"Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future. " - Euripides Top Picks IT failures roundup: Airports; jail system; angry...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Aug 5, 2008 11:40 am
71
"The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. " - Anonymous Top Picks The problem is information insecurity "We're not...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Aug 10, 2008 3:41 pm
72
"It is not hard to learn more. What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong. " - Martin H. Fischer Top Picks Before the Gunfire, Cyberattacks ...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Aug 17, 2008 3:01 pm
73
"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Aug 24, 2008 2:30 pm
74
"I think, therefore I am (Cogito, ergo sum.) " - Descartes Top Picks Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid's Limits "Expansive dreams about renewable energy, like...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Aug 31, 2008 11:51 am
75
Note: Due to a scheduling issue I will not be attending the itSMF show. I hope everyone has a great time! "An organization's ability to learn, and translate...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Sep 7, 2008 10:56 am
76
"The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. " -...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Sep 14, 2008 5:34 pm
77
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler Top Picks ...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Sep 21, 2008 12:28 pm
78
"Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Sep 28, 2008 1:29 pm
79
"It is better to be predictable and mediocre - than occasionally outstanding. " - Kurt Milne Top Picks Rising Arctic methane threatens efforts to reverse...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Oct 5, 2008 12:06 pm
80
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb Top Picks The Next Meltdown: Credit-Card Debt "The troubles sound familiar. Borrowers falling behind on...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Oct 12, 2008 12:33 pm
81
" It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. " - Albert Einstein Top Picks Greener Data Centers is a global Priority "Now this is...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Oct 26, 2008 12:29 pm
82
"Nothing could be worse than the fear that one has given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort which might have saved the world." - Jane Adams Top Picks...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Nov 2, 2008 12:18 pm
83
I was asked how I select the articles for the newsletter the other day. The answer is actually quite simple - I read a ton of material every week and when I...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Nov 9, 2008 3:02 pm
84
"We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities." - Bill Maher Top Picks Dr. Michel Kabay Reviews Visible Ops Security He does a...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Nov 16, 2008 3:13 pm
85
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not;...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Nov 23, 2008 11:47 am
86
"I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Nov 30, 2008 2:15 pm
87
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Dec 7, 2008 12:33 pm
88
"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Dec 14, 2008 1:50 pm
89
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Dec 21, 2008 9:36 am
90
Happy Holidays to you and your families!!! "Give me a fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Dec 28, 2008 12:32 pm
91
Happy New Year!! "To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Jan 4, 2009 3:03 pm
92
"A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't." - Jack Dempsey "Never Quit. "Don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Jan 11, 2009 2:47 pm
93
The News has a new section! Kurt Milne will be contributing articles/research he has read and his thoughts. Be sure to check out "Kurt's Corner". "Don't be...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Jan 19, 2009 12:54 am
94
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other" - Walter Elliot "Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Jan 25, 2009 3:37 pm
95
"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Feb 1, 2009 1:15 pm
96
"Quality is everyone's responsibility. " - W. Edwards Deming "It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best." - W. Edwards...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Feb 8, 2009 1:51 pm
97
"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. " - Lloyd Alexander Top Picks Kevin...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Feb 22, 2009 3:01 pm
98
"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think " - Socartes Top Picks Calabrese's Razor Hal Pomeranz, of Deer Run Associates, has a very thought...
George Spafford
george.spafford@...
Mar 1, 2009 1:16 pm
99
"It is not hard to learn more. What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong." - Martin Fischer Top Picks New Green IT Book: Greening the Data...