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Insane Building Projects in China
Beijing’s Giant Airport Terminal To Open – BusinessWeek.com
…the $3.75 billion terminal occupies nearly 14 million square feet and will accommodate some 50 million passengers annually by 2020. And it was completed in less than four years—an astonishing feat considering the decades spent on frustrated expansion projects of much narrower scope at airports such as London’s [...]
Internet Explorer 8.0 – Embracing Web Standards
Mozilla VP talks IE 8, Firefox 3
Here’s a good article on News.com about Internet Explorer 8.0 becoming more standards compliant. We are doing multiple web development projects now, from a Seatability website redesign to a completely different ecommerce venture, and this is really giving us fits. We’ve got designs that look great in [...]
Carbonite Saved Me!
I’ve been using Carbonite for a couple years and it is probably the greatest program anyone could ever put on their computer. It runs all the time, but doesn’t make your computer run slow at all. Whenever you add or edit a file, Carbonite will automatically back it up online. It uploads [...]
Insurance Policies Blow
I found out this week after following up with our insurance brokers 3-4 times that theft apparently isn’t a part of our coverage. Supposedly we have a ‘all-inclusive’ policy, but they forgot to mention that everything of value is not covered due to exclusions buried in the 40 page document. I have a [...]
Robbed!!
I had my laptop and cell phone stolen today. My office was deadbolted, but our cheap upstairs door to the roof was no match for the thieves. They brought a crowbar and pretty easily broke through the door and forced their way in. Luckily, we had our server out of the office [...]
Flexible Love – Awesome Chair (Not Dirty)
This has to be one of the coolest chairs I have ever seen. The kid that invented it is from Taiwan. His father owns a factory that manufactures and uses this honeycomb cardboard technology for other things, including pallets. Thanks to the official Seatability blog at www.bungee-chair.com for the link.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEDDj7TTHE[/youtube]
Political CEOs & Entrepreneurs
Founding Presidents – BusinessWeek
These U.S. presidents didn’t just run the country; they founded and operated businesses.
I just read this article on BusinessWeek and it really sat well with me. So many politicians have no idea what it means to run a business and keep it on budget. They’re used to their fancy cars, bodyguards [...]
Just under a year since my last post
Hopefully this blogging fad doesn’t flame out as quickly as my last one. I find plenty of cool things to share and more than my fair share of opinions, but I just need to get into the habit. Wish me luck! Your comments will help keep me motivated.
Mac Spam…uh, I mean Email Marketing Software
Though I’m not a Mac user, there is some awesome software that a good friend of mine just released a massive update for. I have a tough time getting information out to my customers, and this may be the only software that makes me actually wish I had a Mac (did I just publicly [...]
Geek CEOs Are the Wave of the Future!
Luckily, my geek roots are going to help me keep my job.
CEOs Must Know IT–Or Else
A massive study links effective leadership with corporate projects driven by advancement in information technology. However, some doubt whether the current generation of CEOs is able to adapt, able to get their heads around IT. For those who don’t the [...]