Entries from July 2007

July 25, 2007

Del.icio.us Bookmarks, For 2007-07-24

For Tuesday, July 24 2007 –

IT’s Star Turn
The information technology departments once seen as back-room cost centers are becoming key players in the execution of innovation, and hence, the creation of value in the new marketplace.
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July 19, 2007

Del.icio.us Bookmarks, For 2007-07-18

For Wednesday, July 18 2007 –

Businesspundit: From a ‘C’ to an ‘A’ - Can Your Managers Do What This Professor Did?
"This is relevant to business because managers, like college professors, often want to wield their power more than they want to search for the truth. Bosses don’t tolerate dissension, and instead reward sycophants while punishing [...]

July 11, 2007

The Difference Between Programmers and Engineers

I was reading Founders at Work, and found this great quote by Philip Greenspun:
To my mind, a programmer is not an engineer, because an engineer is somebody who starts with a social problem that an organization or a society has and says, “OK, here’s this problem that we have– how can we solve it?” …
That’s [...]

July 6, 2007

Del.icio.us Bookmarks, For 2007-07-05

For Thursday, July 5 2007 –

Feld Thoughts - Another View on Vertical Social Networks
Good thread discussing the viability of Vertical Social Networks.
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July 3, 2007

My Milestone in Bookmarks

I signed onto Facebook this morning and was surprised to found that I had reached a major milestone in my bookmarking activity without even knowing it.

July 1, 2007

iPhone

We stopped by the Apple store at Northpoint today to drop off Amanda’s MacBook for some repair work, and picked up an iPhone for Amanda in the process. I spoke with one of the guys at the store and he said they sold about 700 yesterday, and from the looks of it they still [...]