Posted in Random, twitter on Apr 1st, 2009 No Comments »
Just saw that UK newspaper and online media service the Guardian issued an April Fools edict that it was getting out of the print business and going “Twitter Only” from here on out.
Funny. But, with the amount of newspapers in the US (especially some long running papers here in the SF bay area) about to [...]
Posted in Random, cloud computing on Mar 18th, 2009 No Comments »
In a lot of ways, the privacy and security issues with cloud computing parallel those found with the open source and SaaS models, which is why it doesn’t surprise me to see that the FTC is looking into what rights federal regulators and customers would have to seize or transfer information out of “the cloud.”
But [...]
Posted in CRM, Random, SugarCRM on Mar 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
I was going to comment on Colin’s last post, but being the attention hog that I am, decided to make a new post instead…
I have worked in and around retail for most of my life in various forms. As an employee of retail firms in high school selling overpriced records to teenagers; as a B2B [...]
Posted in Open Source, Random on Feb 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Progress is inevitable. Change is constant. Yadda yadda yadda…
I keep telling myself these trite proverbial cliches to keep my spirits up after selling off one of my babies – my 40 year old British wonder – a beautiful 1969 Triumph motorcycle. She just wasn’t being given the attention she needed, given my other bikes, and [...]
Posted in Mobile, Random on Feb 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
So, I took the weekend off and went home to Philadelphia to visit friends and family, and made a concerted effort NOT to bring my laptop with me for the long holiday weekend.
It was an experiment – the first, and probably last, time that I travel without my laptop.
First off, during the trip I got [...]
Posted in Conferences, Open Source, Random on Jan 30th, 2009 No Comments »
I am doing a few media briefs prior to SugarCon, and a lot of journalists are asking questions about open source, the economy, and whether or not more companies are looking to transition to new application models in this current climate.
It made me think – and really, while the economy is certainly a wake-up call, [...]
Posted in Open Source, Random, SugarCRM on Jan 29th, 2009 No Comments »
My associate pointed me to this clip of SugarCon keynote speaker Michael Lewis, here talking about how most people should worry less about the state of the financial world:
He makes some great points…namely that a lot of “the powers that be” try and make us feel stupid. This is the same in finance as in [...]
Posted in Random on Jan 28th, 2009 No Comments »
The way in which businesses manufacture and transport finished goods to markets will forever play an important role in how and when they conduct business with the ever-growing number of consumers. As the number of consumers increase and economies continue to globalize, businesses are consistently looking for ways to stay profitable, i.e. long-term contracts, fixed [...]
Posted in Conferences, Random, SugarCRM on Jan 26th, 2009 No Comments »
I am in the final weeks of preparation for SugarCon, and there is a bazillion things to do. I am super psyched about the event, but I realize I will not be anywhere near the prolific blogger (blogrific?) I’d like to be leading up to and during the event.
But I did gloss over my Google [...]
Posted in Random, SugarCRM on Jan 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
The SugarCRM culture is a lot like a bike racing team – you need speed, power and agility to win – but you also need to be able to rely on each other to get ahead.
So, SugarCRM is the sponsor of the Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club – who was just named Club of the [...]
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