After a four-month drum roll, Microsoft is releasing the first of its tablets – a new family of devices called “Surface”, and we’ve got one on order.

I keep telling you, it’s all about the information. If you want a competitive leg-up, you’d better find out what data is relevant to your organization, where to get it from, and how to display it in a timely and effective fashion.

I received an email the other day saying I could get 68% off luxury watches. Then a few seconds later I received another email saying I could get 88% off luxury watches, and both emails pointed me to the same web site! So for fun I went to the web site and it told me I could get luxury watches for 85% off.

Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away, Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer
 ─ From What is So Rare As a Day in June, by James Russell Lowell

What makes a good Information Technology professional? Is it simply good training, gritty determination, logical thinking, and the ability to put in long hours alone at the keyboard?