CIO concerns for 2008: Solving the wrong problems?

This is an excellent article that I'm recommending everyone in IT check out. It's interesting to see the dissection of the CIO's concerns as they relate to what should be their concerns and objectives.

I've gotten three calls on my cellphone this morning, and none of them has decided it was worthwhile to leave a message.

Craig's rules of cellphone etiquette:

• If I don't recognize the number, I don't answer the phone.
• If you don't leave a message, I don't return the call.

This …

Previously, on Caption Contest - The Rise and Fall of the Captioned Empire:

The results are in, and have been tallied. After careful consideration using the finest humor-detecting genetic algorithms and neural networks available to us, the programhas provided us an answer.

The most humorous, and declared winner of this challenge …

It's not Valentine's Day out there... it's JoDee's Birthday! You'd better be wishing your loved ones a very happy JoDee's birthday, or there will be hell to pay.

Happy Birthday, sweetheart!

The Waterfalls Not Working -- Even A Client Said So

Excellent essay on the software development process, and why waterfall isn't necessarily the answer to the question. Of note is the section where the solution provided actually brings to light a faulty business practice on the customer side. Nope, never been …