DDoS – Deliberate Denial of Service A week ago one of our salespeople approached me with a simple question. Some of the people in his client company were unable to browse to our company’s Web site. He was rather embarrassed at the prospect that our company’s Web site (and by extension, our company) could be — Continue reading »
Developer Dilemma
📆 July 27, 2004
Developer Dilemma One of my chief passions in life is programming, and some of my best times at work is spent working on software projects. Unfortunately a good part of my day is spent managing and trouble-shooting various servers and technologies at work, so it’s difficult to find a sufficient block of time to immerse — Continue reading »
MSFT – From Growth to Income
📆 July 22, 2004
MSFT – From Growth to Income Microsoft is a classic example of a company that has gone through the stages of its business life perfectly, and it has done that in a super-accelerated pace. Think about it. Microsoft started its life as a tiny company, a glimmer in its founders’ eyes. As it gathered momentum, — Continue reading »
Martha's Relief
📆 July 17, 2004
Martha's Relief Friday morning, after hearing that Martha Stewart had been sentenced to 5 months in prison, the first thing I did was to check the stock of the company she founded, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc (MSO). While I was surprised that the stock had surged 40%, I wasn't stunned that it had gained — Continue reading »
The Three IM Musketeers
📆 July 16, 2004
The Three IM Musketeers I have been an MSN Messenger user since I started using IM (Instant Messaging). Being somewhat of a luddite (I have been accused of that several times), it took me a while to warm up to IM and since I was a Hotmail user, MSN Messenger was a no-brainer path. But — Continue reading »
Going Back to Basics
📆 July 14, 2004
Going Back to Basics Sometimes it’s great to see Web sites go out of their way to make themselves appealing with sexy graphics and nifty multi-media. Yes, we are visual creatures and perhaps no sense is as much under assault than our visual sense on a daily basis. However, as the novelty wears off, it’s — Continue reading »
Will the Real Criminal Please Stand Up?
📆 July 1, 2004
Will the Real Criminal Please Stand Up? And so it begins, the much hyped trial of the century with Saddam Hussein in the limelight. There are also a number of other Baath party defendants playing in this charade, but who cares? Saddam is the real criminal. If Iraq had the equivalent of Nielsen Ratings, the — Continue reading »
RegFD Snags Siebel
📆 June 30, 2004
RegFD Snags Siebel It’s hard to imagine a company, much less a large and reputable one, breaking any obvious SEC laws these days. After witnessing so many companies and executives disgraced in public, you’d reckon that companies would go above and beyond their means to keep integrity at the top of their priority list. But — Continue reading »
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