Saturn Aura Problem – Update #5
For background, see here, here, here, here and here. Car has been in the shop for a week now with no response from the dealership. Saturn National
Innovation needs Execution
Scot Herrick over at CubeRules had a very interesting post today titled "Innovating Like Crazy; Executing Like Crap". Great title and great thoughts in
Saturn Aura Problem – Update #4
For background, see here, here, here and here. The car is back in the shop....waiting to hear from the dealership on the prognosis. FYI - I'm filing the
IT and Business Alignment – Survey Results
Diamond Consultants released the results of their Digital IQ Survey recently (download the full survey here) that provides some very interesting (and
First semester is complete
I've just completed my first semester of my doctoral program and I'm ready for a break. I took 2 courses this semester worth 6 hours. The courses are:
Cube Rules – A journey
Check out Scot Herrick's Cube Rules blog, especially the new series that started with "Laid Of -- A new journey begins." Scot and his wife were both laid
Verizon FIOS goodness
I finally got my new 30MB/15MB FIOS service installed (see here for more info) Wow...here's the result of my speed test: Verizon FIOS, Broadband
Saturn Aura Problem – Update #3
For background, see here, here and here. I picked up my Saturn Aura today from Saturn of Plano...so far, so good. I received a call today at ~3:30 telling
Saturn Aura Problem – Update #2
For background, see here and here. Received a call Monday afternoon (December 10) and was told that the tool that the dealership was waiting on had
Google & Resource Diversity & Immobility
Read an interesting article on GigaOm yesterday titled "Google’s Infrastructure is its Strategic Advantage" (go read it if you haven't). This post, and
Saturn Aura Problem – Update
Background info is here. I *think* the shop has it narrowed down to one computer and they are now waiting for a tool to check connectors for that
The perils of buying a Saturn
On August 31 2007 my wife and I bought new cars. She bought a Saturn Vue and I got a Saturn Aura XR. The day was great and we were both excited.... Until
Reinventing Project Management
I just finished reading "Reinventing Project Management" by Aaron J. Shenhar and Dov Dvir and I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. The full
Exavault – Customer Service Done Right
I've been looking for a remote location to store off-site backups and have tried a lot of different services and I thought I found the answer with a
Networking is more than technology
The last few years has seen the rise of Internet based social networking. Web sites like Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn and others have done a lot for
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