15 Dec 2011
A major complaint by IT against Apple is that Apple doesn’t share long-term roadmaps so businesses can’t plan or manage risk. RIM, a company closely tied to businesses is in free-fall. Take a look at their 5-year plan, and based on their migration to QNX (their execution to plan over the last 12–18 months), you can’t […]
19 Jan 2010
OK, so by now it’s pretty well established that I nit-pick things, have an acute sense of observation, and a big enough mouth to broadcast my astonishment at the funny things I notice around me. I’m learning how to be more positive and keep my mouth shut more… but I just couldn’t pass this one up. […]
16 Aug 2009
October 21st through January 10th, right here in NY we’ll have the opportunity to see what appears to be one of, if not THE most important exhibits of Japanese Arms and Armor ever seen outside of Japan. On display will be Samurai weaponry dating from 1156–1868. The exhibition can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum […]
8 Jun 2009
Well, I’ve unplunged. Canceled AT&T and went back to T-Mobile. The whole experience has enough material for several posts. I initially wanted to write about how I made the decision to return to T-Mobile, a company I don’t like instead of going to Verizon. And, maybe I will. I’ve been with a new Blackberry Curve 8900 […]
20 May 2009
I was at a sake tasting last night listening to a lecture on how sake is made. I got a real sense for the craftsmanship that goes into sake making. It seems that high end sake almost exclusively does one key part of the process by hand, though they could easily get machines to do […]
