Came across this post from Seth Godin's blog about how to handle multiple meetings. Picture below is a copy of it from his blog which captures the reason on why to hold a meeting.
Another great suggestion he gives is to "skip at least one meeting every day for the next two weeks. Watch what happens."
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Om Malik has covered the latest rumors about google phone. He talks about five facts of the phone and four of them are Java related.
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After introducing the new suite of Galaxy servers and other services for this quarter, Sun team led by Jonathan was in Nasdaq to ring the closing bell. Check this link for some great pictures from Nasdaq. Can you guess who else is there in the front row, its none other than Mary Mary. Mary give us the inside scoop and the back stage story of what went on today.
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Its the Sun Ultra 20 service @29.95 per month, this is a must have utility service if you are a Java Developer. It comes preinstalled with Solaris 10 (remember DTrace to enhance the performance of your java application) and all the cool tools to help your productivity.
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I joined a new group this week. The new team is part of the sevenspace organization which Sun acquired earlier this year. I am very excited to be part of this team.
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I got a new camera last week (canon powershot S70), so far i love it. Here is a sample shot, this view is from my cube.
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I came across this (IBM web site shame) weblog about a customers experience in a IBM website.
For a company that makes its money selling business integration products and services, IBM sure has a long way to go.I take this opportunity to explain what will be the experience if you browse through various Sun Web Venues. Almost all the major Sun Customers web sites like Mysun, Training, Sun Store, Sun Solve and many more are integrated with a Single Sign-On authentication system. What does this mean? It means that if you have an account with one system, you can use the same account to login to other Sun websites.In addition to Single Sign-On you will also experience session transfer, that is if you login to one system and visit any other system you are automagically logged in. Give it a try and let us know your feedback.Take their web site, for instance. I am downloading IBM’s new IDE, Rational Software Architect. Because of bad design and poor integration, it took me half an hour to register a login that would allow me to begin. more
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If you have donated to the AID organization suggested by me earlier, they have an update on there relief efforts in India.
Here is a small excerpt from one of the report -
"Most people don’t want to touch the dead bodies – or even go near them. We have now got about 350 volunteers from nearby districts to help with the body removal work. For the last few days this work has been going on in 7 villages – slowly expanding to more villages. Each village has 30-50 volunteers and the local people from the village. We provide the gloves and materials needed to start the clearing work. The first day 46 bodies were removed from one village. Many volunteers vomited and then we treated them and are now doing it by rotation. Two days ago, when volunteers began lifting bodies, the head and the hands from the corpses began to come apart! Many corpses are stuck under nets and it is difficult to remove these."
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"To summarize, the field work in Cuddalore and Nagai can be divided into 5 parts:
1. Dead Body and Debris Clearing work – in the villages destroyed
2. Relief Camp work – toilet construction, preventive health, organizing OP clinics for children and women, identifying needs and supplying relief materials, starting community kitchens, starting temporary shelters, etc.
3. Assessment and Survey Work – Visiting villages and camps to assess the damages, needs to help us plan what to do in the short and long term.
4. NGO Coord - Identifying all the groups working in the area and providing them help – Visiting them, sending them supplies and volunteers, coordinating with them to find out their needs and helping them. Basically setting up an efficient relief supply–demand chain.
5. Area Office and Stock Point Coordination: Managing the flow of volunteers and supplies and funds."
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Time for someone from Liberty alliance marketing team to give a call to eBay.
eBay Drops Microsoft Passport (NewsFactor): "NewsFactor - E-commerce giant eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is dropping Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Passport, dealing a blow to the touted identity-management technology and raising questions about its future."
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Thanks to Alan for getting the confirmation from Crawford Beveridge about Sun Foundation matching all the contribution made by Sun employees. Please follow the instructions in his post to take advantage of this if you have made any contributions already.
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If you are looking for ways to contribute to the Tsunami relief effort, please use the AidIndia organization. This is a reputed organization registered with the Federal Government. I personally know many friends volunteering relief effort in Tamil Nadu, India now. All donations to AID are 100% tax-deductible, under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.
https://www.aidindia.org/aidadmin/DonateToRRF.jsp
Thanks to Ravi Raj for sending this url.
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For news and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts to the areas affected by tsunami.
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com
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