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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Obama wins South Carolina!

27-Jan-08

A brilliant win in South Carolina by Barack Obama followed by another brilliant speech. As is readily apparent Obama’s oratory gifts are truly impressive. The first time I heard him speak I recall being stunned by Obama’s Audacity of Hope speech before the 2004 Democratic National Convention. I knew then that he would be destined [...]

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Spolsky on Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

25-Jan-08

Joel Spolsky has another great piece on Five whys, a highly recommended read for all in technical operations and engineers in general. There is alot to learn from the Toyota example. In the past my preferred model for technical operations has always been NASA mission control, but I will be looking closely at Toyota Production [...]

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