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/2010/01/11/tablet-tabula-rasa/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/11/tablet-tabula-rasa/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:43:47 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=908 Despite having used and abandoned multiple tablets over the years, I’m still looking forward to Apple’s much anticipated iSlate, iPad or iMustHaveIt Tablet (or whatever it will be called). Of course those old tablets were used primarily for work, and the new Apple tablet is primarily a consumer device that might augment my professional life with no intention [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/11/tablet-tabula-rasa/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:53:10 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=839 In a few short days the calendar will roll over two places leaving behind the aughts or zero years of the 21st century and heading into our century’s awkward teen years. And in the finest traditions of calendar journalism that means its time for a wrap-up or best of column. Today’s entry will announce the Inaugural Thom Mitchell winner of [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/feed/ 5