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Major downpour here in Irvine, CA just now. Not looking forward to I-405 drive to client meeting in an hour.

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New comment and my response on an old post of mine on reducing the high cost of software maintenance http://fscavo.blogspot.com/2005...

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How to get over 7000 followers in less than a day, while only writing two status updates: Be @ericschmidt

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Good question RT @abbielundberg: what does it mean, IT should "partner" w/business? what specific behavior would show that? #CIO

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Medical doctor focuses on unintended consequences of electronic medical records http://doctorrw.blogspot.com/2009... (via @CandidCIO)

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@rwang0 Fact is, hydroelectric power has surplus capacity at night and can't be otherwise "inventoried" so essentially "free"

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@rwang0 Ah, beauty of plug-in hybrids is that they consume power mostly at night, when power demands on grid are lowest

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Nice post on how answer kids' questions, including one best source: grandparents http://www.grandparents.com/gp... (via @grandparentscom)

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@rwang0 A business model innovation is needed for electrical utilities to charge tiered rates based on time of day.

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@rwang0 Um, plug-in hybrids can burn gasoline when electric power is out. Hence the name, hybrid.

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Unbelieveable. Were folks just more stupid back then? RT @mkrigsman: Great photo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki...

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Heading for a round of golf with my son (who is back after 2 months off) and the Peruvian. The Mexican is MIA today.

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Great post on budgeting best practices--must read: RT @dcunni: Dysfunctional corp budgeting process http://marklogic.blogspot.com/2009... (via @ramblingman)

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SMB accounting sfw: Thinking about how when push comes to shove, most still choose on-premise. You know who you are.

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@rwang0 Some things never change in software sales--a good sale team can make or break a deal, regardless of product

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Maria's picture worth 1000 words: RT @mesimos: How good does GDP going up 6.6% in November look? http://twitpic.com/s4ded

Maria's picture worth 1000 words: RT @mesimos: How good does GDP going up 6.6% in November look? http://bit.ly/5lb4a5

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More good news: RT @mesimos: US monthly GDP up 6.6% in November to $13,151.9B; estimate of Q3 now +2.8%

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Vinnie says something nice about SAP RT @dealarchitect: SAP's unheralded innovation http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_ar... #sapsummit

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NYT headline news-spinning ("only?") RT @nytimesbusiness: U.S. Economy Lost Only 11,000 Jobs in November http://www.nytimes.com/2009...

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Unbelievable. Google's new dictionary facility. Also does translations. And sounds out words. http://www.google.com/diction...

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Reviewing our latest survey results for the 2010 IT spending outlook....hmmm

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Gotta admire the Hondurans these days: "My vote is so that my son can look at me and say ‘Dad you defended democracy’" http://patterico.com/2009...

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Vinnie, gotta tell you, this is one of your best posts ever RT @dealarchitect: The anti-SAP conference? http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_ar...

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Gartner /AMR combination--subject to antitrust review? @carterlusher thinks possible but unlikely

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#Gartner and #Forrester will launch closed socmed communities for clients-only, predicts @carterlusher

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Ovum & Ventana attempting to poach AMR analysts, sales reps, and clients from #Gartner (per @carterlusher )

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Gartner + AMR = Gartner (per @carterlusher)

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Gartner committed to raise prices every year, even in recession, and will price AMR svcs separately (per @carterlusher )

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#Gartner should be able to do better job of hanging on to AMR analysts than it did with Meta analysts (per @carterlusher )

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Q: "If I bought AMR because they are not #Gartner, what do I do now?" @carterlusher promotes alternatives, such as @rwang0 !

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