I just spent a few days at a business conference in New Orleans. This was a summit on “Design for Six Sigma” and I co-presented the interim results from one of our projects. While it was not a large meeting,
Category: Business
My Perception of Consulting
There are many folks that pretend to be professional consultants… the poster below sums up my viewpoint of those imposters:
Company Motivation
I’m sure that some of you work in those companies where the rah rah mentality is manifested with motivational posters and all of the Psychology 101 clap trap… There is an interesting web site called Demotivators that captures the cynicism
Cincinnati Posts a Record Year
No, the Cincy Reds baseball team still sucks… and the Bengals can’t keep their players off of the police blotter page (or win a game when it really matters). The new record for Cincinnati in 2006 is the quantity of
Is Satellite Radio Worth the Money?
I don’t know if many of you subscribe to Sirius or XM, the two commercial satellite radio services, but I’ve not been overly impressed. My current automobile came with a Sirius tuner built into my car’s stereo system, and they
Puerto Rico – 51st State?
Since we just visited Puerto Rico and traveled around almost half of the island, I thought it would be instructive to understand a little of its history and its relationship with the United States. As I noted in my previous
Outsourced Santa?
This one is courtesy of the GrouchyOldCripple… A cute commentary on the state of outsourcing service jobs.
Dell has Gone Downhill
I’ve been buying Dell computers for well over 15 years (note: I’m typing this posting on my Dell Latitude D620)… I started buying Dell during the days when there were at least 10 other alternatives such as Compaq, Acer, Systemax,
Mercedes Concept Car
Take a look at the latest Mercedes concept car… the photo at the left shows a shiny new sports car. However, the photo at the right indicates what’s coming down the pike — There is no steering wheel and no
Open Source Software for Windows
This site has an interesting article that describes 30 open source software packages you should consider for your Windows-based computer.