Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: Life
11 Oct 2006As a teenager growing up in a very small logging town in the BC interior, I had what could be politely termed unusual musical tastes, especially for the mainstream, heavy-metal, hair-banging kids I hung around with.
But when I was alone with my walkman, I listened to the real geniuses of 80s rock: REM, Kate Bush, [...]
In: RANTING
7 Oct 2006Today, they christened the Nimitz-class carrier, George H.W. Bush.
Still a few bugs to work out. Seems the navigation system breaks down after it has seen battle, causing it to wander aimlessly, and eventually become lost. It is especially vulnerable to attack by more than one enemy simultaneously, which in some simulations has forced the commander [...]
In: Life
7 Mar 2006Old is such a relative thing.
Where I grew up, in the British Columbia Interior, an old building is one that dates from between 1860 and 1900.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, you might see some buildings from the 1840s, maybe some Spanish ones that are older.
In Massachussetts/New England, there are some buildings that date from [...]
In: smp
28 Apr 2005The Bullfighters at work.
Press Release
Source: SAP AG
SAP Launches More Than 100 Industry-specific Analytic Applications
Tuesday April 26, 4:00 am ET
SAP(R) Analytics Deliver on Enterprise Services Architecture Commitment COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP – News) today unveiled more than 100 industry-specific analytic applications that empower users with innovative new ways to drive [...]
In: smp
21 Apr 2005Jeff Nolan and I have had our differences, mainly over Prop. 13. But his posting that links to an article listing the reasons why people are fleeing California cities (or the state entirely) is heartening.
Not for California. But for those of us who decided that we couldn’t stay there and live in one of the [...]
In: RANTING
18 Apr 2005Jeff Nolan sums it up nicely:
gee, ya think?
He is referring to the C|Net Article here.
Siebel is a company that just epitomizes the arrogance and greed that ran the valley for those fleeting years, and that has been punished so mightily since 2000.
I do not hold a warm place in my heart for Siebel.
In: smp
1 Apr 2005My mind…melting it is…
More here, here and here.
This is hideous…the drugs aren’t working..I can see the world as it really is…must flee!
In: smp
4 Feb 2005First there was Scoble.
Now Jeremy Zawodny (I LOVE Polish names!) has spotted them at Yahoo!
The only two I see regularly belong to colleagues of mine, and neither of them is ever in tablet mode, that I have seen.
In: smp
18 Jan 2005As Darren states: Universe Collapses — Picasso on sale at Costco.
I hang my head in shame and seek a South Pacific Island to flee to.
A US Presidential Election Survey…for Immigrants and Visa-Holders
In: Commentary| Polls
31 Aug 2008This is a poll designed for those of us who are here legally, but who cannot influence the outcome of this election which will affect us so profoundly. Tell us here at Newest Industry what scares you the most.
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