Monthly Archives: March 2004

trial post – ecto

Just loaded the ecto weblogging client on my mac. This is my first test post. Looks like a nice tool once I figure out all the bells and whistles…more later.< Listening to Two Trains Running from the album Lone Star … Continue reading

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“Outsourcing” and “Saving Jobs” by Thomas Sowell — Capitalism Magazine

“Outsourcing” and “Saving Jobs” by Thomas Sowell — Capitalism Magazine This is a great article by Thomas Sowell in Capitalism Magazine. Yeah, I’m still on that hobby horse. Me and every third weblogger. He very succinctly puts the case against … Continue reading

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Carnival of the Capitalists: March 22, 2004

This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at The Entrepreneurial Mind – Jeff Cornwall’s always interesting weblog. It has the usual collection of interesting posts on business and economics topics. Enjoy! The Entrepreneurial Mind: Carnival of the Capitalists: March … Continue reading

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Driving to Laptopia

Driving to Laptopia Doc Searls, one of the weblogging gods and certified cluetrain guru, is trying the LOTL (Linux on the laptop) experience. I think he is right that if the LOTL experience becomes accessible to “suits” (that’s me – … Continue reading

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Onfolio

I posted a day or two ago about a new software product named Onfolio and that I thought it looked like an interesting product. Well, I took my own advice and downloaded it so I could check it out. I … Continue reading

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Interesting new software product

Someone pointed me to an interesting new software product – Onfolio. Ever had the experience of browsing the web while researching some topic and wanting a way to save links, images, snippets of text, and other little bits and pieces … Continue reading

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Weblog maintenance

I’m spending a little time this morning doing weblog maintenance. Blog-entropy has set in around the lists of weblogs I read, books, and music. Time for a little spring list cleaning. So far what that amounts to is adding more … Continue reading

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Social Networking and Starbucks

Thinking by Peter Davidson: The Latest for Starbucks I was reading this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists (hosted this week at TJ’s Weblog) and came across this post from Peter Davidson. Inspired by the news that Starbucks is planning on … Continue reading

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BusinessPundit: Size Doesn’t Matter

Rob over at BusinessPundit (who has a snazzy new banner on the home page) has a good post on focusing on growing too fast, and by extension on focusing solely on any one measure to determine success. BusinessPundit: Size Doesn’t … Continue reading

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Productivity Risks in Offshoring

Frank Scavo has a very good post in his Enterprise System Spectator regarding some of the risks in offshoring – specifically in offshoring IT/software work but many of the productivity risks he outlines apply to offshoring any type of work. … Continue reading

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