by Jeff Yablon | Aug 21, 2009 | Business Process
Want to change your business forever? Change the way you look at meetings. I’ve recently noticed how much I want to change the way Outlook schedules my meetings. You’ve probably noticed, too; it always wants your meetings to be exactly 30 minutes long, or...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 19, 2009 | Business Process
Wow. I don’t know which troubles me more, this post’s title, or the time I spent trying to spell out Ho in the plural and have it still be a recognizable word. At least Skanks was easy. Onward: this week a ruling came down in a court in New York City...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 18, 2009 | Business Process
Back in February, I wrote a short piece on the subject of how Amazon.com was dealing with the State of New York’s efforts to force them to collect sales tax on products delivered to New York residents. It is, to be sure, one of the scariest prospects for small...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 17, 2009 | Business Process
Have you stolen a movie today? What about music? Or maybe you’ve just exchanged some really large files with your co-workers. The last one is legal. The first two, by simple inclusion of the word “stolen”, are not. This is about to get heavy, my...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 14, 2009 | Business Process
OK, so not really. But listen to this: Yesterday, a ruling compelling Microsoft to STOP SELLING MICROSFT OFFICE was passed down by a US District Court in Texas. Reason? Microsoft’s implementation of XML in their file format infringes on a patent held by Canadian...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 7, 2009 | Business Process
OK, stop laughing. The Beast of Redmond has been breaking its word on a variety of things for as long as I can remember. Not news. The next version of Windows will take too long to get here and when it finally arrives will stink (Hello, Vista). At least Windows 7...
