Transparency is easier. Eric Sink has posted his latest Business of Software column titled Tenets of Transparency. The article contains some excellent recommendations for selling software in today's world and I agree with many of the points he made. What I like most though is the 'Practicing What I Preach' section … [microISV]
One person IT group
One person IT group. Yeah that title does seem like a contradiction, doesn't it? Seriously though, I got an email over the weekend from Steve, who wants to start up a Google group called “One-person IT Department” Seems like that might be an interesting idea. If it interests you, drop by, join up and start… Continue reading One person IT group
Learn More About ColdFusion MX 7
Learn More About ColdFusion MX 7. If you'd like to learn more about the new ColdFusion MX 7, here are links to several online articles that you may find useful: Introducing ColdFusion MX 7 – my introductory article. Building Reports with ColdFusion MX 7 – Dean Harmon and Collin Tobin introduce the powerful new ColdFusion… Continue reading Learn More About ColdFusion MX 7
Presentation Card
Presentation Card. Here's another Tinderbox Card: a presentation card. It's the first of several related cards. The core problem with lots of PowerPoint-style presentations is not that PowerPoint is bad. The core problem is that people write what they have to say on the slide, and then they put the slide on the screen,… Continue reading Presentation Card
DYNASTY Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years
DYNASTY Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's official. Tom Brady follows Joe Montana into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The University of Belichick takes its rightful place alongside Harvard and MIT. And the New England Patriots of the 21st century are established as an NFL… Continue reading DYNASTY Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years
Pope's illness a powerful symbol
Pope's illness a powerful symbol. Pope John Paul II's weakening health, underscored this past week by his hospitalization with complications from the flu, has left the world's largest religious denomination without a strong chief executive, but with an iconic leader who can unify the church symbolically even as he is increasingly unable to do so… Continue reading Pope's illness a powerful symbol
Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications
Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications. David Hogue has put up a brilliant explanation and tutorial on how to build improved work flows using Flex. It's all brilliant and totally right on. And it's typified by what Laszlo Systems user interfaces were doing two years before Flex. But that's spilt milk now. Just when… Continue reading Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications
Juan Cole's
Juan Cole's metric for an informed opinion on Iraq: (insert name here)…knows absolutely nothing about Iraq. I wonder if he has even ever read a single book on Iraq, much less written one. He knows no Arabic. He has never lived in an Arab country. He can't read Iraqi newspapers or those of Iraq's neighbors.… Continue reading Juan Cole's
The Solar Energy Industry Association roadmap 2030 (PDF). I can't find the total cost of the roadmap. Regardless, this is a classic market-state program. It radically increases the opportunity of US citizens by reducing dependencies. Freedom of action enhances opportunity formation. Want an industry of the future? Retrofitting the US economy for solar power is… Continue reading PDF
Business Plan Tips
Business Plan Tips. Planware.org provides weekly business planning tips in addition to a host of other information, shareware and freeware. [microISV]