CFIMITYM: Cash Flow Is More Important Than Your Mother

Continuing on the theme of the week....

"Morse: My definition of entrepreneurship is the same as Howard Stevenson’s. That is, pursuing a project without having the resources needed to finish it. Starting before you have everything you need to get it done.

Sagan: It sounds a little bit like the definition of insanity."

Entrepreneurs: Born or made? Ken Morse, Paul Sagan discuss
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/21/weekly7-Entrepreneurs-Born-or-made-Ken-Morse-Paul-Sagan-discuss.html

Is SOA Failing?

I'm feeling a little contrarian as of late. It's a bit old but I did find the following Podcast from David Chappell interesting.

Is SOA Failing? with David Chappell (video)
http://www.informit.com/podcasts/episode.aspx?e=FEAE2CF1-D6D7-4A7D-904C-160B91C607A9

The Duct Tape Programmer?

A subject dear to my heart. I've always been more of a businessman than a pure developer, living by the motto it's more important that the product get done rather than it get done perfectly. There are limits of course you need to be wary of but ultimately revenue is the goal, not a technology case study.


"Peter asked Zawinski, “Overengineering seems to be a pet peeve of yours.”
“Yeah,” he says, “At the end of the day, ship the fucking thing! It’s great to rewrite your code and make it cleaner and by the third time it’ll actually be pretty. But that’s not the point—you’re not here to write code; you’re here to ship products.”

My hero."

The Duct Tape Programmer
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html

Dell agrees to buy Perot Systems for about $3.9B

http://www.cnbc.com/id/32949904

Well, they should have seen this coming...

India Has Its Own 'H-1B' Problem
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/09/india_has_its_o.html;jsessionid=CSBFZMD2LCB0LQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN

I've always been a sucker for killer IO

Start-up releases uber-fast, efficient enterprise-class SSDs

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137909/Start_up_releases_uber_fast_efficient_enterprise_class_SSDs?taxonomyId=19

"Anonymized" data really isn't—and here's why not

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/your-secrets-live-online-in-databases-of-ruin.ars

How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125200842406984303.html#project%3DPALANTIR0909%26articleTabs%3Darticle