During the pilot of “Cougar Town” (Judge me. It’s OK. I think it’s a funny show!) Courtney Cox gets angry at one of her co-stars and holds up six fingers. Five on one hand and just the thumb on her other. Her co-star quickly retorts, “Oh, what? So now we’re not talking for six minutes?” [...]
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I want to work for you. Please talk to my Mom.
November 5th, 2009
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When I was managing the Progress Software web development team, I traveled to India and spent two weeks interviewing and hiring a team of web developers in Hyderabad, India. It was one of the best trips of my life but I’ll leave that for another post.
Many of the candidates brought family with them. Not one [...]
Do you suffer from the perceived innovation quotient?
October 28th, 2009
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I was typing up some email thoughts following a meeting with Kaon Interactive yesterday and used the phrase, “perceived innovation quotient.” It got me thinking that most people would say, “What the heck does that mean? You just made that up.” Perhaps, but in my head it made perfect sense.
The perceived innovation quotient’s fundamental starting [...]
