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Dean Martin’s Burger Recipe

It’s the middle of summer, and nothing says hamburgers quite like this time of the year. So, from 1967’s The Celebrity Cookbook comes this recipe for Dean Martin’s ‘Martin Burgers’: Bourbon and a TV tray. Nice touches. (Via kottke) ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.

13 July

The Grand Rapids Lip Dub

Shot right here in Michigan in the city of Grand Rapids, Roger Ebert calls this ‘the greatest music video ever made’. That’s called starting your week right. (Via Daring Fireball) ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.

11 July

MIPRO’s Pam Brown on Tips for a Successful Presentation

I’m a principal consultant, and have been for many years. I do a lot of public speaking: at seminars, RUGs, PUGs, OUGs, client offices, you name it. I’ve learned a lesson or two about public speaking: some easy, some hard. Year after year, the fear of speaking in public or in front of a group

7 July

Jim Ray on How to Grill the Perfect Burger

Here in the U.S., we’re coming off the 4th of July holiday weekend, and it’s really the perfect holiday: grilling, warm weather, beer, no gift-giving, no pressurized obligation to see your extended family unless you want to. Along the grilling lines, if you’re like me and you think there’s really nothing better than a perfectly

5 July

Steve Jobs Proposes Apple’s New Campus to Cupertino City Council

I find this utterly fascinating, if only to see a Steve Jobs away from a keynote’s limelight doing some of the more pedestrian civic tasks a CEO sometimes has to do. And the architecture of the proposed campus — wow! ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.

14 June

It Comes Down to Doing the Right Thing

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

8 June

K-12 Education & IT Investment: When Political Reality Runs Interference

I’d like to add something that stems from my personal experience to the commentary my colleague Dave Cohune wrote a few weeks ago: K-12 organizations can realize cost savings though wise investments in IT infrastructure. An example of this is might be to enable the improvement of business processes and decision making, thereby enabling management to provide

25 May

Getting Into MIT Without a High School Degree

Chris Dixon tells the story of his friend and business partner Tom Pinckney, who got into MIT without ever having received a high school diploma. Tom grew up in rural South Carolina and mostly stayed at home writing video games on his Apple II. There was no place nearby to go to high school. He

11 May

Microsoft To Acquire Skype

Quick update today on the news everyone’s (already) talking about, which is that Skype has agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $8.5B. From Skype’s corporate blog: I’m excited to announce that Skype and Microsoft have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Microsoft will acquire Skype for $8.5 billion US. Once the acquisition closes, Skype

10 May

Ric Elias: 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed

Ric Elias was a passenger aboard Flight 1549, which crash-landed in the frigid Hudson River in New York in January 2009. As his plane went down, he learned a few things about himself and his life. Here’s his story. [5 minutes, 3 seconds] ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook.

9 May