"Big companies swallow little ones every day."

This is the opening sentence of an Economist article featuring Nick d'Aloisio, who's start-up, Summly, got bought out by Yahoo. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? The swallowing part, I mean? I wonder if Master d'Aloisio will have to come into the office, or if Yahoo will cut him some slack; at least until he turns 18?

What I Wish We Could Experience In More Companies

I saw this list of team values taped to the wall of a conference room in an engineering department:

• Give and receive constructive feedback.
• Do what you say you will do.
• Be respectful: The delivery is as important as the message.
• The perfect is the enemy of the good, so just ship it!
• Stay interested and interesting.
• Lead through excellence.

The Lesson of the Reed in the Wind

Sometimes things change without your permission.

Are You or Your Company Producing Abandonware?

A new word to add to my vocabulary. I knew the definition before I ever knew of the word.

A-ban-don-ware

Abandonware (per Wikipedia) "is a product, typically a software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no product support is available. It is differentiated from a discontinued product because the manufacturer has not issued an official notice of discontinuance, instead, the manufacturer is simply ignoring the product."

Congressional Reaction to Sequestration

"I've never liked sequestrations, and I never will. I can never forgive them, for the death of my fun."

- Senator James T. Kirk

Walking By The Places We've Been

Today I did something I had never done with this blog. I read back through almost five years of entries I found intriguing and didn't necessary recognize by the summary. Seeing the changes in my life as well as in society reminded me that a lot of times in life, we have the answers to our own questions. Often we aren't aware of them, or worse, we discard them because we don't see ourselves a worthy source.

Still, get enough years under one's belt and one eventually returns home. If only for a visit. We walk by the places we've been and the marks we've made, as well as the marks made against us. We think about our choices and how they have affected our lives. We are encouraged by our innate wisdom and tickled by our follies.

The Most Important Thing I Can Tell You Today

Look for the joy in this and every moment. Eventually, you will find it.