Category: Insights

We are stoked. We will have the best gathering of IT know-how this Thursday in Tokyo.  The flier is here.

All IT management, no vendors or suppliers.

Register here.

Sometimes it take a while for us to figure it out. That likely goes for everyone.

With the constant string of Microsoft failures and the disappointing stock price, Ballmer has finally decided to throw in the towel. Analysts have been calling for this for some time. It’s the way the market works.

Will Steve’s exit speed up a Microsoft recovery? We probably have to wait and see. You can see about hits and misses under Ballmer here.

Will it continue downward like Yahoo did or will a worthy leader be put in charge? We believe Microsoft is a good brand but is stifled. Innovation is discouraged and it has gone from a great place to work to an island of contractors and stiff rules. Maybe we have a miconsception?

However MS software such as the Exchange Server or Office products are not going away anytime soon. Google Apps has been sucking up some smaller sites that don’t care about privacy and being profiled but Microsoft has actually responded well with it’s hosted Exchange service called Office365.

In our business we’re big into the cloud.  We’ve got hosted cloud phones, cloud business email and websites.  Is this cloud idea something new?  Seems like the Bible has something to say about it.

It looks like we’ve all been under this cloud for awhile.

1Co 10:1

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,”

Read this verse on www.OliveTree.com

http://olivetree.com/b1/1Co.10.1.NKJVS

It’s great to finally find a search engine alternative to Google, Bing and Yahoo (which is basically Bing).

Been using it for just an hour and I find it very intuitive and accurate. Go DuckDuckGo!

Just click on the image above to give them a shot.

Microsoft has always been so known for trying to keep up with Apple. Many say they even copy their ideas.

Must say the new version of Apples simplified software looks a lot like Microsofts Windows 8 Metro imagery. What’s up with that?

If you cheat, lie and steal from others then you also will be cheated, stolen from, and lied to.

How about spreading a bit of truth, honesty, and make an extra effort to do the right thing.

Not only will it make life easier, it’s more fun.

Check out the 116 year old guy in Japan here.

Went to the doctor this AM. Talked with the doctor a bit about foods. Spicy, drinks, etc

Basic conclusion,

No reason to drink carbonated drinks. They don’t help you at all.

I see adverts of Microsoft here and there for their surface tablet computer.

Seen 3 people actually using the thing. I observed that all three were Microsoft employees.

Last night at the electronics store Yodobashi Camera, I saw someone actually purchasing a device! Could it have been a real customer?