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Use technology to make life better
24 April 09 12:20 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   
Use technology to make life better – for your family, friends, neighbors, customers, suppliers, partners, and yourself. Sounds obvious, and yet sometimes it’s not. Take the so called “mobile web”, which excels primarily in sucking. So often people try Read More...
Thumbtack improving on bookmarks + A Thumbtack collection on Microsoft's Data Centers
17 April 09 12:08 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   
(NOTE: Removed links as the Thumbtack experiment has ended... the service is no longer available. -JohnM, October 27, 2009). Thumbtack is a handy little resource for organizing and sharing information you find on the web into collections. Of course, bookmarks Read More...
Symmetry between SQL Server and SQL Data Services – video interview
13 April 09 10:32 PM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   
Patric McElroy, Group Program Manager of SQL Data Services team talks with Michael Cote of RedMonk about what’s coming with the new SDS, and where there will be symmetry with SQL Server.  Really nice interview!  This was recorded a few weeks Read More...
Making tool bars interesting again. No, really.
12 December 08 07:04 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   
Here's something interesting from InfoSpace... a tool bar! No, really. In fact, see for yourself over at Sam Chenaur's site . He's got a nice screen grab, too. This is not your "father's toolbar". I tried to get my own screen grab from the Recipe toolbar Read More...
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Filling the Boomer Gap in Automotive, post-SYNC what comes next?
11 January 08 05:11 PM | john.mullinax | 3 Comments   
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 Read More...
Building brand and transcending walled gardens
30 October 07 01:46 AM | john.mullinax | 16 Comments   
Ok - so I've been posting about Popfly a lot lately. Why am I so excited about Popfly? It's simple, actually. Popfly is more than a mashup maker. And it's more than a Mashout tool (for sharing mashups) -- though it is that, too. What makes Popfly so exciting Read More...
Platform vs. Cool? My take on Apple's business strategy...
09 October 07 04:03 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   
Technorati Tags: Strategy , Apple , innovation , business , software + services , S+S Interesting article about the iPhone here .  Although entertaining to read, I disagree with the premise.  It did get me thinking about the Apple business strategy, Read More...
Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 3: Strategies for Reinforcing Loops and the Hive Mind
20 June 07 03:59 PM | john.mullinax | 3 Comments   
Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg Here's a conundrum: if knowledge is personal, how do I benefit from what you "know"?  Read More...
Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 2: Knowledge is personal
20 June 07 05:34 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   
Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg In the natural world, few (if any) things grow without limits.  In the case of information Read More...
Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 1: Education Inflation
20 June 07 01:59 AM | john.mullinax | 5 Comments   
Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg Education Inflation   Most of us are familiar with the rising cost of education/tuition Read More...
Build to last is dead, speed rules, competency is currency. Resistance is futile.
15 June 07 05:09 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   
Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , adaptive , change , decision making , learning , context aware , cyborg An email exchange with a few colleauges last night, including Chris Bernard and Josh Holmes , got me thinking about the network as Read More...
What is Surface?
04 June 07 08:30 PM | john.mullinax | 4 Comments   
Well, by now I imagine many folks may have heard a little bit about Surface -- Microsoft's latest computing innovation. There's a reason Surface is getting a lot of buzz: it really is ground breaking! For those who haven't seen it yet, you owe it to yourself Read More...
Want Innovation? Don't Build to Last -- Build for Adaptation!
30 March 07 12:07 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   
The pace of change in the world continues to accelerate. Business is global. Technology enables markets in New York to react almost instantly to changes in Shanghai. Technology gives us the power to be always on and always connected. Technology lets us Read More...
The Best Payback in Technology History... Think you know what it is???
16 February 07 04:38 AM | john.mullinax | 4 Comments   
Hmmm.... How about a giant ERP system? :-) Nope. Internet Explorer? Windows Mobile? Getting closer, but those are only "honorable mention" in my book. If you're a company with a large investments in ERP and Line of Business (LOB) applications, my vote Read More...
Toyota's Car OS vs. Ford's Sync (Microsoft Windows Automotive)
06 February 07 10:29 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   
Ok -- let me come clean right up front: the headline here is slightly misleading because Toyota's Car OS and Ford's Sync are not really directly comparable. For one thing, Toyota's Car OS does not appear to exist yet -- though it reportedly is under development. Read More...
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