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I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
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‘Is This Real?’: Denver Company Makes Vacation ‘Mandatory’ « CBS Denver FullContact, an app developer that helps professionals manage their contacts, has a minimum vacation policy where employees must take at least three weeks of vacation. On top of that, FullContact … Continue reading
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Interviewer: “So you think there’s a slash-and-burn mentality in the tech world?”
To which Jason Fried, founder and CEO of high tech company 37 Signals responds… For sure. I think there’s a lot of lottery-playing going on right now. Companies staffing up, raising a bunch of money, hiring a bunch of people, … Continue reading
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Glenn Reynolds on iPad3: I also noticed that it seemed to run considerably hotter.
That was yesterday. How prescient as Consumer Reports reported today that the iPad3 “hits” 116 degrees.
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VC Brad Feld: Starwood – you keep bumming me out with your WiFi policy. I’m already paying a ridiculous premium for your high end hotel – why not toss in the WiFi like the Marriott does. Or, at least get it to work.
Verizon 4G MiFI Obliterates Hotel WiFi I had my IT guy Ross overnight me a Verizon 4G MiFi. It arrived the morning of day three and I never looked back. I plugged the MiFi into the wall, pressed the On … Continue reading
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iPhone vs. Android OS
“One strange thing was navigating to a flash website and having video actually play. It makes a huge difference.” Confessions Of An iPhone User Who Recently Switched To Android and further reading… 11 Killer Features That Android Users Don’t Want … Continue reading
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The future of hard drives
Every now and then I read an article or hear someone pontificating how hard drives are going to be replaced by semiconductor flash drives. While I can accept the argument that flash drives will have an important part on the … Continue reading
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Press release makes dial up modems sound sexy
The marketing wizards at LSI can make winning a dial up modem contract seem like winning the Superbowl. LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI – News) today announced that it has been selected by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ – News) to supply dial-up … Continue reading
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Collins – Stewart downgrades Seagate
Well what a bunch of insightful “yahoos” work at Collins Stewart? They downgraded Seagate today… TODAY! Let’s take a look at the chart…. I don’t own any Seagate stock and don’t invest much in hi-tech anymore, but give me a … Continue reading
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For peak disk drive performance….
don’t shout at it! Since I’ve been blogging on Seagate/disk drive companies, this doesn’t seem to out of place.
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Seagate to lay off 800
This evening Seagate announed a 10% cut of their domestic workforce (~ 800 people). I must say I’m surprised by the small size of the RIF. I can only hope that the bulk of the downsizing is from the ranks … Continue reading
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Seagate “hits”
I’ve noticed a lot of hits from Seagate folks in Minneapolis, San Francisco and a few from Colorado. Having worked in the disk drive industry I realize it’s a tough industry and although I’m not particularly sympathetic with Seagate top … Continue reading
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Seagate layoffs imminent
The only surprise here is the length of time it took management to finalize the layoffs. One can only hope there is plenty of management included in the RIF. Watkins notes that the company will announce a restructuring sometime this … Continue reading
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Where is Seagate going?
Disk drive company Seagate has had their debt downgraded to junk status. High quality junk, but still junk. Seagate is known for being management top heavy. Perhaps they need to take a look at the graph below before they start … Continue reading
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