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Mobile Blogging

I am writing this on my Cingular 8525 aka as the HTC Hermes. It is kind of interesting. Might not be too bad if I can actually figure out how to not run the battery down.

It is a SmartPhone so it is running MS Mobile (nobody is perfect ;-)). I am running the mobile TypePad blogging app. Given that the form factor is not too big, the slide out is not bad. Like all of the keyboards like this it is helpful to have small fingers. Enough for now, need to find the battery charger.

Leadership in the Napa Wineries

You would think that wineries that are as progressive in their treatment of grapes might also be progressive in other areas. The more stories that I hear and experiences that I have seems quite the contrary. Wineries, even the larger ones often do not have as many working for them as one might think.  You add in laws about how vineyards and wineries of certain sizes need to keep wine making and grape growing separated, and silos get created.  Silos such as vineyard, marketing admin and tasting rooms seem to keep everything separate.

It seems that management is the key. It is not about creating an environment for good management to occur (leadership), it is about managing situations. This makes for a very reactionary situation. I have not seen a ton of wineries’ leadership approach, but enough to know that it rare that they are proactive rather than reactive.

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Mac & Darwin

Interesting, I was poking around the environment variables while in iterm, and found that they refer to powerpc as machine-type, etc. seems a little odd — is it iterm or Apple that is defining this?!?

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Martin’s Musings 2 04/08/2007

How to Change the World: How to Get the Attention of a Venture Capitalist

VOIP and Vonage

I have had Vonage for a few year now and it has been Ok. But I am hearing about some issues they are having (stock, patent infringements, etc.) and I was thinking of moving elsewhere. Phone number mobility is important to me as is quality, uptime, etc.

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