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The Monk and the Riddle
Sunday, July 06, 2008 11:16 PM

Speaking of the " Latitude Library ", I just finished reading an interesting book recently added to our inventory, "The Monk and the Riddle" . Written by Randy Komisar , self-described virtual-CEO and technology entrepeneur, the book is quick to reveal the roots of its unusual title (no clues here though!), but slow to reach its point: its... Read More...

by Darin | with no comments

Filed under: General, Business, Ideas, Clients, Around the office

Books: A Top Performing Investment
Friday, June 13, 2008 12:03 PM

I just read Peopleware for the first time last night. It's a classic I should've read years ago. People are generally pleased with a 15% return on an investment. For me, business and technology books provide a return on investment that is often orders of magnitude greater. In fact, at Latitude, we have a bottomless book budget because we’ve learned the... Read More...

by Steven | with no comments

Filed under: Business, Ideas

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:56 PM

I've always been fascinated by the Hollywood game "the six degrees of Kevin Bacon" . Its a pop-culture version of the well known "six degrees of separation" idea - we're all seperated from anyone on the planet by, at most, six people. Except, in the "Kevin Bacon" version, you interconnect Hollywood stars via Kevin Bacon.... Read More...

by Darin | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Events, Business, Ideas, Around the office

New Webinars Scheduled
Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:42 PM

We put together a number of webinars for the launch of Geocortex IMF 5.2 a little while ago, and got some great feedback from clients. So, we've added a few more and hope to offer them on a recurring basis. Topics vary from new products to new releases to technology we feel clients and prospective customers should keep their eyes on. Check out our Learning... Read More...

by Darin | with no comments

Filed under: General, Business, Ideas, Products, Geocortex, Clients

Visitors from Above
Friday, August 10, 2007 2:12 PM

People googling other people to learn more about them has become part of modern life. A few months ago I was debating the best way to ship something to a company, so I brought up their location on Google Maps. On a whim, I switched to imagery and saw "head office" was a rural farm (incongruous). It is common knowledge that lots of businesses (particularly... Read More...

by Steven | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Google, Business, Ideas