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November 2006

Good Complexity, Bad Complexity

by Pete Abilla on November 30, 2006

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Yahoo’s Peanut Butter Manifesto reminded me of Systems Thinking. In Systems Thinking, there is a distinction between good complexity and bad complexity. Below are the following rules: End-to-End, systems is an organic ecosystem, with inter-dependent parts. From a business perspective, eliminate complexity that [...]

Learning from the Dot Com Meltdown

by Pete Abilla on November 28, 2006

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn The Business Plan Archive is rich with history of what didn’t work during the Dot Com Bust. There, you’ll find interesting facts, business plans, and technologies that were just plain lame, very good but marketed poorly, or just too early for its time. [...]

Only in Utah

by Pete Abilla on November 27, 2006

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Only in Utah, or the Bible Belt, or other religious states – but, I have to admit, this one is pretty darn, hecka, and flippin’ funny. Unrelated, but interesting, is this nice, ajaxy, draggable presentation of all the completed acquisitions by Google, acquisitions [...]

Little’s Law for Product Development

by Pete Abilla on November 27, 2006

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn A queueing system is a model with the following structure: customers arrive and join a queue to wait for service given by n servers. After receiving service, the customer exits the system. A fundamental result of queueing theory is little’s law. Theorem: for [...]

On Buying a 2007 Suburban

by Pete Abilla on November 25, 2006

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn After several weeks of research and having to decide between a GMC Yukon XL or a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban, I decided to go with the 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. We recently bought a new suburban — 2007, Gray Metallic Color, 4WD, and it’s really [...]