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The dirty secret of corporate IT is that its primary mission is to serve yesterday’s technology needs, even if that means strangling tomorrow’s technology solutions. The myth of corporate IT is that it alone possesses the wisdom to decide which technologies will allow the workers on the front line to work better, faster and smarter — albeit with the occasional lackluster requirements-gathering process, if you’re lucky. The High Priests of IT — And the Heretics - Now, New, Next - HarvardBusiness.org
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Using progammer’s tools to do other stuff is like using chef’s knives to cook—it’s dangerous, you can really hurt yourself, but they *really* work.

Cory Doctorow, on a podcast describing his Flashbake system for managing his written work.

This just blew my mind a little bit.

Thursday, February 12, 2009
First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure. Mark Twain