Linkology: Friday Links for 12/11/09

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Linkology: Friday Links for 12/11/09

Skipped our Friday Links feature last Friday in favor of a silly quiz, so we have some catching up to do. Got (good) milk?  You almost certainly don’t.  Warren Taylor is out to change that. Dragon Dictation for the iPhone is has been released (free for a limited time), and it’s nothing short of amazing. 

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Do I Look Like a Guy With a Plan?

Here’s some excellent business advice for the organization as well as the individual from Charlie Hoehn.  It centers around two basic precepts: (1) instead of calling something a failure, call it an attempt; and (2) the basic grist for the success mill is just doing things. My favorite part of The Dark Knight is when

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10 Questions Businesses Should Never Stop Asking Themselves

Forbes’s Marc Kramer with an excellent list of questions that hearken any business’s fundamental reasons for existing.  The questions themselves are below, but you should definitely read Kramer’s whole piece. What is our purpose for existing? Who is our target customer? Why does anyone need what we’re selling? If there is a need, is it

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How to Hire Programmers

Good advice from Aaron Swartz: To find out whether someone’s smart, I just have a casual conversation with them. I do everything I can to take off any pressure off: I meet at a cafe, I make it clear it’s not an interview, I do my best to be casual and friendly. Under no circumstances

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The Top 10 Trends for 2010 in Analytics, Business Intelligence and Performance Management

Nenshad Bardoliwalla with an excellent list, but #5 jumped out at me: SaaS / Cloud BI Tools will steal significant revenue from on-premise vendors but also fight for limited oxygen amongst themselves. From many accounts, this was the year that SaaS-based offerings hit the mainstream due to their numerous advantages over on-premise offerings, and this

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UPCOMING: Interview with Oracle’s Sr. Director of Enterprise Asset Management

Tomorrow, I will post the first segment of our exclusive interview with Dave Loesch, Oracle’s Sr. Director of Enterprise Asset Management.  Dave was kind enough to accept our invitation for an interview about the Enterprise EAM  market, Oracle’s role within it, the challenges customers face and how quickly organizations get value from a mature EAM/Maintenance

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Thank You

It’s no surprise whatsoever that 2009 has been a challenging year for many businesses, ours included.  Everyone has had to adapt, make difficult decisions, and come to the realization that their projections might not come to bear due to circumstances far beyond their control. All you need to do is scan the headlines and quickly

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