A lot of folks figure MSFT wants the eyeballs, ability to generate a profit on the web.  Well thats the obvious short story.  What was obvious to me the moment i heard it, was MSFT was going to be able to fulfill a goal of thiers, which they have stated, in the only way I think they can.... ...<< MORE >>

By now even my Ma has heard about the multi core, multi CPU revolution. 2 Core CPUs are the norm on shipping laptops and towers, and 4 core CPUs are just around the corner. Dual and four socket mother boards, which allow for 2 -4 CPUs (each with multi cores) are no longer exotic, and the memory and OS, and database are engineered with this compute-factor in mind. Now what?<< MORE >>

We got new laptops at work. Dells, corporate thing. So I decided to look up a few things about my dell laptop, and check out thier online store, see what the everything-old-is-new again CEO Micheal has done.Micheal, visit your own on-line store. Yourself, with no one in the room, you will be shocked to find out....<< MORE >>

The Iphone is already a hit - its an innovation rule-changing category killer, and its not even shipping. But what I find most interesting about the keynote and Jobs interviews is when he said (rough quote) "We were going to partner with a different phone company, but wanted to retain total control of the hardware and the software". Thats a gem we can all consider when trying to foster innovation.<< MORE >>

A lot of writing good software is, pure magic. A good design that can hold up to (anticipated?!) changes, innovative "ways of seeing" - or organizing a GUI, workflow, data elements - how to attack the problem. Its what makes the decision, optimization, and simuation solutions that my company writes, to me anyways, more interesting than simple database transactions. And there is true magic in how we develop parts of these appplications. Too much magic, and the project never ends...<< MORE >>

A lot of folks, from investors to technology analysts, and CTOs like myself that have to gauge where things area headed - ask - will google exist in ten years? Its a short and simple analysis. ...<< MORE >>

Psychologists tell us that our "self view" lags several years, how we physically and emotionally see our selves lags to our prior self. Management training is that it takes people several months to start performing a new job, they tend to perform thier old one for a while.And so todays rant is about some things that we still see in the old light, but have clearly changed - what we spend our IT dollars on.... ...<< MORE >>

Updated 2.1.207 - Dell preps hand held gaimg device, Mike back 10.6.2006 This weeks news, HP sells more PCs than Dell. What happened to Dell? Lets take a short historical look at thier value-add, thier reputation (from one persons, mine, perspective) and look forward - and it isn't going to be pretty going forward....(Disclaimer of context - I was a Dell fanboy for much of the 80s and 90s, made a LOT of money from thier stock, from the PCs limited days thru the late 80s. Totally divested in the past 6 years of it. And feel pretty firm about it at this point.....)In the Late 80s you bought ...<< MORE >>

Joel on software has it pegged - there are only a few ways to hire great people - and going thru resumes in response to a huge board posting is not one of them. And my company is always hiring great people. And since its a natural question many have sent - why the anonymous blog? Well, the viel lifts a little ....and I pander for more great programmers....<< MORE >>

Its a crazy time in IT right now - spending is picking up from the post Y2k draw back, Companies are finding out how to leverage the web, how to make money on and via the web, and the "services" Web2.0 bubble is upon us. I haven't blogged entries lately cause its hard to say where things are headed - but some things are very clear. One of them is, Dell-Intel-MSFT - while still huge players in the industry, no longer control it. There are signs of this everywhere, and I illuminate some of them. Its a different thing - being a dominant player in a massive industry that you don't control, from being the controller. And all 3 are having trouble making the adjustment. Itunes is just the beginning - think bigger.<< MORE >>