Find a need and fulfill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people. ~A. G. Gaston
I would have been fired a hundred times at a company run by MBAs. But I never went into business to make money. I went... so that I could do interesting things that hadn't been done before. ~Amar Bose
It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ~Walt Disney
It always looks impossible until it's done. ~Nelson Mandela
Software being "Done" is like lawn being "Mowed". ~Jim Benson
If you’re creating a company, it’s important to limit the number of miracles in series. Start with something that’s the most doable and then expand from there. ~Elon Musk
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ~Mark Twain
Everybody told me no at first, including my wife. I turned the nos into yeses and the disadvantages into advantages. ~John H. Johnson
The best way to make dreams come true is to wake up. ~Mae C. Jemison
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson
God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. ~Ruby Dee
The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. ~Amelia Earhart
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way. ~Marvin Minsky
You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff. ~Quincy Jones
Charlie Rose is an amazing journalist. His interviews are eclectic and rich. During his interview with mountain climber Ed Viesturs, I was struck by the parallels between mountain climbing and business achievement.
Managing Risk, Ignoring Critics
“People say that I’m a very conservative and cautious climber,” says Viesturs. “It’s true, and I’m happy about that because it’s a risky arena and it’s about managing the risk and being smart and being patient. The people who criticize me have no idea what they’re talking about. They’ve never climbed an 8,000-foot peak. So they’re either jealous or bored. My goal is to be alive. And I don’t care about critics.”
Business Parallel: Our most successful entrepreneurs press onward in the face of criticism.
It was the night before CocoaConf. I had just walked into the hotel bar. A table full of wise guys (wise as in Stooges, not Sopranos) called out to someone named Nerd.
“Hey Nerd!” they shouted again.
This time I looked at their lanyards and badges. Same as mine. They were talking to me. Complete strangers, but not for long because they invited me to join their table. I was immediately comfortable when the discussion turned to midichlorian levels and LEGO’s model of the Millenium Falcon. Camaraderie like this is why I go to conferences.
Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial is well suited for beginning Ruby on Rails developers. Advanced developers will find it useful as well. Here’s why:
Sometimes, as we become more advanced, we miss fundamentals along the way. Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial will help to fill in the gaps.
It is possible to know a concept so well that you can’t express it in words. If you’re an advanced developer, and you need to explain a concept to someone less advanced, you might not have the words to express your thoughts. This book can give you good building blocks for your explanations.
Note: This article was originally posted on the WisdomGroup blog.
WisdomGroup is both a proponent and a user of GMail. Of course, the service is not perfect, as proven during yesterday’s GMail outage. “It’s only affecting a small number of users” is hardly consolation when you’re one of the affected users.
Note: This article was originally posted on the WisdomGroup blog.
When Arizona State University shifted 65,000 users from their in-house email system to GMail, support calls went down and savings went up. The move saves the University $400,000 per year. Does it still make sense to have an in-house email server?
Four-Minute Video Description
Adrian Sannier, Information Technology Officer at ASU, outlines the problem and solution in this 4-minute video.
