May 2008 - Posts

Custer's Last Project
30 May 08 10:40 PM | carlcs | 0 Comments   

Recently, I finished A Terrible Glory . It's a pretty good book chronicling Custer's destruction at Little Bighorn at the hands of the Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull. When I started the book, I didn't expect to get a post out of it. After all, the Read More...

The Whiskey Economy
25 May 08 12:41 AM | carlcs | 1 Comments   

I've often wondered what makes an effective leader. While I certainly haven't completely figured it out, I have noticed one trait that seems essential. Great leaders aren't necessarily the people who make the right decisions, rather great leaders are Read More...

My Boss Bjorn
14 May 08 06:25 PM | carlcs | 0 Comments   

For those of you who might be interested in knowing more about what I work on, here's a link to my manager talking about and demonstrating Essential Business Server. http://edge.technet.com/Media/Essential-Business-Server-EBS-demo-with-Bjorn/ Read More...

Getting Gas
13 May 08 09:03 PM | carlcs | 2 Comments   

I'm not much of a UI guy. I've spent my entire time at Microsoft working on servers of one sort or another. I learned a ton about UI design back when I was on the Terminal Services team helping out the http://www.mesh.com guys on their live remote desktop Read More...

Wash your hands
10 May 08 12:53 AM | carlcs | 1 Comments   

One author I've been reading lately is Atul Gawande. I recently finished Complications and before too long I expect to start Better . Atul Gawande is a staff writer for the New Yorker. Just like other staff writers like Malcolm Gladwell you find that Read More...