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Entries from May 2004

Starbucks the Office

May 18th, 2004 · No Comments · observation

As I am sitting at Starbucks working on my blog via their t-mobile wifi service, I start to wonder — Why shouldn’t they start selling Starbucks branded laptop and wifi related gadgets? A Starbucks thumbdrive, laptop screen cleaner, mouse, USB cables, laptop bag?

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Add to My Yahoo

May 18th, 2004 · No Comments · technology

I just noticed that My Yahoo now offers a news aggregation/reader service. You can add this blog to your my yahoo and keep up to date with what’s going on. try it!.

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Cable Organization

May 14th, 2004 · No Comments · observation

A place for everything - Cable Organizer.

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ORAC

May 12th, 2004 · No Comments · observation

Either you know what that means, or you don’t. If you do, look at this PC Case Mode.

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Winamp via the Web

May 12th, 2004 · No Comments · review

Want to control your winamp via a web browser? Install the WAWI plug-in. It works with the new Winamp 5 as well. I have been looking for something like this for a while. There is the httpQ plug-in which let you talk to winamp via http. But you still need to write some code. The [...]

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Gateway Terrace Pictures

May 9th, 2004 · No Comments · pictures

I have put up construction pictures for Gateway Terrace, a new loft community in Boston, here. Fun to watch as the construction progresses.

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Minority Super Achievers

May 7th, 2004 · No Comments · review

Just finished watching two very different movies on DVD. Both are not very well publicized when they came out, but are well worth watching. One is set in London looking at lifes of illegal immigrants, with a murder mystery.. The other one is set in California looking lifes of Asian teenagers, with a murder…

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Polychronic

May 5th, 2004 · No Comments · managing

Inc. Magazine has an article on Time Management. It talks about corporate rythm(s). Some companies are monochronic, 9-5 M-F, some are polychronic. My company is very much a polychronic company. There are multiple rhythms in different periodicies. Time zones differences between our international offices dictates the daily rhythm. Different holiday schedules between countries dictates the [...]

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Google’s Owner’s Manual

May 1st, 2004 · No Comments · reading

I find Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s Owner’s Manual for Google inspiring. This is included in their S1 filling with the SEC. Download and read it.
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Don’t be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served — as shareholders and in all other ways — by a company that does [...]

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