It is odd that yesterday I decided to follow up a prediction from last year on Best Buy and then today there is an article that Mr. Dunn is resigning as Best Buy’s CEO. Here is quote that Mr. Dunn provided: “I have enjoyed every one of my 28 years with this company, and I […]
Back in July of 2011 I posted about the sad story of Borders and how it went by the way side. At the end of the article I mentioned that Best Buy was on death row, making it way to the big chair. https://www.carlosrandolph.com/2011/07/124 I went to a Best Buy back around Christmas and it […]
Last night I finished reading the biography, of course it was on my iPad. It took me 4 day with a few longer sessions strung together. That’s how I read things when I’m really interested. I went in with the intention of just wanting to know a little bit more about a man that I’ve […]
It’s 7:00pm CST on Wednesday, October 5th and I just came down to catch up on some work. I pulled up Twitter and saw a posting asking people to post memories of of Apple and Steve Jobs. At first I thought it was something to share with Steve, something to give him some inspiration. Then […]
Today, as a friend of a food truck owner, I saw something that I didn’t realize was taking place. I saw someone from the South Branch Tavern Grille call the Chicago Police Department and complain about vending trucks parked on the street. He used a an old city ordinance that was enacted for safety purposes […]
Okay Starbucks, you pushed me over the edge yesterday. If I visit ten different Starbucks I’m lucky if one of them can make a Cappuccino. Nine out of ten end up serving a Latte when you order a Cappuccino. The idea that you have “baristas” is just a joke. A Latte, by definition, is an […]
Before reading this you should follow this link and read Nilofer Merchant’s thoughts on this. This post stems directly from it and it was one the more eye opening and inspirational things I’ve read in quite some time. http://t.co/hhEljg8 If I followed others, I would say that I’m a manager of IT systems, specializing in […]
Back around 1995 and through about 2001 I used to love Borders Books. The thing that made Borders unique to me was their broad selection of IT books. I mean there were literally like 6 aisles of books and it covered everything. If I needed a book, Borders was where to get it. The part […]
I’ve blown a few hours here trying to figure out how to bind some older 10.3 clients to my 10.6 server. The problem with manuals is that a 10.3 manual assumes you are going from 10.3 to 10.3. A 10.6 manual will do the same except it is for 10.6. Every manual and note talks […]
Earlier this year I looked at doing my taxes online but didn’t because I wasn’t keen on trusting Taxcut to hold and store my data up there in space. I believe we are moving toward more cloud and cloud like solutions but like the wild frontier it’s a brave new world. I’m very content on […]