I had a business trip to Washington DC this past week and I spent the time at the Hyatt Hotel in Crystal City as well as AIA Headquarters in Arlington. The AIA offices are on the 17th floor of an
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New Approaches to Selling Software
An interesting interview in LinuxWorld magazine with Matt Asay, who is General Manager of a large open-source software company. He insists that the model for selling software is changing, especially with open-source software.
Democrats Preach Virtue of Labor Unions
This is an amusing outlook on what drives an economy… According to a recent article in Newsday, “Democratic presidential candidates argued Saturday night that organized labor is an essential part of the nation’s economy…” Hmm, I can certainly understand the
Journalistic Mistakes
An interesting article in American Thinker where Randall Hoven has organized a list of journalistic mistakes. He has captured over 60 transgressions from the past 10 years, including the most recent, Scott Beauchamp who invented stories about soldiers in Iraq, and
How to Avoid Speeding Tickets
For those of you that insist on driving faster than the speed limit, there is an interesting posting on the AutoBlog, which describes the best ways to get out of a ticket… “One of the best ways of getting out
More Bad News for Microsoft Vista
This is for son Leonard… PCLaunch notes that the popularity of Windows XP is still making things difficult for Vista. Now Vista has again suffered a major setback, with Lenovo (Olympic 2008′ official sponsor) installing XP on it’s machines to
Chinese Copycat & Counterfeit Products
A very interesting story in Popular Science about the Chinese “product cloning industry”.
Privacy and Cell Phones
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I try to be fairly respectful of not talking on my cell phone in public places (there is nothing worse than someone using a cell phone on a full elevator). This
Is Diversity a Good Thing?
I happen to be an engineer that believes in “portfolio theory“, also known as “don’t put all of your eggs in one basket”. In reality, portfolio theory is based on the financial principle of spreading risk by having a diversified
Windows Vista Receiving Less Consideration
As Gomer Pyle used to say “Surprise, Surprise!” According to a recent article in Computerworld, “Fewer businesses are now considering the move to Windows Vista than seven months ago…”