Comments for TC's blog http://b.tc.dk Photography, software, gear, geekery... Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Yahoo stock to RSS converter by TC http://b.tc.dk/2005/01/yahoo-stock-to-rss-converter/comment-page-1/#comment-1591 TC Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:46:58 +0000 #comment-1591 Len, it doesn't do anything any more. It's not longer running. Use google finance.. Len, it doesn’t do anything any more. It’s not longer running. Use google finance..

]]> Comment on Yahoo stock to RSS converter by Len http://b.tc.dk/2005/01/yahoo-stock-to-rss-converter/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 Len Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:26:29 +0000 #comment-1590 Can the sript get stock option quotes also? Can the sript get stock option quotes also?

]]> Comment on Native boot by Søren http://b.tc.dk/2011/06/native-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 Søren Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:52:08 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=435#comment-1586 How can you live with a machine that takes 170 seconds to boot? :S I can't time how fast my mac boots right now, because it is in the middle of uploading some data, but I quess it takes around 30 seconds. From sleep(with I ofcourse always use) around 2 seconds. It is rather slow in virtualbox aswell, just did a test on this machine: Boot windows 7 to login: 21 seconds Boot Debian(With X) to login: 19 seconds How can you live with a machine that takes 170 seconds to boot? :S
I can’t time how fast my mac boots right now, because it is in the middle of uploading some data, but I quess it takes around 30 seconds. From sleep(with I ofcourse always use) around 2 seconds.

It is rather slow in virtualbox aswell, just did a test on this machine:
Boot windows 7 to login: 21 seconds
Boot Debian(With X) to login: 19 seconds

]]> Comment on CrashPlan local and online backup by Tweets that mention TC's blog » CrashPlan local and online backup -- Topsy.com http://b.tc.dk/2011/02/crashplan-local-and-online-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Tweets that mention TC's blog » CrashPlan local and online backup -- Topsy.com Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:14:39 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=413#comment-1570 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by bakupz, Thomas Christensen. Thomas Christensen said: http://b.tc.dk/2011/02/crashplan-local-and-online-backup/ - lidt om @CrashPlan [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by bakupz, Thomas Christensen. Thomas Christensen said: http://b.tc.dk/2011/02/crashplan-local-and-online-backup/ – lidt om @CrashPlan [...]

]]> Comment on Stop saying that: Everybody is a sales guy by Kasper Retvig http://b.tc.dk/2010/10/everybody-is-a-sales-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Kasper Retvig Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:16:13 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=384#comment-1098 I totally agree with your analysis TC and I believe that everybody that says "everybody is a sales guy" has no idea what it means to be in sales. On top of that they are abusing their other (non sales) staff by asking them to be something that they are not, have no interest in being and never will be. I don't think anybody has ever said "everybody is a developer" even it is not really more stupid than the other statement. And being in sales I can guarantee you that it would be stupid to ask me to be a developer. In my opinion the only thing you can ask of your non-sales staff is to listen for possible sales opportunities with your existing customers and maybe with companies that are not yet customers and then communicate this to a sales person that can explorer the opportunity. The developer then can go back to what he is good at and actually want to do - develop great product that the customer wants/needs. And another thing; the statement "we need to focus on closing" is also BS. People think that selling is closing. It is not. Selling is opening. Starting the conversation with the potential customer right (your business case idea is crucial) and qualifying the opportunity. If you open right the rest is following the right process and closing is a natural progressing of that process. The idea that you can open an opportunity poorly and then later go out and close it is nonsense - it will not work! I totally agree with your analysis TC and I believe that everybody that says “everybody is a sales guy” has no idea what it means to be in sales. On top of that they are abusing their other (non sales) staff by asking them to be something that they are not, have no interest in being and never will be.
I don’t think anybody has ever said “everybody is a developer” even it is not really more stupid than the other statement. And being in sales I can guarantee you that it would be stupid to ask me to be a developer.
In my opinion the only thing you can ask of your non-sales staff is to listen for possible sales opportunities with your existing customers and maybe with companies that are not yet customers and then communicate this to a sales person that can explorer the opportunity. The developer then can go back to what he is good at and actually want to do – develop great product that the customer wants/needs.
And another thing; the statement “we need to focus on closing” is also BS. People think that selling is closing. It is not. Selling is opening. Starting the conversation with the potential customer right (your business case idea is crucial) and qualifying the opportunity. If you open right the rest is following the right process and closing is a natural progressing of that process.
The idea that you can open an opportunity poorly and then later go out and close it is nonsense – it will not work!

