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  • MythTV 0.20 released

    I have been running MythTV on a homebuilt Pentium 4HT for a llttle over 2 years.  I started out with version 0.14 and have done every other upgrade.  I am happy with the stability of my version 0.19 release, but overall I have been using the box less and less.  The main reason is that…

  • How to Be a Smart Innovator

    I  normally don’t link to content behind a pay-for wall, but I found the article below so compelling I couldn’t help myself.  Nick Carr gained notierirty a few years ago with the publication of “IT Doesn’t Matter” in HBR.  Since then he’s gone on to start (and stop..and start again) blogging and been a semi-regular…

  • Lost my iPod

    Well it’s been a week now so I think rather than misplaced, my iPod is officially lost.  I was using it last weekend doing some outside chores and catching up on a few podcasts.  I laid it down somewhere, but can’t remember where.  In the past week I’ve retraced my steps several times and still…

  • Harvard talks about Open Innovation

    We are doing some work with UC Berkley professor Henry Chesbrough and I ran across this podcast over the weekend.  Good basic overview for those who have heard about but aren’t sure of the details of open innovation. HBR IdeaCast 10: Opening Up Innovation & Dealing with Underperformers

  • TDI Update – unsafe speed(ometer)?

    I am still very happy with my new Jetta TDI.  The gas mileage has stayed above 45 MPG consistently, even when I was driving it a bit harder (got the change to go on some twisties near the house and ‘used’ the transmission a bit more than that brakes).  The interior is very comfortable and…

  • There are still crazy people in the world…

    Monocopter

  • Corporate blogging policy

    As I wrote the title of this post, it occurred to me that “blogging” and “policy” is a bit like “military” and “intelligence”.  However, I think I have finally convinced enough people inside my company that we need to get engaged in the conversation and start blogging, at least in some form.  The one request…

  • So if links are dead, why all the traffic?

    Just trying to figure this out.  Steve Gillmor has been talking about the fact that links are dead for while now on his podcast (along with Office being dead…which is a whole other post).  It seemed to make sense to me until yesterday.  Until then I was looking at it from an information consumers standpoint. …

  • Can't we all just get along?

    The Manufacturer has an interesting article this month about the conflict between IP protection and global collaboration. Yes, it does feature a few of the products from my company. I see this as being the key issue that succesful innovators will figure out: how to create new ideas (through collaboration with partners/customers/competitiors) at a rate…