Tuesday, August 03, 2004
So, don't ask me what the model number of a piece of equipment is, and then argue with me about it, when the server has a frigging label on the front of it that SHOWS what model it is, eh?
GEEZ!
GEEZ!
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
June 12-19 is the World Wide War Drive for this year (WWWD4). The first year there were 9K access points found, then 27K, and 88K last year. We're doing semi-realtime stats, and we're already up to 200K this year, halfway through the week.
http://www.worldwidewardrive.org
http://www.wigle.net
http://www.worldwidewardrive.org
http://www.wigle.net
Monday, May 24, 2004
Happy Birthday to me... *pfffffffff*
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Wow, if you spray a few mouthfuls of that sore throat spray and swish it aorund long enough, your whole face will go numb. Just thought I'd share.
Sunday, April 25, 2004
I wrote this for someone, and decided it was worth blogging. First time I've ever blogged something I'd put somewhere else, but it seemed worth putting on here. The context is what's really important in a business, and how to run one you actually enjoy working as a part of.
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My opinions on what’s important in a business often contradict or at the very least fail to reinforce the *short term* bottom line, and tend to focus on things like the business’s long term ability to deliver what was promised to customers, deliver what was promised to employees, and deliver what was promised to stockholders. Business is a balancing act between the three; what type of business you run depends on the order in which you prioritize the three items. My opinions also tend to focus on specific deliverables and following through on promises and commitments, as those are in my mind the stepping stones to creating the balance.
One explanation of this standpoint goes something like “A profitable business might become emotionally bankrupt if the employees are consistantly treated poorly and as the third priority. A profitable business might become financially bankrupt if the stockholders are consistantly left without a reasonable return and as the third priority. A profitable business might become legally bankrupt if the customers are consistantly provided with poor service and as the third priority.”
Obviously, that’s from a negative point of view. The better way to look at it is:
“A company will succeed financially and emotionally when stockholders, customers, and employees are treated respectfully and fairly, and are happy to provide or be provided with good product(s) that are in demand in the market, or for which a demand is created by those products’ existance.”
I tend to focus on 2 of the 3 issues; the customer product/service delivery and the employee support/consideration, as obviously I’m generally much less involved in the financial aspects, even less so than in the past due to changes in the way we do things. That said, I try my best to stay aware of developing market trends, costs of doing business, and any ongoing determining factors of the future of a particular product or set of products. I’m fairly confident that most people who know me would say that I have a reasonably solid grasp of these; at a minimum, I’d hope most would say I understand them well enough to form or follow good arguments, and would say they feel I spend a good bit of time away from work in maintaining that grasp.
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My opinions on what’s important in a business often contradict or at the very least fail to reinforce the *short term* bottom line, and tend to focus on things like the business’s long term ability to deliver what was promised to customers, deliver what was promised to employees, and deliver what was promised to stockholders. Business is a balancing act between the three; what type of business you run depends on the order in which you prioritize the three items. My opinions also tend to focus on specific deliverables and following through on promises and commitments, as those are in my mind the stepping stones to creating the balance.
One explanation of this standpoint goes something like “A profitable business might become emotionally bankrupt if the employees are consistantly treated poorly and as the third priority. A profitable business might become financially bankrupt if the stockholders are consistantly left without a reasonable return and as the third priority. A profitable business might become legally bankrupt if the customers are consistantly provided with poor service and as the third priority.”
Obviously, that’s from a negative point of view. The better way to look at it is:
“A company will succeed financially and emotionally when stockholders, customers, and employees are treated respectfully and fairly, and are happy to provide or be provided with good product(s) that are in demand in the market, or for which a demand is created by those products’ existance.”
I tend to focus on 2 of the 3 issues; the customer product/service delivery and the employee support/consideration, as obviously I’m generally much less involved in the financial aspects, even less so than in the past due to changes in the way we do things. That said, I try my best to stay aware of developing market trends, costs of doing business, and any ongoing determining factors of the future of a particular product or set of products. I’m fairly confident that most people who know me would say that I have a reasonably solid grasp of these; at a minimum, I’d hope most would say I understand them well enough to form or follow good arguments, and would say they feel I spend a good bit of time away from work in maintaining that grasp.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
I have absolutely lost all of my hope for the future of humanity. It's become more and more apparant that the world has become nothing but a huge game of 'take what you can get'. I feel like I should be depressed about that, but the truly scary thing is I'm so numbed by everything that it just doesn't surprise me. The only surprising thing seems to be that it has taken me this long to 'get it'. Now what?
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Okay, so a friend was talking about fun noodles (the pool toy; big foam tubes you can plug together, etc), and I decided the world needs the generic brand of them, kind of the 'ramen of the pool noodle world', and decided that was a marketing idea with some legs!!!
