A new MM blog has come along with a wealth of information. Check it out here.

No not really, but including this blog, I try to manage 3 different weblogs and they have been getting bombarded with “sex spam.” In addition, some robot keeps getting into all my index.php files and adding some scripts into each which makes the blog’s feed invalid. So, readers and subscribers can’t get automatic updates. I’ve been going through each file and clearing out the garbage times 3. I am recovering, but I also need to “harden” the websites to make them a little tougher to hack. Wish me luck….and thanks for your perseverance by checking in every once in a while.

Being a fan of mind mapping, I came across the mind-mapping.org site, where I proceeding to spend several hours reading all the articles. If you want to know more about mind mapping, stop by and explore.

Well if this is not the confirmation the world needed that we are in a recession:

The drop in porn rentals and sales is worrisome on several fronts: Till now, porn has been a recession-proof business. Further, with the country already in a dispirited mood, the fact that porn has gone limp may indicate a true plunge in consumer confidence. DVD porn is down between 10% and 30%, depending on which nook and cranny of the business you scrutinize.

Read all about it in Variety -Hard times ahead as porn goes soft?

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The Biggest Business Blunders Ever is an interesting article from Forbes.com.

The stories span industries from technology to real estate. Market miscalculations, short-term thinking and rotten ethics are the broad themes. Taken together, the collective devastation of these miscues in current dollar value creeps into the trillions.

Then go through the accompanying pictures. Learn from their mistakes

Then follow-up with The Biggest Risks To Your Business.

I was doing some research on why business people who read more, earn more. So I started with a Google of the term “people who read earn more.” Look at some of the titles that came up:

• Music lessons pay off in higher earnings
• Do pretty people earn more?
• Tall people earn more
• Drinkers earn more than non-drinkers
• Black women earn more than white women

I still haven’t found why readers earn more than non-readers, but I have arrived at a conclusion….All types of people earn more than all kinds of other people.

Yeah, I know, it’s taken quite a while, but I finally got the blog working again. Changing the design and layout…it will eventually permeate throughout. It may even change again when I get proficient with WordPress. I’ll be working on it and eventually get back to a consistent writing schedule. Thanks for your patience.

Around Memorial Day my webhosting service provider reconfigured their servers. Ever since my blogs have been all screwed up. After working dilligently for 2 months, I think it is time to find another provider. I apologize for the lack of posts and interaction. Between work, blog and life, it has been very hectic. As soon as I can correct the blogs, it will relieve one of my burdens. Thanks for reading.

For over 8 years I kept telling my employees and my clients “It’s NOT the computers, dummy!” And Kennedy Information Research has published a report that confirms what I’ve been doing.

IT consulting firms are likely to get squeezed out as business issues become a more important component to IT strategy and planning and traditional strategy firms seize the opportunity. While Strategy firms’ investments in IT strategy capabilities have achieved some success, most key IT strategy planning activities have still been left to internal organizations and the IT consulting firms. Kennedy’s research shows, however, that IT strategy is starting to become a significant growth area for certain practices within Strategy firms. Consider that information management is a critical success criterion for some companies, global sourcing decisions require coordination between IT and business operations, and that Strategy firms possess the most sophisticated risk-adjusted ROI capabilities. Since it is an attractive adjacent offering that can be added to existing proposals, IT Strategy is a natural fit that can extend capabilities and fuel additional growth for Strategy firms.

There is some satisfaction in saying, “I told you so.”