Irei, genchi genbutsu, muda, and other secrets to Toyota's business success
From 0 to 60 to World Domination is a lengthy article discussing how Toyotas success is the result of its unorthodox philosophies about engineering and business. Some excerpts below.
Irei projects are one that will be accomplished no matter what it takes
Within Toyota, there is a rare and secretive designation for certain development projects known as irei, which is roughly translated as not ordinary or exceptional and refers to vehicles that the company will spend any amount on and go to almost any lengths to engineer, market and perfe
Maserati GranTurismo
Please Stand Back from the Doors
I once read that the first-gen announcements were done by an RTHK DJ.
Very intuitive -- not.
How to remove old / incorrect email address suggestions from MS Outlook.
Edit: The MS Knowledge Base went away. Sheesh. Here's the alternate solution.
Edit: The MS Knowledge Base went away. Sheesh. Here's the alternate solution.
Attention United Airlines Passengers
Our family will be impacting your travel experience on the following flights. Please contact your travel professional for a seat reassignment very far away.
Or we'll make it up to you with drink vouchers.
March 8 UA831 SFO-TPE
March 14 UA882 TPE-NRT
April 17 UA852 NRT-SFO
I'm from Oaktown,
Or we'll make it up to you with drink vouchers.
March 8 UA831 SFO-TPE
March 14 UA882 TPE-NRT
April 17 UA852 NRT-SFO
I'm from Oaktown,
YouTube Visits Up 14% Since Viacom Takedown Order; Surpasses Television Network Sites
YouTube's traffic has not suffered since Viacom demanded that it remove 100,000 video clips on February 2, 2007. The market share of US visits to YouTube increased by 13.9% in the two week period between the weeks ending 2/3/07 and...
The future?
Jeff Orkin, a game-developer-now-in-academics is doing some cool stuff and is looking for help with The Restaurant Game. To see how you can contribute, go to Jeff and Andrews' posts (1. 2. , 3. ). The sound-bite:...(I)t will algorithmically combine...
ON BIG, GREEN PRIVATE EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
MISSING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES The mainstream media, when focusing on business/Wall Street stories, is simply too fixated on the next biggest, record-breaking transaction by private equity firms. Both the print and broadcast business media seem to be caught up in the private equity record frenzy. Even the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times aren't immune from this predilection. Case in point? Here's how the WSJ and the NYT headline the $45 billion plus buyout of Texas Utilities (TXU) by KKR and Texas Pacific group, two of the largest private equity firms, on their web sites. First...
ON GETTING READY FOR 2007 OSCARS
AND THE SHOW GOES ON Well, it's almost time for the 79th Academy Awards Oscars show tonight on ABC at 8pm EST. Jon Stewart turns over hosting duties to Ellen Degeneres. Here's a sketch by Craig Ferguson of the Late Late Show on CBS, that gives a quick summary of what to expect tonight, including a snapshot of some of the contenders: As usual, I find myself not having seen almost any of the films in any category. Enjoy the Oscars tonight, runway show and all....
ON MICROSOFT AND APPLE vs. VMWARE AND PARALLELS
DOG-FIGHT This New York Times article by Steve Lohr (via Techmeme) on VMWare and Microsoft today is a must-read for anyone with an interest in where the software business is going over the next five to ten years. Although it discusses a fairly geeky topic, it's an important element in understanding the software industry going forward for more casual observers of the software industry. Even though the article focuses more on the user of virtualization on the enterprise side, there are hugely important stakes for the mainstream consumer user in the long-term. Here's the crux of the matter (items in...
ON WII GOING MAINSTREAM (PART II)
THE NEW CHAMPION Update: GameDaily Biz has a post (via Techmeme) on a Merrill Lynch report projecting that 30% of U.S. Households will have a Wii by 2011, a more concrete example of the Wii going mainstream. I love this picture via the Chicago Tribune, which has this heart-warming story titled Wii bowling knocks over retirement home. As this Gizmodo story commenting on the story puts it: I remember people laughing at Nintendo's blue ocean strategy, where they said they were going to go after the untapped sections of the game market like the elderly. Well if the Sedgebrook Retirement...
Future of Web Apps Conference Was Excellent
Ive just returned from the Future of Web Apps Conference in London, put on by Ryan Carson. I didnt attend the conference in London last year, but this years version was well worth the trip over the Atlantic. There were two major product announcements (Digg and Netvibes), as well as a set of really excellent [...]
My First Mac Problem
I switched to Mac a year ago and havent looked back. Ive never had a problem that wasnt easily solved, and they are in general a pleasure to use. I certainly cant say that for the PC in my living room, which I have to constantly tinker with to keep it working properly.
Today I bought [...]
Today I bought [...]
MP3 of Founders Panel Plus Threadless Video
This is the MP3 version (52,715K) of the CommunityNext founders panel in case you want to listen, as opposed to watch, it. Also, youll probably find this presentation by Threadless to be quite interesting. This Chicago-based online retailer solicits t-shirt...
Panel of Web Community Founders: Utter Defiance of the "Venture Capital" Model
At the CommunityNext conference I moderated this panel with the founders of six very successful web properties: Akash Garg of hi5 Sean Suhl of Suicide Girls Max Levchin of Slide James Hong of HotorNot Markus Frind of PlentyofFish Drew Curtis...
EntrepreneurshipWeek USA at Stanford
The Kauffman Foundation is launching EntrepreneurshipWeek USA from February 23rd to March 3rd. The theme is Whats Your Big Idea? Take it On! There will be educational programs around the country. Stanford is embracing this program in a big way...
Wish I had Google Scholar as a grad student
From time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use Google from his perspective as a technologist who cannot see?tips that sighted people, among others, may also find useful. - Ed.
Conducting research from the comfort of one's office or home is a wonderful convenience, but it's especially rewarding when you need to go the extra mile in accessing research publications.
When I was a graduate student at Cornell, I needed to go to the library with a reader (yes, an actual live human, not a computer:-)), find the relevant publications, and then arr
International Game Technology (IGT) on Wallstrip
We have almost all the vices covered now on Wallstrip . Cigarettes , Guns , Booze and TransFat . Finally a little gambling.
When we get to porn our work will have a nice rounded feel .
International Game technology is one of Wall Streets greatest stocksEVER!. Here is the lifetime [...]
When we get to porn our work will have a nice rounded feel .
International Game technology is one of Wall Streets greatest stocksEVER!. Here is the lifetime [...]
Profit from Spanktravision and Strip ClubsFinally
What can I sayIt is on my mind the last 24 hours after watching David Spade alone in his hotel room in Tommy Boy.
Porn as an investment is GOLD.
The Nasdaq has two illicit investment plays that I am going to be adding to my portfolio - Lodgenet (LNET) and Rickss Cabaret (RICK). While [...]
Porn as an investment is GOLD.
The Nasdaq has two illicit investment plays that I am going to be adding to my portfolio - Lodgenet (LNET) and Rickss Cabaret (RICK). While [...]
Tommy Boy - I miss Chris Farley
Man was Chris Farley a funny dude.
I was watching Tommy Boy on HBO last night. What a classic. So much sarcasm between Farley and Spade. A simple but perfect comedy.
My fave line - I can HEAR you getting fatter. Laughed out loud by myself once again at that one.
I was watching Tommy Boy on HBO last night. What a classic. So much sarcasm between Farley and Spade. A simple but perfect comedy.
My fave line - I can HEAR you getting fatter. Laughed out loud by myself once again at that one.
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