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Vendor Selection: The Bay Bridge

Posted on January 4, 2015 by flybrand1976

Choosing the right vendor is never easy.  The California Department of Transportation’s recent woes with the $2 Bn updated suspension span segment that was overseen by the US construction firm Fluor and physically built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. … Continue reading →

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Organizations Want to Live

Posted on May 9, 2014 by flybrand1976

Any organization, once it is created, takes on a life of its own.  It wants to live.  Just as Kevin Kelly describes ‘technology’ as a seventh kingdom of life, in many ways the individual organizations encountered every day also behave … Continue reading →

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Facts are Stubborn Things: The CrossFit Open

Posted on March 9, 2014 by flybrand1976

“Facts are stubborn things,” John Adams, Second President of the United States (1735 – 1826) The CrossFit Open is a very honest assessment.  A few hundred thousand people do the same workout and you can see how you stack up. … Continue reading →

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Software Tools for Listening to Spoken Audio

Posted on March 1, 2014 by flybrand1976

I love podcasts and audio books.  They’re an educational and entertaining way to fill background time – unless work is involved, then Bob Dylan is best.  Getting that spoken word content in a repeatable, hassle-free way is another challenge.  There … Continue reading →

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Space Industry Organizations

Posted on July 2, 2013 by flybrand1976

SpaceX and Planetary Resources get plenty of attention, but the number of organizatinons doing interesting things around launch and orbital activities continues to grow. B612 Foundation Ed Lu, founder of the B612 Foundation, was a guest on The Long Now … Continue reading →

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Biography: Harry S Truman

Posted on June 24, 2013 by flybrand1976

The accomplishments of the 33rd US President, Harry S Truman, and the methods he used to achieve them are a great guide for the increasing complexity of the modern world.  Truman spoke clearly and did what he thought was right. … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of the Car

Posted on June 23, 2013 by flybrand1976

There’s a coming inflection in how data and computational power are used in how we interact with vehicles.  Google is focused on self-driving vehicles, Ford is betting big on connected vehicles and finding business models that improve the safety and … Continue reading →

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New and Improved is Coming to Advertising

Posted on June 24, 2012 by flybrand1976

The Anderson Tapes, a 1971 crime thriller, foresaw the impact of a surveillance society, and in the introduction to our protagonist thief Duke Anderson, he exclaims, “What is advertising but a legalized con game?” With the myriad of tools now … Continue reading →

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Quick Statistics on NC Amendment 1 Voting by County

Posted on May 9, 2012 by flybrand1976

Here are some quick graphs from the voting on NC Amendment 1.  The Amendment declares marriage to be between, “A man and a woman,” thereby making matrimony and civil union the exclusive domain of heterosexual couples. Red denotes the eight … Continue reading →

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Geography & Location-Based Apps: A Sales Perspective

Posted on February 23, 2012 by flybrand1976

I’ve been using several geo-based Apps on an iPhone 4S and trying to think through how they could be made more useful in traditional sales and marketing areas.  I manage a team that sells high end industrial machinery to traditional … Continue reading →

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