Category Archives: Business
Linux Has Come of Age .. Now, It Is Time To Take The World
An interesting article on not only Linux but OpenSource TechCrunch Article: RedHat CEO at Linuxcon – I have no idea what’s next
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Google’s software stack obsolete
Interesting article. I am not sure about Google’s but this is true for most companies, especially when they are large companies with large investments in their propietary systems. It does take a concerted effort in keeping things evolving. In general … Continue reading
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Why Do I Post?
Does having a blog and posting in it hurts you? Well, does it? Does it matter? I think about these question on a regular basis. There is not that much privacy in the world anymore. I can find out most … Continue reading
Filed under Business, General, Interesting, Personal
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this … Continue reading
The Economy and The Middle Class
Not much of a post, but more a comment. The current economic policies and trends are totally destroying the middle class. While the upper/rich class may be the “brain” and the lower/poor class the “body” and “muscles” of society, the … Continue reading
From my iPhone
Wow…can you believe it. An iPhone app to write on my blog. This is fantastic and believe it or not, this post is being written on my iPhone. The aspect I will need to figure out is workflow. Normally after … Continue reading
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Customer Service In The Era Of The Internet
I despise talking to customer service. Most of the companies I have had to call either for information, to report a problem, ask for a refund, get an RMA, or anything related to service, have resulted in horrible experiences. The … Continue reading
A Hybrid Solution
In an early blog posts, Building Scalable Web Systems, I discussed very high level some of the needed premises and basis to architecting scalable systems. What the post did not deal with is insurance and Downtime. What is the point … Continue reading
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Ducks, Rows, Lines And Business Processes
Image courtesy of rengawman.wordpress.com I like my ducks in a row. Oh yes .. I do indeed. Every time my ducks get out of alignment I react, to some extent, poorly. This is particularly true as I help build companies … Continue reading
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The Cost Of A Startup
Once a month, on the second Friday of most months, a CTO networking group that I belong to meets. Each meeting starts with a speaker – speaker in the loose term because it is not a fixed format – and … Continue reading
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