m2cw – my 2 cents worth

for those of you reading my blog (i know, the last entry was ages ago), here is a list of things for my birthday or easter (well, i bit short notice…) 😉

1. geschichte des jazz
2. jazz: high spirits – five of the most influentual jazz albums of all time
3. wolves eat dogs – a thriller about today’s russia and ukraine and the nuclear zone of chernobyl – apparently excellent!
4. and: my amazon wishlist… (i know, i know, i will never be able to read all of this…)

to be amended…

Carly’s Way

a former HP engineer on what carly did wrong.

i don’t agree with everything he says but one thing is definitely true:

To me, this rabid fixation on short-term profits is a bigger threat than outsourcing — it is killing our ability to make astonishing things.

even more so, the fixation on quarterly results (as is the case with almost any company nowadays – at least the ones listed on the stock-exchange) is the wrong way to go – it does not lead to long-term sustainability (i.e. also with an eye to the environment and other things than the pure profit). but the finance markets think it’s what’s necessary and “money is still king”.

Guidelines For An Uncomplicated Web

Macworld UK – Xserve may win server market

KCRW Podcasts

Gui Avoider

best quote:

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