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“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”

Ambrose Bierce

“Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.”

I’m upgrading my blog software…

Ready WP 1.2 is running my site!

How to Save the World

Think of a corporation like a human body. To be healthy, the body needs to take in sufficient and appropriate nourishment, exercise, and avoid behaviours known to cause disease and injury. Likewise, a corporation needs to ‘invest’ in people, technology, infrastructure and innovation — the nutrients of business growth — ‘exercise’ that investment to generate revenue, and avoid the behaviours (bad decisions, bad acquisitions, letting the competition inflict a beating on you) that lead to corporate ‘illness’ and ‘injury’.

How to Save the World

Body language, speech, behaviour tells may give away your intentions, fears or state of mind.

Source: How to Save the World

Innovation Weblog - Spreading important ideas and changing minds

Spreading important ideas and changing minds is the mission of ChangeThis, a new Web site recently launched by marketer extraordinaire Seth Godin, author of the best-selling book, Unleashing the IdeaVirus.

ChangeThis will soon become the home of a growing number of manifestos — articles that persuasively and deliberately build the case for positions on issues or new ideas, which are then released to the Internet for distribution via blogs, Web sites and e-mail.

One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops - a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well. At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at the driver and said, “Big John doesn’t pay!” and sat down at the back.

Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically week? Well, he was. Naturally, he didn’t argue with Big John, but he wasn’t happy about it.

The next day the same thing happened-Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the one after that, and so forth. This grated the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff. By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what’s more, he felt really good about himself.

So on the next Monday, when Big John once again got on the bus and said, “Big John doesn’t pay!,” the driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed, “And why not?” With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, “Big John has a Bus pass.”

Moral of the Story: “Be sure there is a problem in the first place before working hard to solve one!”

Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April/May 2004

Linking Up on LinkedIn, it’s an interesting article about the experience of Danny Faught at LinkedIn, the bussiness social networking site.

Viola Systems Ltd. Arctic GPRS Gateway, embedded component integration using GSM and GPRS to monitor and control components and machines.

The Arctic GPRS Gateway effectively integrates Ethernet and serial devices to wireless GSM data and GPRS networks. The internal router, port forwarding and VPN tunneling provide secure LAN integration and operator independent GPRS server functionality with static virtual IP addresses (with M2M Gateway).

But, always there is a but… only for GSM 900/1800 Networks

Good Morning Thinkers!: Idea Facilitation Tips

“There are a number of factors that contribute to groups being uncreative. However, the most damaging creativity killer in a group is a poor facilitator.”

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In Belgium, the new Ford Fiesta promotional campaign by Ogilvy features promotional posters reacting to the SMS sent by the passer-by.

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.

– Barry Boehm

developerWorks : Blogs

Presentations of Grady at a conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rational’s founding and the second a presentation on software archeology.

A university professor went to visit a famous Zen master. While the master quietly served tea, the professor talked about Zen.

The master poured the visitor’s cup to the brim, and then kept pouring.

The professor watched the overflowing cup until he could no longer restrain himself. “It’s overfull! No more will go in!” the professor blurted.

“You are like this cup,” the master replied, “You are full of ideas. You come and ask for teaching, but your cup is full; I can’t put anything in. Before I can teach you, you’ll have to empty your cup.”

“Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.”

– Rabbi Julius Gordon

Interviewer said “I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!”

The boy thought for a while and said, “my choice is one really difficult question.”

“Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this. “What comes first, Day or Night?”

The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on the correctness of his answer, but he thought for a while and said, “It’s the DAY sir!”

“How” the interviewer asked, “Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!”

“Technical Skill is the mastery of complexity, while Creativity is the master of simplicity…”

“The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.”

– Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”

– Alfred Lord Tennyson

StickyMinds.com : Column info : One Bad Apple

Never underestimate the divisive power one person can have on an entire team. One team member with a bad attitude can affect overall productivity, communication, and job satisfaction. This week, Lori Howard offers some direct, decisive solutions for handling these “de-jellers” before they ruin your otherwise cohesive team.

Time is the currency in the knowledge economy

Sure… Most of things we need in knowledge economy - knowledge, trust, conversations - take time.

May be we should redefine effectiveness then: instead of striving to do things faster, we need to take time doing things… Be slower and pay attention… Let knowledge, trust, conversations grow…