Career & Business

ATG's CPU-based licensing made sense in 1999, but virtualization and cloud broke the whole model.

East Coast Starbucks lack the operational flow of West Coast locations - poor cash handling slows everything down.

Retailers should sell the lifestyle first - IKEA shows how context and story drive product sales.

Featured member at HowGoodIWas.com - a sports bragging and social networking site worth checking out.

Spark::red offers aggressive ATG hosting pricing to help businesses save hundreds of thousands during economic downturns.

Neighbors notice when a tree service works nearby - brand visibility through honest, quality work is powerful marketing.

Five tech books for $29.95 with all proceeds funding Australian bushfire relief - skill-building with purpose.

Relentless recruiting calls after clear refusal. TransAmerican burned bridges through sheer persistence.

Real-world skills - communication, time management, problem-solving - rarely taught in school but critical everywhere else.

Excellence in any job - architect, plumber, salesman - means pushing beyond minimum and delivering your absolute best.

Developers should publish open source, write blogs, and keep learning - it benefits careers, companies, and hiring alike.

Government lawyers claim the president can arrest any citizen and imprison them indefinitely without charge.

Multi-core licensing doubled software costs without proportional performance gains - a trend harming customers everywhere.

Tech startups carry no debt and don't depend on luxury spending, so they'll weather this recession far better than last time.

Attended Startup School in San Francisco - full coverage across two blog posts on Friday and the weekend.

Y Combinator's Startup School 2008 packed the auditorium early with eager founders - here's what it felt like to be there.

Columbus trip: 4:30 AM flight, jet lag at midnight, interviews on zero sleep - the startup grind is real.

Y Combinator's 2008 Startup School at Stanford: founders networking matters more than hearing the speakers.

Read my follow-up article on Network World - link inside.

Self-hosting mail, web, and files beats outsourced convenience when you control the stack.