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Heart lessons from sudden death

Heart lessons from sudden deathI hope my death is by heart attackA heart attack seems like a good way to go. I've seen the slow deteriorating deaths many of my relatives are currently living or have lived through. Seeing that I'd much rather die suddenly of massive heart attack in...

Tags: heart attack, heart lesson, Woody Allen

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

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The Utah way of health reform

The Utah way of health reformUtah NetCare PlanThanks for writing this article. I am kind of tired of blogs just copying the news articles. You have some original content in here. Thanks for that! I have a site about the Utah NetCare plan. It's purpose...

Tags: payroll solutions, Regulations, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, ERISA, health care, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

Linux Foundation ready to fight Microsoft if TomTom lawsuit involves Linux kernel

Linux Foundation ready to fight Microsoft if TomTom lawsuit involves Linux kernelA mixed barrel of fish.There are so many threads in this mess that one can look at almost anything. But some things come out loud and clear:1. We are in a post-Bilski situation......software patents (which seem to be at...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Linux kernel, Tom-Tom, TomTom, patent

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

A tale of two faux pas: When transparency meets bad behavior

Earlier today yet another Twitter brouhaha erupted when a Canadian marketing professional named April Dunford was allegedly verbally attacked by David George-Cosh, a National Post tech reporter, after she apparently wouldn't take his phone call. Ian Capstick does a nice job of rehashing the battle on his MediaStyle blog so...

Tags: Twitter, April Dunford, David George-Cosh, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-02-11

When Woz speaks who listens?

Attendees of the Macworld Expo San Francisco next week will get the chance to see Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on the show floor. A company that makes tablet versions of the MacBook hopes that his appearance in the booth will help sell the product. Good luck to them with this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, Steve Wozniak, Apple Inc., Woz, Axiotron, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-12-31

The sweet lure of tomorrow

Do you feel like this when you get back from a holiday break?Just sending out your holiday cards today? Rushing to get gifts you'll need to distribute in 48 hours? Frantically filing your 2008 expense reports, due last Friday? Don't worry, you're in good company. Because I meant to discuss...

Tags: Task, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Communications, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Online Communications, Security, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-12-22

How many printers do we need?

How many printers do we need?As long as you always have one working laser you're fine.Having someone go out and grab papers for the teacher should be a non-issue. Tip the janitor if you have to. More printers equals more maintenance, more toner, and more wasted electricity. ...

Tags: Printers, Document management, Projectors, Copiers, printer, printing, laser, inkjet printer, projector

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Free the Obama Blackberry

Free the Obama BlackberryExecutive recordsDana said: "For too many in the government and media, the main lesson of Watergate seems to have been don’t record anything. If they can’t get proof you can be above the law." I agree the "don't record anything" attitude is not working in practice....

Tags: Government, author obviously, No. People, Obama, Obama Blackberry

Discussion threads 2008-11-16

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

The tangled web of broadcasting regulations

The tangled web of broadcasting regulationsYou get what you pay for.Unless, of course, you're a broadcaster. In that case, reducing the value of what you purchased from the government by suddenly allowing competitors is a good thing. You've been robbed, but the public gains by... something else happening.What...

Tags: TVs, Web, TV, broadcasting, broadcasting regulation, government

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

I'm well aware what I pay for Google's services

My post on Google earlier Tuesday was met with mixed reactions. A few folks agreed that, in fact, Google's suite of services is quite slick, long live GOOG, etc. Others, like fellow ZDNet blogger, Michael Krigsman, disagreed pretty strongly. In his response, Michael didn't leave much doubt...

Tags: Google Inc., OpenOffice, Productivity, E-mail Providers, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Diabetes is also heart disease

Rigorous control of blood sugar won't save diabetics the heart ravages which come with the disease, new studies show. Instead diabetics need to treat themselves as we heart patients do, with statins, blood pressure control, diet, exercise and a baby aspirin before bedtime. Their current regimen for...

Tags: Study, Diabetes, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-08

Why I didn't like "Microhoo"

Yesterday was not a good day to be Jerry Yang. A year after returning to the helm of the company he co-founded, Yang found himself faced with an unsolicited bid from Microsoft, one that offered to pay a 50% premimum over the price of Yahoo stock. Though not ruling the...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Developer Orientation, Team Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, DVR, Management, Investment, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-06

MGM Grand's IT green field: RFID meets alcohol; predictive modeling; bandwidth galore

MGM Grand's IT green field: RFID meets alcohol; predictive modeling; bandwidth galoreThe house always has the edge ...A lot of Vegas fans believe that they know the system, how to get the best deals and comps, and how to protect themselves against over-extending. But the reality is that comps are...

Tags: Research & Development, MGM Grand, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, RFID, modeling, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

I'm dying to blog on the NYT story, but it's nothing to lose sleep over

The blogosphere is having a field day with The New York Times page one Sunday story on killer blogs. (They came from Africa via South America, and are moving north from Texas right now!) ZDNet's Larry Dignan has a drop-dead interesting take on the lack of balance...

Tags: Blog, Story, Blogging, Internet, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-04-06

OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned

OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learnedIt taught Microsoft that its days are numberedas an all powerful monopoly, and that it cannot just run roughshod wherever it likes without an equal and opposite reaction.It's taught us, the community, that maybe it's time to start lots of lobbying of our own. Perhaps lots...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, OpenDocument Format, Lessons Learned, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Robert Scoble's "Cat's In The Cradle" moment"

I'll get to that in a second, but first: Today video blogger and friend Robert Scoble (of Microsoft, and then PodTech) fame, writes why he is joining FastCompany.tv instead of starting up his own company. Significantly distilled, his reasons are that he doesn't...

Tags: Life, Cat, Macworld, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Outsourcing, Marketing, Internet, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-16

Innovative School Enhances Student Learning, Teacher Productivity With Digital Notes

Laptops have been part of the classroom experience at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart since 1996. Nevertheless, teachers were still using traditional, time-consuming methods for creating lesson plans, organizing paperwork, giving quizzes, and grading homework. Students spent the majority of their class time taking notes rather than engaging...

Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Student, Teacher, Notebooks, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-12-12

Don't weep for underappreciated enterprise software

For weekend entertainment and attention, Robert Scoble used the word "sexy" in a headline, referencing a LiveSide.Net interview with Bill Gates where he said that the press naming the Wall Street Journal doesn't appreciate that Microsoft's enterprise/business software is underappreciated and at the heart of the company's vast riches....

Tags: Fact, Business Computing, Consumer Computing, Scoble, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-09

No charges in MySpace suicide

No charges in MySpace suicideWhat a Crock![i]He said the people involved are probably suffering plenty already. "The loss of a life of a person that they once talked to as a friend, I'm sure, is just twisting them all up inside," Banas said.[/i]I can almost guarantee you that this is...

Tags: MySpace, pocketbook, suicide

Discussion threads 2007-12-03