The Village View
Musings on software and other such life and death matters as viewed from my office in Manhattan's West Village
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Oootsourcing done right? - 189 days ago
Being a good Manhattanite, I'm a ZipCar member/customer. Just had to call customer service because I had an outstanding balance (hey, it's call "float" - learned this thanks to my fancy MBA). Anyway, I just called the customer support.
NYC Emergency alert text/email system seen lacking - 199 days ago
It appears that Air Force One was buzzing around lower Manhattan and northern NJ this morning as part of a photo op. Problem is, lots of folks in that part of the City hadn't heard about the exercise and got worried. “People came pouring out of...
EIU Global Outlook 2009 - what a downer - 253 days ago
Yesterday, I attend the Economist Intelligence Unit event " Global Outlook 2009: What lies ahead for the global economy ." Below are a few notes based on diligent typing by my colleague Jeff Winter. The comments by the speaker were interesting..
Help Charlie's sister find a job - 258 days ago
Charlie Wood is an Austin, TX-based entrepreneur and fellow Enterprise Irregular blogger. After his sister got laid off, he came up with an interesting experiment to help her out (inspired in part by his going back to school to get a degree in...
Does Cloud Computing Mean More Risks to Privacy? - 261 days ago
Interesting NY Times article on privacy with regards to information/data you may store in the cloud. For me this would currently mean mostly Gmail and Facebook, but loads of folks are using Google Docs. I generally regard my Gmail differently than my...




















