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Category Archives: IT
Hiring: Silicon Valley Style
Interviews on how to hire in Silicon Valley. I especially like Guy Kawasaki’s comment – “the key to getting great people to work for you is to have a great product. That is why Google does so well. That is … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Google, IT, Management, Software Development, Systems thinking, webcast
Tagged Career, hiring, IT
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Amazon’s Amazing Achievement
I have mentioned I like the way Amazon, and Jeff Bezos, have been managing in several posts. Recently Amazon has added very strong financial results to that portfolio of things they do well. Amazon earnings announcement: Net sales increased 35% … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Investing, IT
Tagged Amazon, internet, Investing, stockholders
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Management by Walking Around
Management by walking around (MBWA) is based on the concept that a manager needs to actually understand what is really going on – not just view reports in an office. By seeing the actual state of affairs they can better … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Lean thinking, Management
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Dell Providing Computers Without Bloatware
The Art Of Listening: Dell Converts Customer Requests Into Exclusive Vostro Brand For Small Business Dell today extended its commitment to customers with a new brand of notebook and desktop computers designed for small businesses. The Vostro branded products feature … Continue reading
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Good Customer Service Example
IRA Toyota – Milford; Great Service [the broken link was removed] I was pleasantly surprised to find a “Service wizard” available. You create an account, specify the standard details about the car (make, model, year, mileage). If you add the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Customer focus, IT, Management, Quality tools, Systems thinking
Tagged cars, customer service, lean manufacturing
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Funding Google Gadget Development
Google Gadgets are small tools and toys that integrate with iGoogle. Google is funding developers to work on creating gadgets through Google Gadget Ventures. Great idea. They offer: 1. Grants of $5,000 to those who’ve built gadgets we’d like to … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Fun, Google, Innovation, IT, Management, Software Development
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Reduce Computer Waste
High-efficiency power supplies for home computers and servers [the broken link was removed] (pdf) by Urs Hoelzle and Bill Weihl – Google: Most likely, the computer you’re using wastes 30-40% of the electrical power it consumes because it is using … Continue reading
Moving Jobs to Silicon Valley from India
India grows up [the broken link was removed]: The costs of having two offices, which are twelve time zones apart, is significant. People in both offices frequently had conference calls at 10pm and midnight every night (as a result the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, India, IT, Software Development
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Craigslist’s Ongoing Success Story
Craigslist is a great web site focused largely on local connections and local ads (jobs, housing, classifieds…). It is in top 10 sites for the amount of traffic and a total staff of 24 people. eBay bought 25% of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Customer focus
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Keeping Track of Improvement Opportunities
The Priority Trap [the broken link was removed – long term reliability of the web page links isn’t a priority I guess] by Dan Markovitz makes some good points: But if it’s not important enough to make the short list, … Continue reading
