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The stupidist conceit of the software business is that commodities are bad.

Although I don’t talk specifically about work on here too often we did just launch a new system today. The clients press release is here (but its a PDF).
It’s an interesting project. The client is an industry association. Their membership (shipowners, operators, shipagents, etc.) were concerned about all the new […]

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“But I’ll say once again, to all the publishing folks who refuse to listen (and they are legion), What little you gain in subscriber leverage and sales of old articles by putting your “content” behind a costwall is far more than offset by lost authority. When none of your stuff can be found on […]

CNet has an excellent interview with Ernie Ball, “the world’s leading maker of premium guitar strings.” He talks about their companies switch to open source on the desktop after a software audit. He particularly notes the humour in which he’s become a celebrity ‘just because’ he doesn’t use microsoft on the desktop. […]

Not surprisingly the wireless access at Singapore airport is easy to use, cheap and fast. It’s provided by StarHub Internet. They even offer just a 30 minute package (with transaction processing by Citibank) for just six Singapore dollars (about 5.50 Canadian).
Easy and fast, I was online in one minute.
Wish I had more time […]

Business Lessons From The Donut And Coffee Guy
“If you were the CEO of a big business — say, a movie studio, music company, or multinational bank — you’d have been tearing your hair out at this scene. He lets his customers make their own change?!?!! How does he know they’re making the correct change? Or […]