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- Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-in
- Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-init already existsWindows Home Server?Apple will charge...One dollar less than "crazy expensive". That's the magic of Steve Jobs.Smart Home technologyAbout 20 years ago I worked with a company that installed custom control systems for edifices that controlled lighting,...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Construction, Bluetooth, TVs, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Scott Adams, Apple TV, digital-rights management, home server, HVAC, TV
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-in
- The other day Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams posted what he considered to be the future of "home server" systems ... but how viable is it? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Server, Scott Adams, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- 10 ways implementation teams destroy IT projects
- 10 ways implementation teams destroy IT projectsAnd this is news :)?This is why Scott Adams became so successful. He simply chronicles what all of us live everyday.He must work where I do...+1 to the comment above regarding Scott Adams. Humans work everywhere, so these types of issues that...
- Tags: Strategy, IT Project, information technology, implementation team, Scott Adams
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Scott Adams to keynote EclipseCon 2007
- Last year, Joel Spolskys address to the Eclipse faithful at their yearly conference was a huge success. This year the organizers have tapped Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, to keynote EclipseCon 2007. EclipseCon will be held next month in Santa Clara, California. Adams, who served 9 years in a...
- Tags: General, Eclipse, Java, Community, EclipseCon 2007
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Fiorina's fuzzy vision
- Fiorina's fuzzy visionPCServers ?????
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, vision, Dilbert, Hewlett-Packard Co., Scott Adams, Dreamers
- Discussion threads 2005-02-09
Additional Resources
- Bing: Decision engine = shopping engine
- Bing is also better at medical searchesTry searching for "sciatica" on Google vs Bing. The Bing results are better laid out and categorized:http://www.bing-vs-google.com/?q=sciatica It's also great for weather and maps......although I still like Google Maps UI a little better with being able to change the course for directions by dragging...
- Tags: Thurrott, MS marketing, Bing, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- News to know: IBM; SAP; Microsoft; Sarbanes-Oxley; EMC
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM rolls out the 'Smart Cube' with app market: Think enterprise iPod-iTunes combo Joe McKendrick: Goodbye, SOX? AP: Supreme Court to...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Netbook, IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Cartoon of the day: Risk management software
- Cartoon of the day: Risk management softwareRather close to the truthAs a co-owner of a company that develops Risk Management Software, we have actually seen this response - when a potential customer didn't get the answer they wanted, they kept changing the software until they got the answer they wanted.Unfortunately,...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, Strategy, SECURITY, Risk Management Software, risk management
- Discussion threads 2009-03-17
- Is IT becoming extinct?
- Is IT becoming extinct?IT is branching into 2 distinct segmentsYou have raised some good points. I think that IT is diverging into two separate streams - firstly mission critical systems, that must be highly reliaible and resilient. Secondly non-critical systems that are being democratised. I don't think any...
- Tags: IT IS, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-03-23
- Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!
- Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!I hear you thereThe fact that they sell you a system that they know is underperforming due to the crapware is ironic as they advertise these system and "Optimal Performers", "Fast!", ect.(I also charge the same "rates", but they allways...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Desktops, Sony Corp., Apple Safari, Friday Rant
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Netsuite nightmares: part deux
- Netsuite nightmares: part deuxRE: Netsuite nightmares: part deuxI was really surprised when I saw netsuite was raising big money through their IPO. We have a client who signed up through netsuite and it has been nothing but crap support from them. You email their support and wait for...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, NetSuite Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- Proof that there are two types of computer users: Dumb and Dumber
- Proof that there are two types of computer users: Dumb and DumberYou hit that nail squarely on the head!Drove that sucker home with one blow.The entire computer industry is now focused on greed. They'll tell you anything to get your money, then you're on your own.Then there's the group that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, blocked program, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Who's the iPhone aimed at?
- OK, I know some of you are tired of hearing about the iPhone, but with less than a day to go before Apple's product of the year is available for purchase, I'm still left wondering who it's really aimed at.When I look at most Apple products, especially niche products, it's...
- Tags: Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Too Frickin' Cool - Dilbert style!
- Bit of fun by Dilbert creator Scott Adams:Now for an exciting round of what I call “too frickin’ cool.” The way this is played is that you describe some technology that is so futuristic, so Star Trekish, you can hardly believe that you are using it. When you are done...
- Tags: GPS, Dilbert
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Poll of the Day - Bill Gates for president?
- Its not Friday but this one is too good to pass up on!Scott Adams has a real knack for coming out with things that really make people think. Over the weekend he came out with the following bombshell on the Dilbert Blog:I think that in an election cycle or...
- Tags: Poll of the Day
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Study: Execs find workforce skills lacking
- Study: Execs find workforce skills lackingYa think?This is right in line with the cost cutting measures that many of these execs have put in place. You get what you pay for. They still haven't learned that the right people can improve their bottom line more with their increased...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, PRODUCTIVITY, Benefits, workforce
- Discussion threads 2006-06-28
- Craig of Craigslists spars Net Neutrality with telecom lobbyist on NPR
- Craig of Craigslists spars Net Neutrality with telecom lobbyist on NPRWhat's Craig talking about?"Let's say you call Joe's Pizza and the first thing you here is a messaging saying you'll be connected in a minute or two, but if you want, you can be connected to Pizza Hut right away....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, NPR, Craig, Pizza Hut, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- Bad things can happen if you don't listen to Vinnie
- Well, it's not that bad things can happen. It's just that good things might not happen. In his Scott Adams moment about the six elements of an attactive blog, Vinnie "the deal architect" Mirchandani writes "I thought it would be fun to outline 6 elements on what the average...
- Tags: Vinnie
- Blog posts 2006-01-04
- From Gartner Symposium: IT news of the weird
- From Gartner Symposium: IT news of the weirdBeen there, done that[i]Then, he mentioned how he's now hearing about companies that ask their employees to not only buy their own comptuers, but take on the responsibility of managing them as well.[/i]Which massively beats dealing with a totally clueless IT "help"...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, own comptuer, IT Support, comptuer, about company, PC, information technology, Gartner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-17
- Health care IT coming of age
- If you look around, you'll notice that health care is inching its way to the brink of a major technology overhaul. According to The New York Times (thanks to IT Facts, our sister blog, for pointed it out) yesterday, a group of 13 health and information technology organizations gave the...
- Tags: health, health care, information technology
- Blog posts 2005-01-19
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