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Something doesn’t add up…

Published on 13 Oct 2005 at 8:53 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Business and Corporation Related, Economics and the Economy.

Something in the economics of gasoline prices in Oregon doesn’t add up. So, clearly I’ve missed something. Anyone care to tell me what?

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Turnaround CIOs

Published on 29 Sep 2005 at 8:06 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Brain Trust, Business and Corporation Related, Information Technology.

Nice article at CIO about acting as a turnaround CIO

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Power-Mart

Published on 22 Sep 2005 at 12:23 am. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Service With A Smirk, Thanks for Playing, Pathetic Success, Winners and Losers, One Corporation Under God, In Corporations We Trust.

Remember the customer is where the power resides.

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Sweetest Poison

Published on 19 Sep 2005 at 5:00 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Manifest Masquerade, Winners and Losers, One Corporation Under God, Limited Lie-ability, In Corporations We Trust, Business and Corporation Related, Health and Safety, Legal, Law, and Courts, Government: Federal, State and Local, Branding and Values, Public Relations and Marketing.

Brief commentary and link inventory on the Aspartame/artificial sweetener controversy

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Innovator’s Dilemma

Published on 15 Sep 2005 at 12:23 am. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Manifest Masquerade, Brain Trust, Design, Interface, and Usability, Business and Corporation Related, Branding and Values.

…almost a litmus test for modern management.

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Getting It Right At Fog Creek Software

Published on 12 Sep 2005 at 1:33 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Manifest Masquerade, Total Quality Madness, Principal Acronyms Only, Winners and Losers, Business and Corporation Related, Information Technology, Branding and Values.

Accolades to Fog Creek Software for having their priorities and perspectives in order when it comes to hiring development engineers. They are well deserving of credit for putting function before form in assessing their candidates.

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Survey Says! … Apple Wins?

Published on 8 Sep 2005 at 12:00 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Apple Computer and Macintosh Related, Information Technology.

Apple is widely acknowledged to be the industry leader in ease of use, but an ACSI survey seems to indicate wider reaching implications.

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Our Tax Dollars At Work

Published on 5 Sep 2005 at 5:00 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Thanks for Playing, Brain Trust, Blogosphere, Business and Corporation Related, Health and Safety, Government: Federal, State and Local, Economics and the Economy, Main Stream Media.

Brief visitation of the hurricane Katrina disaster in terms of governmental incompetence, chiefly in terms of why commenting on the cargo cult of governance is an excercise in redundancy… and futility

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False Precision, or… High Caliber Journalism

Published on 1 Sep 2005 at 12:22 am. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Thanks for Playing, Brain Trust, Technopolitical, Design, Interface, and Usability, Main Stream Media.

Call this one cargo cult journalism.

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Vioxx Verdict: Cargo Cult of Pain and Suffering

Published on 29 Aug 2005 at 12:00 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Brain Trust, Winners and Losers, Business and Corporation Related, Health and Safety, Legal, Law, and Courts, Government: Federal, State and Local.

A brief visitation of the Vioxx debacle, from the perspective of millions of patients being harmed by a jury too lazy to be troubled with the facts

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