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Altruistic Politeness Enforcement Tactics
Interesting piece from The Guardian in which Oliver Burkeman suggests society might be better off if we all inflicted some altruistic punishment on rude people.
Read More...Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 8/27/2010
Every Friday, sophisticated algorithms here at MIPRO’s highly-secure analysis datacenter (me) trawl the entire Internet (what I have starred in Google Reader) to bring to you the best (what I find interesting) links of the week so that you have some nice weekend reading (work interference) to help you wind down into the weekend (which
Read More...QUOTE: On Thoughtfulness
If you can’t draw as well as someone, or use the software as well, or if you do not have as much money to buy supplies, or if you do not have access to the tools they have, beat them by being more thoughtful. Thoughtfulness is free and burns on time and empathy. —Frank Chimero,
Read More...Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 8/20/2010
The Internet press pumped out some pretty good reading this week, so you have ample weekend coffee material. Check it out. Also, a question about moving from iPhone to Android. Have you done this? Speak up in the comments.
Read More...Single Sign-on with PeopleSoft Portal and Applications
Oracle’s PeopleSoft Technology Blog: There has been some confusion about maintenance and single sign-on between the PeopleSoft Portal and PeopleSoft applications. Here is the general guideline one should follow: For Single Signon, PeopleSoft supports having Enterprise Portal on a PeopleTools minor release which is equal to or greater than any content providers (e.g. both Enterprise
Read More...Insight: On Having Human Business Ideals
As a boutique/specialist consulting firm, one of the nice things about breaking the mold of big-box companies is that we have an opportunity to create our own culture. A lot of that affects how our employees experience working for us (something we're proud to say we've done pretty well), but also how our clients experience working with us.
Read More...Oracle M&A: Who’s Next?
Stephen Jannise over at Software Advice has an interesting take on where Oracle might go next with its M&A activity. Some of these (RIM, for instance) are pie-in-the-sky plays, but they do make some sense in the larger enterprise space when you consider the most emergent trends.
Read More...Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 8/13/2010
It’s Friday the 13th, and I need to show you something terrifying. Behold: (Click to enlarge.) What you’re looking at is a 6 foot tall plant with a flower as big as an NBA player’s head. It’s not cute. It’s not amazing. It’s awful and terrible and horrible, and I’m pretty sure you can watch
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