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RIM settles with NTP for $612.5M
Friday, March 03, 2006 8:50 PM

Read: http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,109216,00.html?source=NLT_BNA&nid=109216 http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/03/technology/rimm_ntp/index.htm?cnn=yes -Nino Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Clemens is a MCA
Friday, June 24, 2005 11:30 AM

Wow.. [catching up on blogs and I just saw that] Clemens now carries the title of Microsoft Certified Architect . He’s one of of “circle of fifty” - the first group of MCAs. Congratulations to Clemens! -Nino Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Christopher Hawkins is spot-on...
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:06 PM

<#include MyOwnThoughtsDisclaimer.h> …with his descriptions of types of customers (link from Avonelle ) . Read the comments , too I have seen many of these types often in my seven+ years of real-world IT . I will add the caveat that I have seen most of these in the earlier part of my career when my employers were much smaller and did not have the... Read More...

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MikeWo blogs about our discussion on tech interviews...
Friday, June 03, 2005 2:42 PM

… over here . It was an interesting discussion, although I’m not sure if I’d agree with his statement about my “ vicious reputation... for… interviews”. Maybe - my wife says that I can be a stickler about things (and that’s putting it nicely), although I think I might be going soft in my <cough> <cough>... Read More...

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This sounds familiar
Saturday, May 21, 2005 9:08 PM

Sashidhar Kokku posts this gem entitled “Chinese whisper in an organization”. It reminded me of this picture which Dave Donaldson has posted entitled “Why We Need Architecture” ( and damn if that picture isn’t accurate). Thankfully, with the proper processes and project management these sorts of things can be mitigated if not avoided... Read More...

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Productive Employees / Compensation Thoughts
Friday, May 20, 2005 4:37 PM

Dave Balzer blogs about hiring productive employees , based on Eric Wise blogging about compensation . Eric asks the question: “How many of you would take a paycut for a shorter work-week?” Hmmmmmm. Damn good question, Eric. In my current position, I am classified as “exempt”; this means, generically, that I do not get paid overtime and... Read More...

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