My life insurance company has an automated system for contacting customers who miss a premium payment. You see, I got a new policy and I am allowing the old one to expire. My agent told me to simply not pay the bill from the old policy. So this automated system calls me up in the morning. This [...]
Posts Tagged ‘business’
Software Has Limits
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: business, misv, review
As I write this, somewhere around 8,000 people are stuck in LAX waiting to go through customs because of a computer glitch. Frankly, I am amazed this doesn’t happen more often. This reminds me of a book I recently read called The Limits of Software. Anyone who is curious about why computers and software so frequently don’t [...]
How to get super rich and never have to work again
Filed under: Misc, Software & Technology | Tags: business, misv, review
(Well, not really. Keep in mind that you’re reading a post by someone who is not rich and works like a dog almost every day.) Here’s an interesting book if you’re curious about how successful technology companies get started: Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days by Jessica Livingston. Founders at Work is a collection [...]
Software Industry Conference 2007 Mini-Review
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: business, misv, review
Last week, we packed up the family and drove to Denver for SIC 2007. The Software Industry Conference is an annual conference geared towards independent software developers and vendors. As usual, there were some very helpful sessions. Dave Collins and Thomas Wetzel convinced me to give Google AdWords yet another try with their insights. There were several [...]

