BusinessWeek has an article called Troubling Exits at Microsoft that talks about how Microsoft employees are leaving to move to other companies such as Google. There are quotes from employees such as “There’s a distinct lack of passion, we’re missing some spunk”. Quite interesting considering the place Microsoft used to be, where highly qualified people clamoured to work there.
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IE UI Designer Switches to Firefox
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Nalla sent me this link to an article by Scott Berkun , a former Internet Explorer designer, on his switch to FireFox from Internet Explorer. Definitely an interesting perspective that you don’t normally hear.
The Gartner of Exorcists
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Who knew that the Vatican had an exorcist convention? For some reason, this struck me as funny this morning.
Pete Townsend is Blogging
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The Who’s Pete Townshend is blogging now.
Google Blog Search
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Check out Google Blog Search.
iPod Nano
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Would you kill your best selling product in order to realize your vision and keep innovation happening in your market? Steve Jobs did.
Bloggers debate impact of Skype acquisition
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iTunes 5.0 crashes music database?
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Adam Curry talked about some problems he had upgrading iTunes on his podcast for September 12. There is also an article on techdirt talking about the same thing. I had absolutely no problem upgrading to iTunes 5.0. This is odd, because 37 years of bad luck experience says that I should have had a problem, even if no one else had.
The disappointing thing about people
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This is one of the things that really disappoint me about people. Tragedies happen and they are taken advantage of to make a buck. Sad. Another story here.
eCommerce Patents Out of Control
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This article on Techdirt talks about the latest patent suit between EPlus and SAP. Apparently, EPlus holds a patent on searching online catalogs, checking availability, and displaying the results. How rediculous is this to have a patent for and why the hell is this kind of stuff being granted?
Bieber Labs 