Tag Archives: Business Development

“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 4

Posted on October 23, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 3 “Empathy and Sympathy – Know the difference”. This chapter is about a special kind of ineffective leader that I call “An empty suit”. You would … Continue reading →

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 3

Posted on October 22, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 2 “Average Leadership”. This chapter is about leadership and some of the strange things that companies do to develop their leaders. Lets start with a quote. … Continue reading →

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 2

Posted on October 21, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today I would like to finish my comments on Chapter one “Painting the Titanic”. This chapter is about what to watch for with respect to ineffective management. As a founder at Newbridge I … Continue reading →

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 1

Posted on October 18, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

When I was out visiting my brother in Vancouver this past summer he gave me a copy of a book written by the current CTO of Tellus, Ibrahim Gedeon. I finished the book yesterday and thought that it might be … Continue reading →

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Looking for employment

Posted on October 16, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

My current contract was just ended, so it’s time to re-examine how to approach searching for a job. The process has changed significantly in some ways and remained the same in others. There are a number of opportunities on the … Continue reading →

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Data Acquisition hardware

Posted on September 13, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I know I have talked about this before but I recently rediscovered how incredibility cost effective current mobile device are as data acquisition devices. The world is scrambling to create an “Internet of connected things” with custom built hardware, but … Continue reading →

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A new way to work

Posted on August 27, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

It is not uncommon for technology workers to work off site from time to time. This is especially true when a quite environment is required to achieve an important deadline. I have been known to solve complex problems in a … Continue reading →

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Motivation…

Posted on August 23, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

It never ceases to amaze me how companies can make the same mistakes over and over again. I have participated in a number of start-ups that always start out with a focus on creating a new product. The environment is … Continue reading →

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An interesting conundrum

Posted on August 22, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

During my visit to British Columbia my brother spent some time describing the current state of affairs with respect to the local wireless wars. It seems that the competition has been less that honorable and the government is poised to … Continue reading →

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Find my iThing

Posted on July 10, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

The pressures of daily life tend to make some of us loose focus from time to time and as a result we forget where we parked the car, where we left the remote, where our sun glasses might be, and … Continue reading →

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