Comments for Outside Looking In http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com A (Detached) Insider's Perspective On What It All Means Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:59:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Agile Resources by PM Hut http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/agile-resources/#comment-20 PM Hut Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:59:34 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?page_id=81#comment-20 Thanks for the list. I have published quite a few Agile articles that can be found <a href='http://www.pmhut.com/category/agile-project-management' rel="nofollow">here</a>, hope you'll have the chance and check the articles on PM Hut. Thanks for the list.

I have published quite a few Agile articles that can be found here, hope you’ll have the chance and check the articles on PM Hut.

]]> Comment on Picking Up the Pieces by Sunil http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/picking-up-the-pieces/#comment-19 Sunil Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:10:41 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-19 Joe, it’s really a great post. I think, tech writing is moving away from the traditional way of content generation. Breaking down the information and making it searchable units is the key here. I have never gone through the user manual of a gadget that I bought unless it is an absolute necessary. I think, information in need is indeed a boon, irrespective of the format in which it’s delivered. Even a text format will do. Anything that comes free is of less quality is a wrong notion. Many of the open source products are stable and provide great support to companies. Similar to the doc tools that you mentioned, the testing tools, such as Selenium, JMeter, Emma, and so on can help companies to save a lot of money in this tough time. I think it’s more of a mindset that makes people to doubt the quality of open source tools. Kudos to the great job you did. Thanks for sharing it with us. Joe, it’s really a great post. I think, tech writing is moving away from the traditional way of content generation. Breaking down the information and making it searchable units is the key here. I have never gone through the user manual of a gadget that I bought unless it is an absolute necessary. I think, information in need is indeed a boon, irrespective of the format in which it’s delivered. Even a text format will do. Anything that comes free is of less quality is a wrong notion. Many of the open source products are stable and provide great support to companies. Similar to the doc tools that you mentioned, the testing tools, such as Selenium, JMeter, Emma, and so on can help companies to save a lot of money in this tough time. I think it’s more of a mindset that makes people to doubt the quality of open source tools.

Kudos to the great job you did. Thanks for sharing it with us.

]]> Comment on Picking Up the Pieces by John Domenichini http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/picking-up-the-pieces/#comment-18 John Domenichini Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:23:39 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-18 Joe: I really enjoyed this blog entry. This is relevant stuff. John D. Joe:

I really enjoyed this blog entry. This is relevant stuff.

John D.

]]> Comment on Bottom Line by Picking Up the Pieces « Outside Looking In http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/bottom-line/#comment-17 Picking Up the Pieces « Outside Looking In Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:18:15 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-17 [...] where I spoken to the engineering manager about the use of open source authoring tools (see my post Bottom Line). The discussion eventualloy evolved into my proposal to use open source software as a [...] [...] where I spoken to the engineering manager about the use of open source authoring tools (see my post Bottom Line). The discussion eventualloy evolved into my proposal to use open source software as a [...]

]]> Comment on Parting Ways (Redux) by joeaseo http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/parting-ways-redux/#comment-16 joeaseo Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:02:10 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-16 Interesting tidbits about the future of Sun Microsystems in a post-Oracle world that is grounded in (of all things) the continuation of the Ultra-SPARC: http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218500826 Interesting tidbits about the future of Sun Microsystems in a post-Oracle world that is grounded in (of all things) the continuation of the Ultra-SPARC:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218500826

]]> Comment on Parting Ways (Redux) by joeaseo http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/parting-ways-redux/#comment-15 joeaseo Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:01:32 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-15 It took Sun Microsystems 27 years to become one of the world's most innovative IT companies. It took exactly three minutes on July 16 to obtain approval from stockholders for the company to property of longtime business partner Oracle: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-Shareholders-Vote-to-Accept-Oracle-Acquisition-469437/ End of story...and time to close the book It took Sun Microsystems 27 years to become one of the world’s most innovative IT companies. It took exactly three minutes on July 16 to obtain approval from stockholders for the company to property of longtime business partner Oracle:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-Shareholders-Vote-to-Accept-Oracle-Acquisition-469437/

