But don’t let the title fool you. I am not one of those Business Intelligence (BI) consultants who thoroughly bashes and discounts Excel. I think Excel is a flexible, powerful tool that has almost limitless uses and value. In fact, before becoming a convert to enterprise BI, I used Excel to create the world’s greatest
Read More...Maira Kalman for the NYTimes’s And the Pursuit of Happiness blog is featuring an exploration of Ben Franklin that everyone – yes, everyone – should take a few minutes to read and consider. It sits nicely at the intersection of poignant and beautiful. You’re seriously missing out if you don’t see the whole thing.
Read More...Here’s John Gruber with a poignant analysis of Microsoft’s current state of the union. No fanyboyism here, just some astute between-the-lines interpretation. Michael Pollan, one of my favorite authors, explains the strange juxtaposition of the decline of American household cooking and the rise of watching people cook on TV. I could not agree more
Read More...In the current economy, it goes without saying that companies are continually looking for options to improve their bottom line. And naturally, software vendors are more than happy to provide you the tools to achieve these results. I would like to take the time to discuss a couple of applications that truly deliver on that
Read More...One of the most interesting things we’ve done, marketing-wise, as a company is engage our customers and the community via social media. Not always an easy sell internally, it’s an idea that has helped set us apart from our competition and form relationships with clients we wouldn’t have otherwise. It’s hard to put a solid
Read More...The HTC Hero is the first mobile phone to get Flash functionality in its browser, so how’s the performance? Maddening. (thx Daring Fireball) Unfortunate news for Microsoft: sales down 17% and after-tax profit down 29% versus a year ago. The PC sales slump has really taken its toll. Wired: How to Behave: New Rules
Read More...In this, the last of my four-part series on PeopleSoft’s ALM product suite, I will discuss some of the key features/functions of the PeopleSoft IT Asset Management solution. Not much is known about it, but this product can provide tremendous value in a relatively short period of time, and do so with a very reasonable
Read More...Economist Tyler Cowen argues that autism can be an advantage in the academy, not a detriment. Ever wonder where gyro meat comes from? You needn’t wonder anymore. NASA will be releasing “greatly improved” video imagery to commemorate yesterday’s 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington takes a ton of heat (see
Read More...Andrew LaVallee, reporting for the WSJ: J.P. Morgan surveyed 763 adult U.S. Internet users earlier this month and found that the majority of them (59%) were aware of Bing, thanks in part to Microsoft’s $80 million advertising campaign. A quarter of the respondents (and 42% of those who had heard of Bing) had tried the
Read More...“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” — Spencer Johnson (Thx @ColinLewis)
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