Jas Bains was an intern at Microsoft over the summer on the Sharepoint team. I had an interesting lunch with her (about what else, blogging of course). Definitely someone to watch. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Jobs Report Leads Bush to Defend Reliance on Tax Cuts
Jobs Report Leads Bush to Defend Reliance on Tax Cuts. Friday's bad employment report dashed the White House's hopes of going into the heat of the presidential campaign with clear evidence of an economic turnaround. By Richard W. Stevenson. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
The President's short sighted military model.
The President's short sighted military model.. In a revealing article, U.S. Pressed to Interdict Afghan Drugs, by Matthew Pennington, about opium and lack of stability in Afghanistan, the short-sighted Bush military plan to save the world, is implicated. The failure of the U.S. led military approach to regime change is very simply that it fails… Continue reading The President's short sighted military model.
Aggregator as hub
Aggregator as hub. Intranet aggregators. I spent most of the week visiting small and large companies. The more I talk with “real people working in real companies” (meaning: not nerds spending their whole days hacking), the more convinced I am that a news aggregator is the ideal center for any Intranet. The basic idea is… Continue reading Aggregator as hub
It's all starting to fall into place
It's all starting to fall into place. When the researchers and tool vendors hook up with the content providers and entreprenuers, new kinds of micro-content will flourish. We all need to work together to first establish standardized micro-content types, then we should make sure this stuff can be subscribed to via Echo-Atom-PIE AND RSS 2.0… Continue reading It's all starting to fall into place
The Blaster School of Hard Knocks
Mary Jo Foley: “The Blaster School of Hard Knocks — Blaster is teaching Microsoft how to better communicate. But there are other lessons Redmond could stand to learn.” [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Spencer Goad explains why Apple is cooler to the teenage crowd
Spencer Goad explains why Apple is cooler to the teenage crowd. He should know, he's a teenager. He's also a Microsoft MVP. Whew. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Brian Johnson is tracking security alerts
Brian Johnson is tracking security alerts. It's important everyone get the latest Office related ones. All Microsoft employees are being forced to get that patch. Last time that happened it was a few weeks until Blaster came out. Make sure your friends get that. Robert McLaws is also reporting on Microsoft patches every Wednesday. [The… Continue reading Brian Johnson is tracking security alerts
SoBig Pain in the Butt
SoBig Pain in the Butt. While most of the media's focus remains on the Blaster virus, a variant of which was created by a high school miscreant, the SoBig virus rolls on in relative obscurity. Perhaps it doesn't have as cute a name as Blaster, but for sheer pain-in-the-neck productivity loss, the SoBig virus reigns supreme.… Continue reading SoBig Pain in the Butt
Breakfast With Seth Godin
Breakfast With Seth Godin. “White collar people are afraid of everything except following instructions,” says Seth Godin, the Fast Company columnist and marketing guru. But Seth points out if you merely do what you're told to do it's the quickest route to the unemployment line. “The minute your job can be put in a manual, it… Continue reading Breakfast With Seth Godin