Monthly Archives: March 2007

Execution

I started reading Execution a few months ago at a book store, but not buying it.  Then I found it at a used book store and started reading it.  The book is worth the reviews given to it.  It gives … Continue reading

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Office 2.0 Conference

On Friday, I attended a conference on Office 2.0 which I found quite interesting. Here is one bloggers notes. There are some pretty neat tools that are coming to the web. It will be interesting to see how quickly the … Continue reading

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The Circle of Innovation

On a whim at the library a few weeks ago, I picked up a book by Tom Peters called “The Circle of Innovation”.  If you read many business books and find yourself in a store with this book, it’s really … Continue reading

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Books

I have started compiling a list of my favorite books that I have read.  It is still a work in progress. You can get there by clicking here

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Resonation

It’s interesting in the business world and really beyond the business world that ideas resonate or they don’t.  When talking to customers, collegues, investors, the ideas and solutions to problems can come in two forms.  Either you propose ideas that … Continue reading

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The Pursuit of Perfection

My wife and I were walking along a beach last weekend looking for shells and polished stones that caught our interest. Of course interest wasn’t sufficient to justify which ones were worth keeping. As we looked, certain shells or stones … Continue reading

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Slack

Finished reading Slack by Tom DeMarco tonight.  There is a reasonable review here .  The basic premise of the book  is that by building some slack into schedules, the projects are better — that innovation and improvements happen during the … Continue reading

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Freakonomics

I finished reading a used copy of Freakonomics over the weekend.  If you haven’t read a review of this book, follow this link I thought this book was interesting, but I don’t know how highly I would recommend it.  His … Continue reading

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The Rollercoaster of Life

Somedays exemplify the wide variety of life. Today, things started well: I tested our tool before going and doing an install; it worked. I saw my beautiful wife; she made me smile. I made a wonderful cup of coffee (decaf … Continue reading

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22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

I finished reading the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing.  It was written in 1993 so it’s a little bit dated, but in that sense it make the principles more interesting since most of his predictions can be tested because you … Continue reading

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