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Giving Back

A friend and business partner of mine mentioned his commitment to a charity the other day. As a technologist, he donates four hours per week to the cause, assisting them in developing technical solutions for their operation.
I probed a little further on this, and he proposed the idea that giving back is part of success, [...]

Using Thunderbird as your Groupware Client without Exchange

Last week I lamented about the lack of hosted Exchange alternatives. Unfortunately, I still haven’t found a solid solution. The inherent problem is the desire to use Thunderbird as the client and sync OTA with Blackberry devices.
Using Google for shared calendar, address book, and email is the avenue I’ve been exploring. I also considered installing [...]

So I Have This Business Idea I’d Like to Talk to You About

I get pitched at least once a week on some new idea. These are, almost invariably, half-baked pipe dreams. There are a lot of people out there with good ideas — the keys to success, I believe, are based on connections (who you know), experience both in the specific business sector and as an entrepreneur, [...]