http://www.thoughtspad.com Just another brick in the Open Source Wall... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:12:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I decided to move my blog to my own domain, and now using wordpress. I really liked the experience with blogger, but I decided that it was time to start having more control over my blog. This is going to be conducted as a test for some time, and then, ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2009/01/moving-the-blog/ "The true definition or true defining situation for a person is what they do when they are alone and don't have to do anything else" - Dell's CEO Kevin Rollins Isn't it right? Have you ever noticed what do you do whenever you find yourself idle? Start thinking of it. This book ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2009/01/the-mormon-way-of-doing-business/ Last post I wondered a little bit about how could a company give enough freedom to their employees so they can create their creative environment and do a better job. After posting, I began pondering some starting points, or directives, which could help a company walk in that direction.First, I ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2008/11/perhaps-a-starting-point/ I went through the first morning of the event, and it was very inspiring. The speakers quality is very ok, and the event very well organized, but the catering service... Ok, we're surviving that and in the end, we came here for brain not stomach food.John Cleese mainly talked about ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2008/11/first-thoughts-about-the-event/ After a fews months in a rush, I finally started to settle down and had the time to return to my blog. Soon, there will be some changes arround here, and I'm also moving to another domain which I'll be announcing pretty soon.The news is that I'm writing from the ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2008/11/creativity-world-forum-cwf-2008/ This book features some in depth study of real world industry changes, and how they happened, explained from a point of view that most of us have never thought before. I found it very usefull in several subjects of study. Seemingly "Crossing the ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2008/05/seeing-whats-next/ This book was in my wishlist for almost a year before I had the opportunity to acquire and read it. As I couldn't find it here in Brazil I had to wait for an opportunity to acquire it abroad or buy it from a foreign website. ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2008/04/breakthrough-stories-and-strategies-of-radical-innovation/ Although it might not look like a must read book in a social network focused world, it was an interesting read for because of it's deep relation with my undergraduation monography and the effort I've put studying that matter.Some may think that today, P2P is old fashioned while they relate ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2008/03/p2p-how-peer-to-peer-technology-is-revolutionizing-the-way-we-do-business/ A few weeks ago I have read the book "The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time" (Portuguese version) and later I decided to share my thoughts about that reading experience. ... http://www.thoughtspad.com/2008/03/the-google-story-inside-the-hottest-business-media-and-technology-success-of-our-time-book-review/ Look mon! Umit has featured "The Bourne Ultimatum" movie!Movie Directors are going to love UmitMapper and the NetworkInventory for their high-tech movies when we get it integrated into Umit. And we're going to love to see them using it. Lol ;-) http://www.thoughtspad.com/2007/12/umit-at-the-bourne-ultimatum/