by Toby Bell | September 1, 2010 | 2 Comments
RIVER CITY, IA Grandma (as I now call her) dropped by the house yesterday. She’d lost her life savings and was distraught. I was not unmoved, but was also aware of the fact that such a loss is less significant when said savings amount to “what’s left in the social security deposit this month.” It [...]
Category: IT Governance Somewhat Less Serious Uncategorized Tags: Cameron Diaz, Google, HSN, Krazy Glue, Reputation, Trust, WOOT!, WOT
by Toby Bell | January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
When business leaders think of advances in computing, they might remember the images of the early Cray Supercomputers and what came next: Then… … and Now In short, they remember a futuristic machine seemingly able to manipulate the curvature of space/time evolving into something that now more resembles a space heater. The same happened with [...]
Category: Somewhat Less Serious Uncategorized Tags: Biological Computing, iPod, Jingle Dogs, Leeches, Purell, Reputation, Sherlock Holmes, Trainspotting
by Toby Bell | March 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
I still read newspapers, though I have alternatives. My local source, unfortunately, has recently fallen prey to “pastiche syndrome” – it’s now composed primarily of clippings culled from international services rather than being a reliable purveyor of local items of interest. I used to like the fact that editorial bias was once apparent in every [...]
Category: Somewhat Less Serious Uncategorized Tags: Angie's List, Associated Press, Errol Flynn, Jongleur, Lindsay Lohan, Monk, Reputation Management, Robin Hood, Rod Stewart, Rush Limbaugh, scoring, Toby Gazette-Herald-Bee
by Toby Bell | March 10, 2009 | Comments Off
I cut my finger attempting to change a watch battery prior to flying from Asheville to Beijing a couple of weeks ago. Some may wonder how such a thing is possible. Yet among the jittery inhabitants of Planet Caffeine (PC) – where coffee is synonymous with oxygen – each of us can completely relate to [...]
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Category: Somewhat Less Serious Uncategorized Tags: Espresso, Jar Jar, Lingo, Pixie Stix, Planet Caffeine, Translation, Universal Truth
by Toby Bell | November 2, 2008 | 3 Comments
PC World, Feb 4, 2000: Finally emerging from labs, new power sources like fuel cells and lithium polymer could revolutionize design and use of cell phones, PDAs, and notebooks. IT World, October 20, 2008: Engineers at Panasonic have succeeded in reducing the size of a prototype methanol fuel cell so that it’s no larger than [...]
Category: Somewhat Less Serious Uncategorized Tags: Batteries, Laptop, McDonald's, Methane, Research, TSA
by Toby Bell | September 30, 2008 | 4 Comments
I have often been accused (quite unfairly, I might add) of simply ‘making stuff up’ for my own amusement and perhaps of others. And-an even larger slight-I have also been held in contempt for using Gartner’s blog purely for the purpose of self-indulgence and not even mindful of the fact that these musings should have [...]
Category: Somewhat Less Serious Uncategorized Tags: facts, magic quadrant, public service
by Toby Bell | September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments
“Are you going to eat those peanuts?” It’s surprising how many great stories–mostly untold–begin with that line. Surprising, too, how many begin at 37,000 feet over Denver in airplanes where drinks have just been served and the squirrelly man next to me with the oversized glasses, poor complexion, and cheesy toupee leans over nervously, yet [...]
Category: Somewhat Less Serious Uncategorized Tags: BPM, CEVA, ECM, Not sure if Sega is a client, Not the actual GAO, Reputation Management, Some guy I call Spike, Welcome and hello, Workflow
