Twitter Vs Facebook

Twitter just announced that they are removing the 140 characters for direct messages. To me as user this means they become a clone of Facebook. Which of the main things you do in Facebook cannot be done in Twitter? Facebook did a move adding the possibility of replying to replies, so the replies are more … Read more

Lotus Notes Workspace

I need to remind this “how to”; when LN client fails after entering the password it is because something weird is happening in the cache. You can remove Cache.NDK and, at least in my case, it worked.

In honour of stupid people

I found this picture in this web, and I personally find it very funny. Things as “this bottle of milk can contain milk” makes me laugh about how stupid human race can be. Legal department will tell you that these type of sentences are here to protect us of potential sues. This culturally comes from … Read more

El mejor tirador de la historia

Este articulo recoge un estupendo resúmen sobre la evolución del tiro exterior y sobre los actores principales de esas épocas. Es un artículo muy extenso y que anota muchos detalles y elementos a tener en cuenta sobre la importancia de este aspecto del juego en el baloncesto.

The essential advantage, coherence

The essential advantage defines coherence as a resolute, clear minded focus in a company on three critical elements: Its way to play its most distinctive capabilities its lineup of products and services The better aligned these three elements, the more coherent company. There are four basic, specific, observable ways in which coherence generates value. Effectiveness … Read more

Pivotal alliances

The ability to establish partnerships and execute them with a long term win-win strategy is not an easy aspect of the business. Pivotal has a clear road-map for partnerships and reach the final customer thanks to their partners. 2013 EMC & Pivotal: starting on specific deals: GE Joins EMC and VMware in a Joint Venture … Read more

Contract structure

This post talks about contracts = http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/other-tools-i-use-with-mapping.html Points to remind: Good contract structure small and structured contracts Poor contract structure Large contract covering many uncharted components Highly common to cause highly structured processes to be applied to uncharted components. Large cost overruns.

Zurmo max_execution_time

I was trying to export data with Zurmo but I obtained a time out exception. On the file phpinfo() the max_execution_time is set to 30 seconds, which is not enough for exporting around 1000 contacts from Zurmo. You need to increase this max_execution_time parameter, depending on your server capabilities.

DIY Strategy / culture

I found this site through twitter, http://fasterthan20.com/ Why “Faster Than 20″? Complex social change typically requires at least 20 years. The cynical explanation is that it requires a generation to die off and a new generation to take over before the mindset and corresponding structural shifts can take place. In other words, the bottleneck is … Read more

Strategy & basketball

The military background and the relationship / passion for strategy is something that comes from so many centuries ago: Sun Tzu, Napoleon… Just in case you do not know, but some of the best coaches of NCAA in the USA comes from the army. I’m referring to a generation of military people who left the … Read more