For the old folks…remember Windows 95. It used a FAT file system, not the more modern NTFS (for Windows). It needed to be defragged to run at optimal speeds. I loved the entire idea of a defrag. It was like cleaning up a room, putting each thing in it’s place. I would watch it work…
When I’m down or frustrated… When things aren’t going my way… When I just want to give up… A good joke makes it all better. Here are a quick set of 10 good ones: (My Favorite of the day) What did Jay-Z call his girlfriend before they got married? Feyoncé. (2nd favorite) Two fish are in…
I was walking in the parking lot at work and a car alarm went off. The car was about 50 feet away. I could see someone with the door open, leaning into the driver’s side. I looked around me and saw about 6 other people. Each one walking nonchalantly towards the building. Not one of…
I broke the Tortoise table this morning because I was impatient. I tried to move it without someone helping me. I leaned a little hard on the plexiglass and it cracked. I should have waited until tonight and had help carrying it. I hope it’s not totally ruined. One part of my personality is that…
Recently, we bought a red foot tortoise. We bought it without realizing how much space the thing really needs. Subsequently, we bought a habitat that is too small for him. I was determined to figure out a solution to the problem. There was a spot in our house that would make a good home for the…
I had been testing for a couple of weeks and the winner seems to be ASmallOrange.com. Performance I used some ping services as well as anecdotal evidence from colleagues around the world. Orange performed consistently better. Price Orange is half the price of MediaTemple. It’s not THAT much money, but it’s enough to make a…
The art of making great APIs has become a key skill in a technology organization. Whether it’s the protocol or the naming scheme or the functions or even the error logging, the API has a UX of it’s own. Make a bad developer UX and you will have fewer technology partners. You can see great…
The Marketo 2014 Summit has grown to enormous proportions. It’s doubled and doubled so many times that over 5,000 people packed into the Moscone Center this week. It funny how much work goes into it and exhausts us, while at the same time fills us with enthusiasm and energy. Our customers really are something special and…
What happens when you die? What if all of this is meaningless? Why do parents says to their kids, “In the REAL world, blah blah”? What is the real world? Does high school matter? Should one go to college? What does success mean? Why won’t that other person like me? My kids are wondering what…
I’m giving a presentation at this year’s Marketo Summit. The topic is how to give a great presentation. This creates a conundrum. If the presentation is not great, then the content will be considered suspect. How can one trust that the lessons are solid if the presentation wasn’t awesome? It certainly puts the pressure on.…
In my lifetime so much has changed. In these changes, I have lost and I have gained. Some examples: Communication As a teenager, I would stay for hours on the phone with my girlfriend. (When I was lucky enough to have one!) The phone wasn’t a bother and the sound was crystal clear. I could…
Why do most cars lack character? They look like they have all been designed by the same person. All sedans look alike. All SUVs look alike. It’s a conspiracy to make us all into automatons. Good little soldiers in our little boxes going to work in our cubicles and staring at rectangle screens. Well, to be fair,…
We are interviewing for some VP positions and it has me thinking about one trait that I look for in a candidate, regardless of position. Does this person have a strong point of view? Not all leaders are managers and not all managers are leaders. However, leaders usually have a strong point of view, a…
I have seen people with e-cigarettes frequently in the past few months. The styling of the devices generally look like regular cigarettes. A few look bigger and stranger, almost like miniature hookahs. It got me thinking that we could be entering a new fad. In a few years, we might see the pipe making a…