Recently, Conan O’Brien gave the commencement address to Dartmouth’s 2011 graduating class. Way up in Internet fame already sit Steve Job’s classic address to Stanford, and David Foster Wallace’s speech to Kenyon College. Both of those are smart speeches, steeped in wisdom, bearing heartfelt reflections of difficult roads, personal letdowns and victories. This one…this one
Read More...“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would
Read More...Alex Handy, writing for the SD Times, has a nice list of the top ways Oracle is being an excellent citizen within the enterprise technology and software development communities. Here’s the high-level list, but you owe it to yourself to see Handy’s rationale behind each. Handing Hudson over to the Eclipse Foundation Pushing OpenJDK as
Read More...My brain is, to some indeterminate percentage, defective. Not just, “Oh, that’s understandable, we all have strange mental echoes and stuff” defective, but really, seriously prone to screwy malfunctions. To the point others will look at me with a raised eyebrow and that faux-overintense stare and try to end their conversation with me as quickly
Read More...“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.
Read More...The following issue caught my attention and I thought I’d research it in a little more depth as I think it’s important to anyone who does their personal banking online. With the adoption of online banking and its associated convenience comes the risk of identity theft and potential loss of personal funds. Recently a major
Read More...So I have an iPhone 4, and it’s easily the best computer (yes, computer) I’ve ever used. I love it. But today I’m going to absolutely eviscerate its video calling feature, named FaceTime, because I think video calling is nonsense and after you try it once or twice just to experience it, you come to
Read More...“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.” — Susan Sontag (Via swissmiss) ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
Read More...MIPRO was founded on the now-famous PeopleSoft tradition and culture of “Outrageous Customer Service”, so from day one our being able to measure our customers’ experience was important. Since the first employee interview we have been asked about this aspect of our company and we can honestly say that what this really means, in our
Read More...So, it seems another fixed-fee implementation project has failed and resulted in a lawsuit pitting the buyer against the implementer. Somehow I don’t think this is the outcome that either of them wanted, yet I sense an undertone of suspicion that hinted at this early on. Implementations go best when the system integrator is a
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