Intellectual Property, DRM & Customers

December 20, 2005 in Technology, Thoughts

I know this controversy is now about a zillion years old. But it illustrates some of my thoughts about companies’ values & principles only too well! I was going to write a long article about this, but then I came across Carla Schroder’s article The RIAA – Hollywood – DRM – Linux Suicide Pact on [...]

The Rantings Of A Technology Lover

December 20, 2005 in Humor, Technology

I love technology. I love my iPod. I love my digital camera and the pictures it creates on my computer. I love the Powerbook G4 I’m using to write this post. I even once loved my Treo 600 though that infatuation is fading as its email program capabilities have unexpectedly deteriorated. But I still love [...]

Poem by Robert Frost

December 20, 2005 in Books

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice
Don’t ask me why I’m reading this stuff!

Change Management

December 16, 2005 in Business, Thoughts

Here I go again…butting in things that are none of my business, instead of concentrating on things I’m supposed to be doing. Problem is I think too much, especially about things I care about. Mushy disclaimer done, let’s move on to the reason for this post.
Organisational change needs 3 things to succeed:

Intent
Precision and
Speed

However, most Change [...]

Quality of Leadership

December 15, 2005 in Business

Adrian Savage has this to say on judging the quality of leadership of an organization:
Always remember this. How your staff behave is telling the rest of the world — very clearly and loudly — how good you are as a leader. When I see poor staff, I know the leadership is crap. And don’t give [...]

Two Stories of Management Styles

December 15, 2005 in Business

Recently, came across a really old article by Joel Spolsky regarding contrasting management styles. What caught my eye was this phrase:
(At Juno)… it was the idea that no matter how hard you work, no matter how smart you are, no matter whether you are ‘in charge’ of something or not, you have no authority whatsoever [...]