IBM Happenings: May 2005
The month of May contained some a lot of interesting news and it looks like it will be another very busy year for IBM. One of the biggest items was the closing of the Lenovo transaction. They are off and running. The new ThinkPad T43p is awesome. The announcements made by the company in May […]
A Ride In The Wind
The motorcycle ride from Pennsylvania through New York to Connecticut on Interstate 84 was 119 miles. I did not see a single fellow motorcyclist during the entire trip. Perhaps it was the 47 degree temperature, the cloudy and drizzly sky, or the 35 mph wind gusts. Riding a motorcycle in 47 degree weather was very […]
Letters and Documents of Robert and Virginia Patrick (1937-1998)
Letters and Documents of Robert and Virginia Patrick (1937-1998) Baptism Certificate – Dad: 03-07-1943 Baptism Certificate – Mom: 01-29-1944 Butler Butler Rosenberger invoice: 12-18-1995 Charles K Root to Dad: 12-13-1991 Earl Urion invoice: 10-21-1997 Elders Appliances: 08-21-1986 F Bell Chevrolet invoice: 01-22-1980 Frank J Napoli to Dad: 01-09-1981 Goldanna and Max Cramer invoice: 12-17-1996 Invoice […]
A New Opera
The evolution of the "browser" has had a huge impact on making content available to everyone everywhere. We also take it for granted that we can walk up to any computer connected to the Internet and expect to find a browser there. Not only that but we automatically know how to use it! The world […]
Outflanking
A Google search on the word outsourcing produces more than 33 million results. After reading the story about the Nortel/IBM contract, it got me thinking about what outsourcing is all about and where it is headed. The aim of this short story is to offer a perspective on the past, present, and future of outsourcing. […]
