Category: miscellaneous

.!. Yesterday was my last official day at work for the year.  Yes, I am one of those people that didn’t take their vacation through the year and since we have a “use it or lose it policy” at UGS, I am using it.  So the posts may be light in the next few weeks…

While they still don’t admit they are targeting Office (although I was using Google spreadsheets yesterday and it was a great experience), Google unleashed their latest salvo on Microsoft, this time targeting developers. This is an interesting play right in the backyard of Microsoft = developers. Google Web Toolkit – Build AJAX apps in the…

When I see sites like this start up (and gain even a modicum of success) it really makes me question the concept of the digital divide existing at all.  The target audience of Jackass (and now the internet equivalent) is not exactly the white collar crowd. Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Darejunkies Is A Social…

I have a few old PC’s lying around that I might just do this with.  How about you? » Make this an open source Christmas | Open Source | ZDNet.com

In the recent release and media hype of the two newest “next-gen” gaming consoles, the Sony PS3 and the Nintendo Wii, I found an interesting case study in innovation vectors. While we won’t know for a many months who the ultimate winner is (although there are early signs) it is clear there are two paths…

A nice list of free and inexpensive gifts you can DIY from MAKE magazine blog.  Some of the gifts I remember most from my youth are the ones my Grandpa made for me.  I wonder if any of these will be as remembered by their recipients? MAKE: Blog: The Open source gift guide – Open…

Gingerbread Nazis I bet if the artist would have shown a 1974 Dodge Monaco with two sunglass wearing gingerbread men inside driving through the crowd of gingerbread Nazi’s it would have stayed on display 😉

We had our global team meeting last week in Plano. It was a really good meeting overall. We all put in long hours over the course of the few says we spend together twice a year, so at night we usually have some activities that will let us blow off a little steam. Here you…

Hugh, I’m interested in Microsoft too, but for a few different reasons.  As a large Microsoft partner I am getting ring side seat to a lot of the changes that are going on there and I think it is going to be a classic business reinvention story when it unfolds.  Whether it’s an example of…