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Thanksgiving Chuckles, part 2. A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words,… Continue reading Thanksgiving Chuckles, part 2

52 Leadership Tips- #1. INVEST IN YOURSELF I believe in natural God given talent. Tiger Woods, Lebron James, Steve Jobs, Bob Dylan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong, and I could go on and on. You know all the names, faces and probably know most of their accomplishments. Yes, these people were and are very talented, no… Continue reading 52 Leadership Tips- #1

52 Leadership Tips- #2. FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTHS There is an often misconception in life that you need to be a “well rounded” person, manager or leader. We grow up listening to our teachers, our parents or our managers and become experts on our weaknesses and spend all our efforts trying to repair these flaws.… Continue reading 52 Leadership Tips- #2

Don't Perfect The Irrelevant!. Don't Perfect The Irrelevant! Such a wonderful concept that I think so many people (including myself) forget. What are you trying to perfect today, this week or this year that is irrelevant? You have my permission to drop that ball… [terry storch @ fellowship church]

Defect Tracking Goodness: God I love FogBugz. Today was a turning point for me as it relates to defect tracking and feature request management with customers. I finally got off my butt and completely integrated FogBugz into our development and QA process, including the ability to take in direct email from customers. The result? You… Continue reading Defect Tracking Goodness: God I love FogBugz

The Dream Factory. Any product, any shape, any size — manufactured on your desktop! The future is the fabricator. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

Tampa Bay cost of living is below the U.S. average. The cost of everything from boys underwear to car repair continues to be lower in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties than the national average, according to a quarterly cost of living index released recently. ACCRA, a nonprofit research organization in Arlington, Va., compiles the report, which… Continue reading Tampa Bay cost of living is below the U.S. average

Speaking of Cross-Training – Free online book Evolutionary Architecture. John Frazer's Evolutionary Architecture examines architecture as evolution, and architects as shaping the process. Interesting lessons for information architects abound in the brief look through that I've had. Frazer's site at Autotectonica shows an ambition to generalize his thinking into general systems design and design education,… Continue reading Speaking of Cross-Training – Free online book Evolutionary Architecture

Simon Horwith on Blackstone. At MAX, Simon got the chance to interview the ColdFusion product team about Blackstone. You can read the interview in CFDJ. Excellent writing (as always from Simon) and a great insight into the process by which the CF team pick features to add.  [An Architect's View]

Fast Take: Things You Need to Know. …about management, strategy, branding and marketing, and technology. [Fast Company]