Fluther

So over the last few days I have been obsessed with Fluther  At first I thought that this would be more of a techy geeky type site where folks would ask different coding questions and such, but it is not.  The questions range a broad spectrum of categories and the answers from what I have been able to gather are pretty good.  You get your occasional jackass but it is the exception not the rule here.  I attribute sites like this to the basic fact that so many people, especially those who are younger tend not to trust the “establishment”.  So a site that has UGC questions and answers has the ability to garner a level of trust that alot of the more commercial sites do not. 

My question is more “Why hasn’t a larger company swallowed this up”? Even if your company doesn’t span the full range of questions they cover.  I have seen Martha Stewart talk on a few shows about a Marthapedia type site, questions and answers to homekeeping etc, but that trust issue will be a big factor.  Hey you love her or hate her but few, at least in the US have not at least heard of her so how does a new way to search what she has generate traffic?  Or more than she already has…maybe allow her followers use their own voices to spread the word further?  Dont know the answer to all this just one more thing I am rambling about…..

Opening Day

Well its that time of year again that we can all look forward to.  Spring is upon us and once again we can all see our teams run to the playoffs.  I root for three teams, the Mets, the Red Sox and anyone willing to beat the Yankees.  I don’t know why I grew up hating the Yankees but I did.  They always seemed to be a corporate team not run by a family but more like a corporation.  The Yankees were always a city team and I was never a city type of guy.  Growing up I did not ahve a Dad he left when I was 8 so I have very few memories of a day at the park with him.  Mom tried though but like so many women just never understood the game, and always wanted to leave in the fifth inning to avoid traffic.  So I became a transistor radio fan.  Listening to games at night under the covers.  A few years ago I did go to opening day.  My first and only trip to an opening day baseball game.  I took my Moms current husband to Fenway to see the Sox get their rings.  It was a moving trip and one that bonded us together.  We never really did see eye to eye and I think this was my olive branch to him.  It was fascinating seeing grown men cry at those famous walls and talk about summers when they were kids.  I have son on the way and it are days like this, opening day that I look forward to being able to spend with him and maybe one day we will get the chance to see them play two…but I ramble

Weekend Fun

So friday night was poker night, and it was the first in a while I did not win something.  I was the second out, played well but sometimes folks just get cards.  Also I have finalized my tennis trip.  10 wonderful days at Hopman in Tampa.  Anyone who has been let me know what to expect. I need to get in better shape cause even the teenis online reviews says this is pretty strenuous.  Boy do I miss those days 20 yrs old could run all day every day.  Psuedotech Exec seems to have not found a hobby yet so i was read a SOX narrative late friday..lol what a waste of time.  Just seems to be the standards in the corporate world and cesspools the biggest chunks always rise to the top.  Next week seems like sos, but hey they still send the paychecks so I will sit around and do nothing all day since that is the pace they seem to be happy with.

OLAP Cubes

Went to an MS demonstration of OLAP cubes with excel,very cool stuff and I can see how coupling this with excel will help in getting users buy in with this.  Has alot of features, at least I thought so that you would normally see in like a Crystal reports type of app.  Also still in the progress of moving off Notes to Exchange, cant wait for this to be done.  With all the flaws of Microsoft, I must say Notes sucks.  I mean not bad really sucks.  Plus the cost for Notes Admins, is tremendous.  I guess they need to get theirs while they can, and they all have that consultant quick hit type of attitude.  Does my disdain for consultants in general come through? Booked my trip to a tennis camp today, spending the first two weeks of May at Saddlebrook, Hopman Academy, in Fla.  Cant wait to go and just relax.  I also saw some good video on Scobles site on some MS techfest.  Doing some neat stuff with 3d cameras, cant pretend to know how the infra red depth stuff works but it is kool.  Now lets see if there becomes a market ofr it besides games.  Well that is all for now going to go program some widgets for my Chumby…got a demo Chumby I think this may be big now just to get pseudotechs excited…ah ye with little vision  lol

Little known VoIP lessons

Well today is just another day in corporate land.  Doing a VoIP project and today was a meeting with a psuedotech exec.  We all know the types nod like they understand everything and then ask the most inane questions.  This guy actually had the gaul to say he knew the difference in codecs but not how many channels are on a T1.  Basically a waste of time, but we all do what we have too.  I saw also that Adobe has released Apollo and I cant wait to play around and see what I can do with it.  The ability to merge the pc and the net , the possibilities?  I had the chance to play with Yahoo Pipes for a while, was ok very imature right now but can be some good things soon coming.  That is of course if Yahoo can keep anyone there for any period of time, I saw they lost another exec to a media company with the latest scoop going to Scripps.  Tomorrow a meeting with Microsoft with the same psuedotech exec, cant wait to see how he deals with licensing from MS…lol..nothing like the straightforward programs from MS to give anyone a headache.  Well I am glad I got this post in today and now its off to watch 2 n 1/2 men and tht Spade comedy that follows it…cant be totally void of inane TV

First Post

I have been icthing to do my own blog for a while, and was always caught up on what to write.  Being an IT executive I thought I would share some insight and experience into the differences between my geek side and the corporate side which pays the bills.  I am always frustrated with the folks who just step in shit.  These guys and we all know who they are, couldnt tell you the difference between bits and bytes, yet control million dollar tech budgets.  I have always been fond of Robert Scoble, Om Malik, Mike Arrington and others who have done such a great job blogging away and I can only hope to bring to light some other insights.

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