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I threw this camera out today. I’ve owned it since around 2002 or so. I used to carry it constantly alongside my RAZR and other (feature) cellphones. It was a great camera and cemented the Canon brand as “just works, good stuff” in my mind. I let my 3 year old son use it for several months and despite living in my pocket for years, it couldn’t take him.

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I threw this camera out today. I’ve owned it since around 2002 or so. I used to carry it constantly alongside my RAZR and other (feature) cellphones. It was a great camera and cemented the Canon brand as “just works, good stuff” in my mind. I let my 3 year old son use it for several months and despite living in my pocket for years, it couldn’t take him.

With time you realize that the number of questions outnumbers the number of answers.
Pr Rodolfo Coria, Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
With time you realize that the number of questions outnumbers the number of answers.
Pr Rodolfo Coria, Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
With time you realize that the number of questions outnumbers the number of answers.
Pr Rodolfo Coria, Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

Buying the hole, not the shovel

“This whole idea about coming from the outside and trying to sell something to the IT [department], I think, is starting to leave very fast,” Daher said. “Companies like ours, where we become an extension of a customer’s IT to support the business — that’s the approach, and we have to understand we are that business.” Also in the piece: plenty if good thoughts in the evolving role and opportunity for VAR/channel types.
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Buying the hole, not the shovel

“This whole idea about coming from the outside and trying to sell something to the IT [department], I think, is starting to leave very fast,” Daher said. “Companies like ours, where we become an extension of a customer’s IT to support the business — that’s the approach, and we have to understand we are that business.” Also in the piece: plenty if good thoughts in the evolving role and opportunity for VAR/channel types.
Continue Reading →

Buying the hole, not the shovel

“This whole idea about coming from the outside and trying to sell something to the IT [department], I think, is starting to leave very fast,” Daher said. “Companies like ours, where we become an extension of a customer’s IT to support the business — that’s the approach, and we have to understand we are that business.” Also in the piece: plenty if good thoughts in the evolving role and opportunity for VAR/channel types.
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No creativity needed to keep the trains running on time

[M]anagement’s function isn’t about creating, but rather “ensuring that repetitive tasks were completed, improving economic efficiency, maximizing labor and machine productivity. Not a lot of creativity is needed; in fact, it might even be inefficient.” And as I like to point out: he didn’t actually make the trains run on time. No creativity needed to keep the trains running on time

No creativity needed to keep the trains running on time

[M]anagement’s function isn’t about creating, but rather “ensuring that repetitive tasks were completed, improving economic efficiency, maximizing labor and machine productivity. Not a lot of creativity is needed; in fact, it might even be inefficient.” And as I like to point out: he didn’t actually make the trains run on time. No creativity needed to keep the trains running on time