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More Isolation Through Specialization

As humans, we have a kind of duality that runs through us. We crave the presence of friends and family (well, some of the time at least) but we also want our independence. As the years have gone by (as

Posted in Observations, Trends

Pyramid of Needs

Most people have heard of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.  The idea is that you can only focus on those things which depend on the things below having already been satisfied.  In other words, if you are missing key needs from the

Posted in Observations

Telepresence

This is one of those fringe kind of things to think about. What is the ultimate goal of such things as Citrix Presentation Server? From the most simple aspect, it is about accessing computer resources remotely in the most transparent

Posted in Favourite, Trends

Symbiotic

It’s not completely true, but I wanted to convey an image to start this post. The image is that computers and people form a symbiotic relationship. More accurately, computers don’t benefit from the relationship and also they aren’t even alive.

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The Great Deception

Most of us at some time have taken the journey of buying a car.  Quite a few of us had the misfortune of either paying too much or buying a less than wonderful car.  It’s obvious that something is wrong after

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The Interview with Mark Templeton

Brian Madden has been busy lately during interviews with key Citrix employees. His latest interview is with CEO Mark Templeton. The podcast interview is located here at Brian Madden’s web site. Most of you have already heard of this interview

Posted in Citrix History, Interview

The Wheels of Progress

Doesn’t it seem like everyone is in such a rush? Obviously during the holidays everyone was keen to shop to buy presents for family and friends. It is a sanctioned shopping feeding frenzy. Every year, there is some new device

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Year End – Goodbye 2006

How did it get to be the end of 2006 so fast? I’m sure there is a relevant theory that says that your sense of time is directly related to your age. Given that no-one is getting younger, I’m sure

Posted in Observations

Files, Folders, and Folly

The concept of files has been around for quite some time. I just tried to find out how old the idea was but did not find a date. Instead, I found a very exciting entry at Wikipedia about file folders.

Posted in Citrix Ideas, Favourite

Brad Pedersen (Citrix Chief Architect) Interview with Brian Madden

There is someone else within Citrix that probably loves Citrix history as much as I do. His name is Brad Pedersen and he has the rare right to say that he has been there since the beginning of Citrix in

Posted in Citrix History, Interview
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