The Alton Brown Flower Pot Smoker Max Effgen, September 6, 2009 Great time of year for the smoker. I always make sure to get at least two salmon smoked in the late summer. Less fuel needed and better fish. There are many different recipes and methods. For example, the flower pot smoker as a DIY project. Check out the link on… Continue Reading
How blogs can work for recruiters (and you!) Max Effgen, September 4, 2009 Great Friday read on the power of blogging. Have a happy and safe holiday weekend. How blogs can work for recruiters (and you!) Continue Reading
Read: VMware’s vCloud API Forces Cloud Standards Max Effgen, September 2, 2009 Great read today over at the Cloudscaling Blog on Cloud Standards. Check it out. Cloudscaling: VMware’s vCloud API Forces Cloud Standards Continue Reading
Read: Zoho Partners with VMware Max Effgen, September 1, 2009 Interesting read and follow up to My $0.02 post yesterday on Read Write Web about SaaS provider Zoho and VMWare partnering to provide on-site versions of Zoho’s SaaS suite. Go where the market takes you. Smart move. Read Write Web: Zoho Partners with VMware for Collaboration Behind the Firewall Continue Reading
My $0.02 on SaaS Max Effgen, August 31, 2009 It has been clear for awhile that a major shift has been happening in enterprise computing. It has taken time to gain traction and momentum, but it looks like Software as a Service (SaaS) is nearly there. Companies will look to adopt SaaS solutions for 2 major reasons: Lower costs… Continue Reading
Read: Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth 5 to 10 billion dollars Max Effgen, August 30, 2009 Interesting post by Robert Scoble: Why Twitter is underhyped and is probably worth five to 10 billion dollars. Some points to ponder for sure. I would add the following: 1) Businesses seeing ROI generally do not ever share that data. Build all the trust you want. They may have a… Continue Reading
How Long Does It Take To Build A Technology Empire? Max Effgen, August 27, 2009 Very interesting article and very cool graphic powered by Tableau Software. Tableau is based in Seattle and makes impressive visualization software. BI folks out there should check them out. WSJ Blogs: How Long Does It Take To Build A Technology Empire? Continue Reading
Add some {brackets} Max Effgen, August 26, 2009 Interesting thought at Seth Godin’s blog. Add some gratuitous {brackets} to that clever project you want to do. When your boss hates them, you take them out. This allows you to keep the important stuff in there. I have used variations of this technique and it does work. Rock the… Continue Reading
How to actually make coffee. Max Effgen, August 26, 2009 Interesting coffee related read at Gizmodo. Covers a lot of ground on various methods. Worth checking out. Link: Giz Explains: How to Actually Make Coffee Continue Reading
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Service Max Effgen, August 26, 2009 Amazon is introducing a new AWS service to extend to a virtual private cloud (VPC). Basically it offers the enterprise to extended an existing network via VPN to a logically isolated set of EC2 instances. From my experience selling cloud-based services, this will play well with the enterprise. Security is… Continue Reading