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Yang steps down, Bring in Microsoft

November 18, 2008 By Al Martine

The deal that everyone except the board of Yahoo! wanted to see should take place in the next six months now that Jerry Yang has agreed to step aside at Yahoo.  I wonder if Microsoft will make an immediate move or wait a little to see if the down economy knocks even more money off […]

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Rainy Days and Nationalism Always Get Me Down

October 14, 2008 By Al Martine

It’s raining in my undisclosed client location and since I work inside most days that’s okay. The cold temperatures show the seasons are clearly changing.  My guess is that in Washington the same type of seasonal change is occurring.  The ‘bailout’ has morphed into buying ‘just a little bit’ of each large bank with the promise […]

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Consulting

October 7, 2008 By Al Martine

From Dilbert.com

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Decompression

September 23, 2008 By Al Martine

I’m sitting at my desk trying, with little luck, to will myself to start on the next part of our project.  We just completed a major deliverable for the client this morning, which is now followed up with a less than immediate need to finish some additional parts.  And, if we do it now we can […]

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Qualifiers for further conversation

August 14, 2008 By Al Martine

At one point in the last couple years I made any active decision to rarely, if ever, speak to someone sitting beside me on an airplane.  Why?  I can’t honestly say exactly why other than the chances of meeting someone I like or have a rapport with is, well, extremely low.  So, why expend the […]

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