by Nick Gall | March 1, 2009 | Comments Off
It’s a Small World #3897: I was recently in Manhattan on business and took the opportunity to have dinner with our dear friends Allison Tolman and her beau Peter Cohen. In the course of our conversation, I was explaining what an IT industry analyst does for a living by referring to the now-famous (at least [...]
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by Nick Gall | January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
Has social software really led us to this? According to the NY Times Bits blog, nearly 234,000 facebookers were defriended by their so-called friends looking to score a free hamburger. Burger King ran a promotion on Facebook that gave someone a coupon for a free hamburger if they would drop 10 friends. Harsh but hilarious. [...]
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by Nick Gall | January 21, 2009 | 4 Comments
Just had to share a hilarious comic blog I just came across: SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWERS. Here’s a sample that had me laughing so hard I cried: Here’s the description: SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWER: In-flight flight Being able to soar through the air still won’t save you from recycled oxygen and endless stories from complete strangers. Known as the [...]
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by Nick Gall | January 14, 2009 | 2 Comments
Absolutely hilarious, and essential to any enterprise architect who wants to put naysayers in their place from the get go. Warning –Use of the f’bomb: http://www.stickergiant.com/Charts-and-Graphs_d49.html
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by Nick Gall | November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
Something funny to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. via Marta Strickland
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by Nick Gall | November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
While it’s great to talk about the "Peak of Inflated Expectations" and the Plateau of Productivity" what everyone wants to know is "When will this become extinct?" Unfortunately, Gartner’s Hype Cycle does not predict extinctions. But not to worry, now there’s the Extinction Timeline: Extinction Timeline: what will disappear from our lives before 2050 I [...]
by Nick Gall | October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
From Global Nerdy. This is the best thing I’ve seen out of PDC so far! Click on the picture to go to the original.
by Nick Gall | October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
I don’t know why, but this video really cracked me up. Especially the special appearance by Palin. Bring it!
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by Nick Gall | October 21, 2008 | 4 Comments
I’m finally on twitter now, and I’m happy to report that it hasn’t been the major time sink I feared it would be. I think in large part this is due to how simple the interface and functionality are. Contrast this with Facebook, which has infinite interface and functional (aka apps) knobs and levers to [...]
by Nick Gall | October 18, 2008 | 12 Comments
[This post was triggered by a fun discussion in the comments on the post Is ‘Wireless’ Anemic or Merely Retrospective?] When the term "electric guitar" became nearly as popular as the original unmodified word "guitar", the term "acoustic guitar" emerged because "guitar" (unmodified) was considered ambiguous. "Acoustic guitar" is labeled the retronym. What is "electric [...]
