Product Managers and Cluetrain Manifesto
I’m not counting but…. one of six so far
London – early morning
I went out late with Alan and got the night bus back.
It’s amazing how alive London feels at 4am – the sun is starting to rise; the sky is lightening; people are still on the streets – either returning home or heading to work.
The one thing that struck me that was different from home in Utah was the ‘dawn chorus’ – just so many birds singing and contending for their own piece of space. There are certainly many birds at home; but they just don’t seem to sing their hearts out when the sun comes up.
That’s enough from early-morning London..
GroupWise client killer
My GroupWise client on the Novell Linux Desktop sometimes hangs – so I made a dirty little script to kill it. (Should be two lines of text in total for the script)
#!/bin/sh
ps ax|grep [b]in/groupwise|grep -v .sh|xargs –max-args=1|sed 1q|xargs kill -9
Paste this into a text file – say gwkill.sh; make it executable chmod +x gwkill.sh; maybe make a launcher shortcut on your toolbar.
Did this work for you?
VMware, Novell Linux Desktop and ZENworks
I keep meaning to post this to make my life easier every time I (re)install VMware on a new machine.
Here’s the ultimate how-to for installing VMware workstation on Novell Linux Desktop; and how ZLM makes it easy.
Pre-requisites:
– make sure the ZENworks Linux Management client (aka Red Carpet) is installed.
Another perspective
I gave each of my Product Managers a copy of Cluetrain Manifesto. I don’t know how many of them will read it.
Another interesting post on how blogging relates to the real world – this time from Hugh MacLeod at gapingvoid.com
Novell Linux Desktop decals
Hahaha – This made me grin. Then grin some more.
http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/decalkit.html
I especially like the “Microsoft Employees” jab.
And now Reverend Ted blogged this too 😉
Ottawa
I was in Ottawa the last couple of days.
Another interesting city – all the benefits of a capital (museums, parks, generally good looking and well kept) but in a handy size 😉
I voted – did you?
General Election day in the UK – as a US resident I got to vote by Proxy.
I voted – did you?
New Order – Live in Chicago
New Order – live at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
Here’s the set list. New Order played for almost 2 hours.
Love Vigilantes
Crystal
Regret
Hey Now What You Doing
Krafty
Transmission
True Faith
Run Wild
Jetstream
Waiting For The Sirens Call
Bizarre Love Triangle
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Temptation
[Encore]
Atmosphere
Your Silent Face
Blue Monday
Photos are blurred and small – squint and it’s like being there.
Firefox – Fifty Million downloads
I’ve been using the browser Firefox for a long time – since the earliest days of Phoenix and Firebird.
I am stunned that Firefox has been downloaded over fifty million times – this is an incredible achievement – the whole Firefox team deserves credit.
My own involvement with Firefox has been tiny. I’ve submitted one defect and a fix; I’ve recommended the browser to friends, colleagues and family; I’ve pushed for Novell Linux Desktop to use Firefox over Epiphany; I mandated the Firefox configuration policies inside ZENworks 7 Linux Management.
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