http://www.thommitchell.com Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/04/11/ipad-schmipad-im-slated/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/04/11/ipad-schmipad-im-slated/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:39:58 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=1467 Yea, so it’s here. It’s cool and all, but it doesn’t cure cancer or bring world peace. It won’t solve the problems with the Red Sox blowing leads late in games nor will it help the Cubs win a World Series. Now I’m not an Apple H8T3r, nor am I an Apple fanboy salivating at [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/04/11/ipad-schmipad-im-slated/feed/ 2 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/24/familiarity-vs-knowledge/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/24/familiarity-vs-knowledge/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:27:54 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=978 Too many people and companies mistake familiarity for knowledge. A while back I was working with a CIO, whom I’ll call Ray, and realized that while he was familiar with several technologies, he had no actual knowledge about them or how they could help transform the business. Being familiar with or knowing about a product is one thing [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/24/familiarity-vs-knowledge/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:21:38 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=804 In 2010 – Blackberry is to Apple as Novell was to Microsoft circa 1994. As hard as it may be to remember back that far,  Microsoft was once an upstart that was derided for not being substantial enough to effectively serve business server and networking needs – suitable only for stand-alone PCs.  Novell was seen [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/feed/ 2 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/28/who-buys-shoes-from-a-barefoot-cobbler/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/28/who-buys-shoes-from-a-barefoot-cobbler/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:51:36 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=262 Would you buy shoes from a barefoot cobbler? Or order meat from a vegetarian butcher? Or get fitness advice from an over-weight trainer? Or pay for social media consulting from a company whose blog is three months out-of-date? Me neither, but apparently those minor details don’t bother everyone. I was looking at the website of one of the big consulting firms [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/28/who-buys-shoes-from-a-barefoot-cobbler/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:32:18 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=567 It is ironic that IT departments, whom people would assume would be most comfortable with change, can be in fact some of the most hide-bound corporate employees rigidly bound to traditions and policies that may no longer be relevant to today’s business environment. This can be for several reasons. “If it works, don’t mess with it“. [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/feed/ 1