and stringent requirements and rules: This is a non-transferrable invitation, however, if you would…
The COST of Customer Inconvenience in Passwords
“The Customer may not always be Right, but the Customer IS ALWAYS the Customer.” — Bob Parsons of GoDaddy.com author, entrepreneur, entertainer, motorcycle enthusiast, elephant hunter. I have previously written about the folly of unreasonable demands placed upon customers concerning password assignment by well-meaning but misguided hosting service providers. Typically these password requirements include: password must…
Consumer tablet avalanche is coming
Last fall Hewlett Packard decided to end its consumer computer line and focus on commercial computers. At that time they also decided to liquidate their inventory of HP TouchPad tablets at $99 each which detonated a market response loud enough to awaken every potential tablet maker on the planet. The philosophy before that time had…