We've Got to Start Meeting Like This. Earlier this week, Ron Tabachnick, a facilitator with RT Planning Strategies Inc. emailed me a message about his board meeting facilitation process. The outline offers some interesting ideas people at all levels could apply: Stage 1: Issues Participants air issues that could hinder setting goals and taking action… Continue reading We've Got to Start Meeting Like This
Author: Vince Kimball
“Bad, Bad, BadMail”
“Bad, Bad, BadMail”. Bill Boswell's written about the new Microsoft Badmail script over at MCPMag, explaining what it can do, and how to use it. [MS Exchange Blog]
InstaBook
InstaBook. Introducing InstaBook. Turn a digital file (e-mail, CD, floppy) into a bound paperback book. You even get a customized cover & you can (if you want) register the book with an ISBN. This takes on-demand publishing to a whole new level. Anyone know of one in the Bay Area? Thanks to Scott Bauer from… Continue reading InstaBook
My hobby: studying how people use technology
My hobby: studying how people use technology. Brian Bailey (the guy who invited me to take a tour of the church) has been “all-Scoble-all-the-time” this week. But, he added comments, and I like his writing style. He has a ton of interesting stuff he's learned from his work. I can't wait to see if he… Continue reading My hobby: studying how people use technology
Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'
zdnet.com.au – Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'. As hardcore criminals step up their spamming, experts believe that nine out of 10 of all e-mails may soon be unsolicited junk. Organised criminals based in Russia are fuelling the rise in the amount of spam sent over the Internet, according to a leading opponent of… Continue reading Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'
The vanishing IT department
The vanishing IT department. Karl Nelson commented on my recent column and follow-up blog post about outsourcing basic IT services. Karl pointed to “The Vanishing IT Department,” an interesting read from Jerry Gregoire, the former CIO of Dell and Pepsico. (Some of Jerry Gregoire's other writing is here and there's an older piece about him… Continue reading The vanishing IT department
Seriously, Bush really DOES hate the Constitution!
Seriously, Bush really DOES hate the Constitution!. By far, the best break-down of the controversy around the Pentagon how-to-justify-torture memo is currently over at Randy Paul's site; he provides the most logical explanation I've seen of how the Bush administration's attempt to justify torture under newly-invented wartime or enemy combatant rules is complete and total… Continue reading Seriously, Bush really DOES hate the Constitution!
WDS: confusing, powerful, and waiting for a champion
WDS: confusing, powerful, and waiting for a champion. After quite a bit of WiFi wrangling, around a month ago I begrudgingly admitted to myself that there was really no good way to boost the signal from my 802.11g router enough to provide any access worth a damn in the back of our apartment. And given… Continue reading WDS: confusing, powerful, and waiting for a champion
Apple rebuked for ad claims by UK watchdog
Apple rebuked for ad claims by UK watchdog Apple has been rebuked for its G5 speed claims again by the UK's advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority, who received two complaints about Apple's ads, both “challenging not only the Mac maker's speed claim but its insistence that the G5 was 'the first [computer] with a 64-bit… Continue reading Apple rebuked for ad claims by UK watchdog
MSR Roadshows
MSR Roadshows. Tomorrow (Wednesday) Microsoft Research is doing open house events in both our Silicon Valley and Cambridge labs. One of the things that people tend not to appreciate is that good research labs reflect the local and regional tendencies toward particular approaches and domains of research. Computer science research is not the same all over… Continue reading MSR Roadshows