Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Innovation is a Team Sport Podcast: Keith Jeacock, Theorem Solutions
Last bit of audio from PLM Europe. This is Keith Jeacock from Theorem Solutions, a JT Open Vendor member talking about why they participate in JT Open. Keith has been in the industry for a while and has some unique perspectives about what does and doesn’t work when it comes to open data standards.
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Innovation is a Team Sport Podcast: Mark Matousek, UGS
Sorry for being so slow in getting this audio up…as you may have seen the EVDO in Seattle let me down. This is the final presentation in the Innovation is a Team Sport track at PLM Europe and features Mark Matousek talking about our experiences with the JT Open program so far and what see…
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Spamalot
DeAnna and I went the second of our broadway series plays last night at the Aranoff to see Spamalot. Being a big Monty Python fan, I had high expectations and they were exceeded. There were more laugh out loud moments that I can count. Even one where I think I was the only one laughing…
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Finally, a simple picture that explains it all.
Xark!: How the Internets work
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Ebay is broken (the model, not the site)
I have just had the worst experience on Ebay in the last two weeks. I had listed a item for sale a few weeks ago and almost immediately someone hit the ‘buy it now’ option. Unfortunately they wanted me to send it to Nigeria, which is an obvious scam. So i went through the uneedlessly…
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Verizon EVDO…not ready for prime time
Heading home today from Seattle and I have to say I was completely disappointed in my Verizon EVDO service. In many places (the airport, the Microsoft campus, my hotel in downtown Bellvue) I caould get no signal at all and in the few places I could, I could never connect because I kept getting a…
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The thrill and agony of being a Microsoft partner
Joe Wilcox has a great post on something I have written on a few times. For an ISV, Microsoft can be like a Siren: they sing a great tune, but sometimes they send you crashing into the rocks. While they haven’t made direct moves into our space (yet?) they have made it harder to do…
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In Redmond Today for Microsoft Platform Strategy review
Came into Redmond yesterday morning for a few meetings on the Microsoft campus. Today I attended the first day of the Platform Strategy review which is held every so often by the Developer and Platform Evangelism group. The last one I attended was in 2003, which it turns out was the last one that was…
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Innovation is a Team Sport Podcast: Jim Brown, Aberdeen
Another one of the recordings that John captured at PLM Europe last week. This is the introductory discussion in the Innovation is a Team sport track, delivered by Jim Brown of the Aberdeen Group. Jim discusses the results of research conducted 12 months ago that shows a direct link between open data standards and the ability…