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13 years later, same razor

When I was 18, Gillette sent me package with a note that said “congratulations on becoming a man.” In the package was a Gillette Sensor. I’m still using the same razor and I have bought blades from them since then. You know those cell phone kiosks in malls? Cell phone companies pay them $400 – [...]

Skype, desktop sharing, port 80

One of our customers needed to show me one of their internal reporting systems so we could build something similar in a Jotspot Wiki app we are building for them. He said he wanted to share his desktop and he asked for my Skype account (scott.m.johnston for anybody who needs it). Turns the Skype client [...]

360 with Susan Kuchinskas

I talked with Susan Kuchinskas from The 360 today. We talked a lot about how people are tired of learning new tools. “My garage door has been broken for 5 months and I live in Minnesota. If I can’t find the time to fix the door, I certainly don’t have the luxury to learn a [...]

Jotspot Wiki Applications

While we have been working on it for awhile, we announced our Wiki App strategy yesterday– I came to Jot to drive this growth area. We met with press like CNET and Intranet Journal last week and will continue with others this week. The press release uses the word “strategy” which usually means “boring stuff [...]

PMI-SFBAC

How is that for a acronym? I’ll be speaking at the March Project Management Institute chapter meeting on how Wiki’s can help Project Managers. Rus and I will also be demoing the Jotspot Wiki before dinner. It is going to be hella cool. The main speaker looks pretty interesting so swing by if you have [...]