Hunter Pence continues to be a San Francisco Giants fan favorite even though he is no longer with the team. His 2018 season with the Giants was less than stellar. I was excited to see an article about Pence’s renewed success with the Texas Rangers given I thought he had Read more…
From Matt Barcomb on Twitter comes this gem of a tweet:: Software Working software Working tested software Working tested deployable software Working tested deployed software Working tested deployed useful software I love these states identified by Matt Barcomb. [Note: I numbered the points for his Twitter post.] Too many companies Read more…
As an author, consultant, and someone who’s been in Silicon Valley for the birth of the most significant changes to industry, of our lifetime, I’ve decided to try another industry disruptor to publish my latest book, “The A La Carte Customer.” Who is this disruptor? It’s called Publishizer.
This past Sunday, I marveled at one 60 Minutes television segment called The unlikely, eccentric inventor turning inedible plant life into fuel for many reasons: Marshall Medoff, despite having no scientific background, set out to solve a scientific problem that has eluded scientists across the globe for a very long Read more…
Here are 2 things that caught my attention this past week: How superior collaboration led to the safe rescue of the Thai soccer team The sportsmanship displayed at the FIFA world cup finals Collaboration: The Thai soccer team rescue was due to incredible collaboration by some 900 rescuers. It Read more…
A simple Google search for the word “par” reveals, “the number of strokes a first-class player should normally require for a particular hole or course.” For example, a par five would be completed with 5 strokes to make par on a par five hole. This definition reveals why I’m far from Read more…
…is a product data sheet. I learned this when I was employed by National Semiconductor Computer Products Group. Every month, we’d have to go beg Floyd Kvamme, General Manager of Semiconductor Operations, to sign purchase orders for DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips from “competing” manufacturers like Intel and/or a Read more…
I love the sound of a big V8 engine. This past week, I encountered a high-performance “muscle car”—a relic of the 60s and 70s—as as I drove home just before sunset. It was a Pontiac G.T.O., a car with a 400 horsepower V8 engine and a throaty exhaust system. They Read more…
In Dell’s 2017 Report to Customers, Dell Technologies opens with the following thought: “One year ago, we created a unique family of businesses 100-percent focused on accelerating customer successes further and faster. In our annual report to you, our customers, we celebrate your success and thank you for allowing us Read more…
This is a fascinating video about America’s attempt to design and commercialize a supersonic aircraft to compete with the Concorde. There are many technical challenges that Boeing adopted that undermined the project. Some good lessons here.