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Chris Matthews often interviews Chris Mathews

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

When I have the opportunity, I often enjoy watching Hardball with Chris Mathews, but his interviewing style often drives me nuts. Ultimately, my issue is that I am a stickler for the “unwritten” rule of questioning – person A (in this case the host) asks person B (the guest) a question and then the [...]

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Dell pcs to ship with Ubuntu v7.04 pre-loaded

Posted in Canonical, Dell, Fiesty Fawn, Linux, OS, Operating System, Peter Galli, Technology, Ubuntu, eweek on May 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »

According to a Peter Galli article on eWeek.com:

Dell and Canonical will announce a partnership on May 1 that will see the hardware giant ship Ubuntu Linux preinstalled on some of its desktop and laptop computers.

The article points to its sister site, DesktopLinux.com which suggests that the first machines loaded with Ubuntu’s “Feisty Fawn” will be [...]

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Tater Mitts!!!

Posted in Marketing, Rant, useless crap on March 28, 2007 | 8 Comments »

 
 
I was sitting here working on my blog, watching the Military channel when a commercial came on – forgot to hit fast forward on the Tivo – for Tater Mitts.  Seeing this commercial made me realize that the end is indeed near.  Anyone who pays $19.95 plus shipping and handling should be caned.
Better yet, just [...]

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Do companies need a second in command?

Posted in CEO, COO, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Nathan Bennett, Stephen Miles, Strategy, Uncategorized on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

  Recently I read an article written by Nathan Bennett and Stephen Miles which was published in the May 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled, “Second in Command” which discusses the relationship between CEOs and COOs.  The authors point out that no two COOs have the same job description – not even two that [...]

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Wall Street Scandal

Posted in Axiom Capital Management, BusinessWeek, Financial Services, Marketing, Matthew Goldstein, Michael Guttenberg, Sales, Scandal, UBS, Wall Street on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was reading the Matthew Goldstein article on UBS in the March 26th issue of BusinessWeek, and I found myself fixated on one small aspect of the story.  The story briefly outlines portions of Michael Guttenberg’s work history.  I found myself wondering how he went from being a “sales assistant” with Axiom Capital Management to [...]

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Slingbox

Posted in Technology, Uncategorized on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

 
For those of us who spend entirely too much time in hotels, the Slingbox could be an incredible product.  I love the idea that I can “sling” my favorite programs from my Tivo to my pc or other internet accessible device.  If this product can live up to the hype, then I want one – [...]

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