May 2010
3 posts
The Future of IT & the CIO – Redux of the Dodo? -...
Like this? Share it! Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Image by kevinzim via Flickr The future of the information technology group has been determined…and it doesn’t look good. See that bird over there? That’s the Dodo. He’s extinct. Will IT follow the Dodo into extinction? I don’t...
Honda's answer to Segway looks a lot like Serge
via blog.makezine.com For when walking just take too much out of you… Posted via web from Gary Drumm - PMP, ITIL | Comment »
MakerBot CupCake Transformer is 1000X awesome
via blog.makezine.com Great. Now I have to get a MakerBot. Posted via web from Gary Drumm - PMP, ITIL | Comment »
April 2010
7 posts
Return of the Geek!
It’s been a while since I’ve done any geek stuff on my blog, so I thought I’d announce a few things. 1) I just install Ubuntu on my desktop PC at home. I’m looking to just play around with Linux again, since I’m kind of bored with Windows. 2) My dad found an old iMac G3 this weekend at a garage sale for $10 and bought it for me. So now I have this really OLD iMac...
Don't Put This In Your LinkedIn Profile - From...
How Apple Lost the Next iPhone The Gourmet Haus Staudt. A nice place to enjoy good German lagers. And if you are an Apple Software Engineer named Gray Powell, it’s also a nice place to make the honest mistake of losing the next-generation iPhone. UPDATED Gray Powell—a North Carolina State University 2006 graduate and talented amateur photographer—is an...
Ning: Failures, Lessons and Six Alternatives
via feeds.mashable.com And in other news, Ning, the so-called “network of social networks” decided to manage itself out of business today by telling it’s clients “f-you, pay me!” Not a very intelligent move on the part of a web 2.0 model business. The name of the game, guys, is ad revenues. And you get ad revenues by getting large volumes of traffic. Ning...
Let's not kid ourselves about how innovative we...
via betterprojects.net This is just too cool! How close we are to this reality today… it’s almost like someone was planning it the whole time. Posted via web from Gary Drumm - PMP, ITIL | Comment »
Should the CEO stay out of technology?
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. George Colony (CEO of Forrester) offers some interesting insight he gained during a private dinner with 15 Chief Information Officer’s during the recent Forrester IT Forum in a post titled “CIO’s to CEO’s: Stay out of Tech“. During this meeting, Colony and his team asked...
Baby's First Cubicle: The Most Depressing Toy...
Baby’s First Cubicle: The Most Depressing Toy Ever? It’s all about expectation management, you see. If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up disappointed. Tell him he’s headed for a life as an office drone and at least he’ll be mentally prepared. For a mere $2,500, daddy’s little office drone gets all of this: ...
New Social Media Outlet
I just signed up for Posterous to try and get a handle on all of my social media outlets. Come check it and follow me… Gary Drumm – PMP, ITIL v3-F, A+,P+, CIW-A gary@garydrumm.com http://www.garydrumm.com Posted via email from garydrumm’s posterous | Comment »