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Enterprise Agility | NetObjectives: SIPOC helps you figure out where to start
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Some very good basic advice here from Jim Trott at NetObjectives about applying lean principles and systems thinking to improve software development. An excerpt: "When it comes to analyzing where to start in helping a development organization, it often...
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Free Training - Creating Performance Dashboards!
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Just heard about a series of free training events on creating performance dashboards. Looks pretty interesting. Description, dates, locations, and links to register are below. -John Microsoft and BlueGranite present: Dashboard in a Day Seminars Learn...
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Discovering Pickle - Updated
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With a name like Pickle , the options for joke-making can be overwhelming. :-) That aside, this is a very interesting service for sharing photos and videos. I'm embedding a pickle player below that shows a couple pics -- one for each of my kids -- that...
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steelcase blog: Docs for Change…, The Tao of OBA and S+S
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Saw this today. Mark Greiner, who runs Steelcase's "Workspace Futures" team spoke at a Transformation, a Symposium on Innovative Health Care Delivery recently at the Mayo Clinic. Among the speakers that stood out to Mark was Michael Howe, CEO of MinuteClinic...
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Popfly Video Tutorial - LOL
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over 4 years ago
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Daryll McDade knows I'm a big fan of Popfly, so he sent me over to see recently released Popfly Tutorial video. Educational, and funny, too! Technorati tags: Popfly , Funny
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Coskata Ethanol breakthrough announced at Detroit International Autos Show, Partnership with GM
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over 4 years ago
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Rick Wagoner, Chairman of General Motors , announced at the Detroit North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) that GM has taken an equity stake in an ethanol manufacturer called Coskata, and that Coskata has developed a breakthrough process for producing...
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Filling the Boomer Gap in Automotive, post-SYNC what comes next?
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over 4 years ago
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Ed Wallace has a great article in Business Week about the impact of mass demographics on the auto industry -- fun to read, and insightful. Years ago, I remember walking through Ford WHQ and seeing a distinct focus on Gen Y . Gen X isn't big enough to...
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High quality music streaming over the Internet to your car stereo
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You may have heard that Ford SYNC (based on Microsoft's Windows Automotive ) will play music from your mp3 player, or even from a USB drive, as the video here shows. Turns out you can also stream music from either a phone or a laptop via a mobile phone...
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Welcoming one of the best to the blogging world
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over 4 years ago
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Ben Flock just posted his first blog post, and I want to be among the first to say welcome to the blogging world, Ben! I've known Ben since my first few weeks at Microsoft, and I can tell you he's among the best of the best. Read his blog. It's sparse...
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What is the value of .NET 3.5 vs. .NET 2.0? Well, that depends on you...
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over 4 years ago
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Occasionally someone will say to me something along the lines of: "I've got an old VB6 app that I need to migrate. Why should I use .NET 3.5 instead of .NET 2.0? What's the value proposition? The ROI?" If you've ever wondered about that question, (at...
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Miss your chance to see BillG keynote CES? See him keynote the Office Developers Conference 2008!
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The Office Developers Conference (ODC) is coming up quick, starting 10-Feb-2008 in San Jose this year. Should be an awesome event! Office 2007 is by far the best Office yet to build solutions on, and now that it's got a year on the market under it's belt...
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Video: Ford Sync test | Crave : The gadget blog
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over 4 years ago
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Stumbled on another Ford Sync / Microsoft Windows Automotive video today -- this one a review from CNET that shows streaming music from a phone over Bluetooth to the head unit, as well as receiving and listening to text messages being read by the car...
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A Guide to the BillG Keynote at CES
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over 4 years ago
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Bill Gates gave the opening keynote at CES the other day. You can see a video of it here. I didn't think the press and blog coverage that I saw this morning did a very good job exposing the ton of cool stuff he covered, so I whipped together this guide...
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How to find good music; One audiophile's story
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Harry Mower, a self-described music junkie, tells an addict's story of how to find the next great music of the moment: Media Mechanics : Scoring with Zune Part2 - Finding Music. Even if you merely love Music, it's a great review of the how to get the...
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Media Mechanics : CNBC.com Hands Over Display Advertising to Microsoft
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Not brand new, but noteworthy: paidContent reports that Microsoft adds CNBC.com to it's inventory of content. Thanks to Harry Mower for the pointer. Media Mechanics : CNBC.com Hands Over Display Advertising to Microsoft
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Ford SYNC - Beyond cool, it sells cars, too!
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Regular readers of this blog know that I've been excited about Ford's SYNC for quite a while now. For those that don't know, SYNC is Ford's implementation of Windows Automotive inside their vehicles to provide hands free access to media and phone. For...
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