End of story…and time to close the book

]]> Comment on Parting Ways (Redux) by joeaseo http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/parting-ways-redux/#comment-14 joeaseo Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:55:20 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-14 Sun's fiscal results for its last quarter as an independent company ended up being (much) worse than analyst's estimates: http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12834016 Still, Oracle still estimates that the acquisition will add 15 cents/share to its earnings within the first year (probably through layoffs of perhaps 10,000-15,000 Sun employees) Sun’s fiscal results for its last quarter as an independent company ended up being (much) worse than analyst’s estimates:

http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12834016

Still, Oracle still estimates that the acquisition will add 15 cents/share to its earnings within the first year (probably through layoffs of perhaps 10,000-15,000 Sun employees)

]]> Comment on Parting Ways by Parting Ways (Redux) « Outside Looking In http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/parting-ways/#comment-13 Parting Ways (Redux) « Outside Looking In Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:08:24 +0000 #comment-13 [...] July 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment With rumors  of the Rock project (intended to be the next generation SPARC microprocessor) being cancelled two years after Jonathan Schwartz’s announcement on his blog,  Sun Microsystems may have finally conceded its independence as a systems vendor before its impending acquisition by  Oracle (see Parting Ways). [...] [...] July 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment With rumors  of the Rock project (intended to be the next generation SPARC microprocessor) being cancelled two years after Jonathan Schwartz’s announcement on his blog,  Sun Microsystems may have finally conceded its independence as a systems vendor before its impending acquisition by  Oracle (see Parting Ways). [...]

]]> Comment on Bottom Line by Light at the End of the Tunnel (Part 2) « Moving On http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/bottom-line/#comment-12 Light at the End of the Tunnel (Part 2) « Moving On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:45:27 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-12 [...] June 2, 2009 at 5:45 pm · Filed under Uncategorized I got a call for a job interview. Simple as that (well not counting the months spent revising my resume, updating my professional profile and LinkedIn profile, and applying for every job that came my way). A good friend of mine had a sister who worked at a startup that was looking for a writer, and I passed on my resume. With her recommendation, the sister forwarded it to the engineering manager and we had an excellent conversation about, of all things, open source documentation tools (see my post Bottom Line). [...] [...] June 2, 2009 at 5:45 pm · Filed under Uncategorized I got a call for a job interview. Simple as that (well not counting the months spent revising my resume, updating my professional profile and LinkedIn profile, and applying for every job that came my way). A good friend of mine had a sister who worked at a startup that was looking for a writer, and I passed on my resume. With her recommendation, the sister forwarded it to the engineering manager and we had an excellent conversation about, of all things, open source documentation tools (see my post Bottom Line). [...]

]]> Comment on It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It (Part 2) by Bottom Line « Outside Looking In http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/its-not-what-you-say-but-how-you-say-it-part-2/#comment-11 Bottom Line « Outside Looking In Wed, 13 May 2009 23:55:13 +0000 http://jaseolookingin.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/its-not-what-you-say-but-how-you-say-it-part-2/#comment-11 [...] May 13, 2009 · No Comments I had a recent conversation with a engineering manager at a small startup company who was interested in finding ways to update the existing company  documentation, as well as create documentation for a new product release. What piqued my interest was that the conversation led to a discussion of authoring tools and their ability to handle current output formats (such as HTML and PDF) as well as upcoming Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs and wikis for collaborative documentation (see my previous post). [...] [...] May 13, 2009 · No Comments I had a recent conversation with a engineering manager at a small startup company who was interested in finding ways to update the existing company  documentation, as well as create documentation for a new product release. What piqued my interest was that the conversation led to a discussion of authoring tools and their ability to handle current output formats (such as HTML and PDF) as well as upcoming Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs and wikis for collaborative documentation (see my previous post). [...]

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