Gil Friend’s Blog
More from la belle France
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Quotidien Durable
Thanks to being listed as one of 'Les Blogs qu'on aime' at QuotidienDurable.com, I've discovered another ally, there on the other side of the pond. Some of the same perspectives, from a different perspective. (I guess I should follow the trail of my referer links more...
Quotes of the day
I just stumbled across this rich collection of quotes, billed as Software Engineering Proverbs (thank you, John Fraser) but, as you will see, of much more universal applicability. My favorite of the moment: Abraham Lincoln reportedly said that, given eight hours to...
A smarter path for PUC regulatory strategy?
[WorldChanging]: The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today announced it is gearing up for its groundbreaking Feb. 23 en banc to address climate change and greenhouse gas emissions by identifying best practices for all PUC regulated companies (electric,...
Green Building Roundup – and perspective
Enviropundit]: LEED 2004 Roundup I was thinking along the same lines as Qui Baoxing, vice minister of construction for the People's Republic of China: Human need for living space evolves through four phases: shelter, comfortable buildings, healthy buildings, and green...
‘Reward for Failure’
[Dan Gilmore]: But I can't resist noting that, once again, corporate America's movers and shakers are rewarding failure, this time to the tune of a $21 million "severance package." It's how things work for CEOs: Succeed and you get millions. Fail and you get millions....
An astounding justaposition
[AP Wire/SJ Mercury News]: Activists Urge Free Open-Source Software 'Already, Brazil spends more in licensing fees on proprietary software than it spends on hunger,' said Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a cyberspace civil liberties group.
Kyoto for commuters
[The Green Life]: The L.A. Times reported yesterday on TerraPass, a new company that enables consumers to take part in the industrial carbon credit trading system, the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCE). A bit complicated, yet Lars Ulrich, a business professor who...
‘Why Does Windows Still Suck?’
I think I've learned to more or less moderate my zealotry over the years. I've been using (and running my companies) mostly on Macs for the last 21 years (after moving from CPM to MS-DOS) mostly because they just work better. Not because they're cool. (Though they...