]]> Comment on Stop saying that: Everybody is a sales guy by Jesper Vingborg Andersen http://b.tc.dk/2010/10/everybody-is-a-sales-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Jesper Vingborg Andersen Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:26:52 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=384#comment-1095 Boy, you are hitting the nail hard. I can only agree on your overall analysis, especially with regards to the situation when the "we are all sales guys" card is played: a woeful pile of manure! Another aspect of the same problem is, that this card is only played by managers that lacks a deep understanding of how the product is actually made. Not technical understanding, mind you, but an intuitive recognition that different actors play different roles in the overall process: All developers/salespeople/consultants are not equal. By the way, have you ever heard management bang its fist hard down in the table and demand, that we ALL become better engineers? Boy, you are hitting the nail hard. I can only agree on your overall analysis, especially with regards to the situation when the “we are all sales guys” card is played: a woeful pile of manure!

Another aspect of the same problem is, that this card is only played by managers that lacks a deep understanding of how the product is actually made. Not technical understanding, mind you, but an intuitive recognition that different actors play different roles in the overall process: All developers/salespeople/consultants are not equal.

By the way, have you ever heard management bang its fist hard down in the table and demand, that we ALL become better engineers?

]]> Comment on Flattr by Caden Alexander http://b.tc.dk/2010/05/flattr/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Caden Alexander Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:35:33 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=36#comment-813 internet money is quite easy if you own high traffic websites~,. internet money is quite easy if you own high traffic websites~,.

]]> Comment on I’m not a non-believer by Jakob H. Heidelberg http://b.tc.dk/2010/06/im-not-a-non-believer/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Jakob H. Heidelberg Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:35:16 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=335#comment-393 Atheist or not - it's just a word, but James Randi will show up in Planetariet this evening - if you hurry you might be able to catch him! http://www.artisten.dk/sw41805.asp Best regards /Jakob Atheist or not – it’s just a word, but James Randi will show up in Planetariet this evening – if you hurry you might be able to catch him!

http://www.artisten.dk/sw41805.asp

Best regards
/Jakob

]]> Comment on Flattr by Anphicle http://b.tc.dk/2010/05/flattr/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Anphicle Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:09:30 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=36#comment-389 Agreed on the critical mass thing. They also need to open Flattr up to non-tech heads - I wrote about how it could be used as a content discovery service to <a href="http://anphicle.org/2010/06/16/flattr-review-guide/" rel="nofollow">here</a> but yeah it needs users. Good thoughts. Agreed on the critical mass thing. They also need to open Flattr up to non-tech heads – I wrote about how it could be used as a content discovery service to here but yeah it needs users.

Good thoughts.

]]> Comment on I’m not a non-believer by TC http://b.tc.dk/2010/06/im-not-a-non-believer/comment-page-1/#comment-383 TC Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:29:20 +0000 http://b.tc.dk/?p=335#comment-383 Kristine; I think one of the reasons religion is so often blamed for the evils of this world, is that it's all to often used as an excuse for evil. But that's just what it is. An excuse. It's not even a halfway good one. Any excuse, that allow people to displace responsibility for their actions, is very suspect, and should be taken with a huge grain of salt. As Jesper says, delegating responsibility to an external authority, just isn't a serious option. Jesper; I enjoyed reading that. Interesting angle. Thanks. Kristine; I think one of the reasons religion is so often blamed for the evils of this world, is that it’s all to often used as an excuse for evil. But that’s just what it is. An excuse. It’s not even a halfway good one. Any excuse, that allow people to displace responsibility for their actions, is very suspect, and should be taken with a huge grain of salt. As Jesper says, delegating responsibility to an external authority, just isn’t a serious option.

Jesper; I enjoyed reading that. Interesting angle. Thanks.

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