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• Complexity is a Problem, Just Ask the CIO

  An article at IT Wire today suggests that the average CIO’s job is becoming more difficult due to complexity, and not just a little bit — a lotta bit! In mid-market and larger companies,  is sophistication and diversity of current systems more than a single person can advise and provide strategy for? The ERP was supposed to solve that, now [...]

• Dear ESPN, Your Bracket Analyzer Is Broken

  After filling out an NCAA Basketball bracket at ESPN, I clicked their “Bracket Analyzer” to find out which of my picks ESPN liked the best, and which they liked the least.  Click on the image and find out how I did.  A pretty decent  example for information architects, quality assurance managers, and application designers on how not [...]

• Goose Hunting vs. Bow Hunting

  My first love has always been Bow Hunting, large game, specifically deer. Growing up, no one in my family hunted… with the exception of my uncle Terry, and even Terry’s hunting was limited to grouse in the Minnesota north woods. Other than Terry there was my Grandpa Tom.. who used to hunt… deer, ducks, upland, [...]

• Once in a Lifetime

  I fish. By default, that means I don’t golf, a guy can’t do both. Even so, i’ll go swing the sticks on occasion. Saturday afternoon I played in a “big hole” bachelor-party golf 4 man best ball scramble tournament. For those who haven’t tried this, it’s highly recommended. The course replaces the regular coffee-cup sized [...]

• Breast Way to Spend a Saturday

  It’s pretty easy to get cynical and worn down with everything happening in the world today. Everytime you turn on the TV or logon to your favorite Internet news website you are told stories of bad people who do bad things. All drama aside, it wears on me. Last night my brother inlaw called and [...]

• Death by Tanker

  I do my share of commuting and witness driver stupidity everyday. Rarely though does this stupidity put me in a position where I believe, and I mean really believe that I am going to die. It happened this week. Picture this… 70 MPH down the road, you in the right lane a fuel tanker in [...]