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How low will interest rates go? Who knows?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 22, 2009
...asis looking to see just how low mortgage interest rates can go. Problem is, this habit can lead to inertia. Homeowners who can already qualify for perfectly low mortgage interest rates are waiting fo...
Trends That Could Challenge Google
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 26, 2008
...e one big problem with search - scaling to the size of the web.
The more fundamental aspect is the inertia to change. Even if there are engines that provide distinctly better search than Google, perh...
Who should run software companies?
in The CIO Weblog, on June 25, 2008
... Bill has been considerably removed from the operational side of the business for some time now and inertia is such that there isn't likely to be any sharp changes in the business any time soon af...
Millenials again
in The CIO Weblog, on June 23, 2008
...ity Larry does not much examine. And possibly the enterprise will avoid this through sheer bulk and inertia. But those factors are already have a real effect in small and medium businesses, and it see...
Vista to sink or swim?
in The CIO Weblog, on June 17, 2008
... continue to allow Microsoft to dictate the terms of use of their own computer systems, there is an inertia to the system which is not going to be swayed by a single mis-step in the process, or even r...
Need a pep talk?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 11, 2008
...s are able to break out of their existing patterns of operation to seize on it.
There is a sort of inertia in any major endeavour which I think applies here, in that few people want to risk rocking t...
OpenID gets backing from major tech firms
in The Search Engine Weblog, on February 13, 2008
...nning with OpenID.
A common presence framework for the user across the whole internet does reduce inertia to try out new services and in the long term should play out well for the industry....
MySQL gets a boost from Sun acquisition
in The CIO Weblog, on January 16, 2008
... the Comparison in Large Enterprise Environments." Those reasons basically boil down to "inertia" but inertia is not a factor to be judged lightly in the enterprise.
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How to overcome change management issues in supply chain projects? (1)
in Supplychainer, on January 11, 2008
...the expectation of the outcome and the progress path is not determined considering the level of the inertia in the organization and that's why when the projects start, people notice that there is ...
Intuition and Utility
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2008
...ances in intuitive software design seem obvious.
There are two factors at work here. One is simply inertia; we are used to complicated systems, and we tend not to adopt simpler ones because they are ...
Does Vista signal the end of the PC?
in The CIO Weblog, on January 3, 2008
...e done in Vista instead.
What breaks that cycle, finally? Or do you have some solid reasons beyond inertia for avoiding thin-client or lightweight OS-based systems?...
Could bootstrapping, VC funding be headed for merger?
in BootStrapMe, on November 20, 2007
...unching a new startup.
Here are my comments with a response from Sim .
But whether by design or inertia, a merger of bootstrap and VC funding techniques may be inevitable for a certain segment of ...
Random Ballmerisms
in The CIO Weblog, on October 15, 2007
...nk about some real market-oriented strategy instead of simply trusting to brute marketing force and inertia. This is in stark contrast to some of my other recent appreciations of the company, s...
The Ultimate Demise of the CIO
in The CIO Weblog, on October 2, 2007
So odds are if you read this blog you are either a CIO or you aspire to become one, and in either case, the recent series of articles over at Information Week by bob evans , titled and themed "Are CIOs Disappearing?" should be of considerable interest to you.
Starting off with...
Bridge over Servica Oriented Architecture Waters
in The CIO Weblog, on September 13, 2007
I just noticed that this blog didn't have an SOA category-serious problem in today's enterprise IT environment. So I added one and will be christening it with this post (also changed "ASP" to "SaaS" based on feedback... gotta stay trendy, I suppose).
This rece...
More reaction on the Google/Capgemini deal
in The CIO Weblog, on September 12, 2007
... well be right (see other posts, this column, regarding the tendency of enterprise CIOs to cling to inertia).
Dennis Howlett seems more concerned about how CapGem can make the deal pay for themselve...
Linux consideration down
in The CIO Weblog, on September 10, 2007
...se that the factors that militated against taking that step back and looking at options were simple inertia and comfort. A lot of CIOs are too busy to take that look ahead; others are frankly frighten...
Fatal Inertia hat den Goldstatus erreicht
in Daily Gamer, on September 2, 2007
... Fatal Inertia , ein eher unbekanntes Meisterwerk des Renn-genre für die Xbox 360 , hat laut Publisher Koei nun endlich den Gold-Status erreicht und ist unterwegs zum Presswerk. Das ist auch gut s...
L7 Is OK
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 6, 2007
...re head, kind of, well, soft.
Nancy Lopez Golf claims it's for women who want a high Moment of Inertia but with "a traditional shape".
The fact is, it's not a traditional shape at ...
BMW's '08 M5 Borrows From The Z8 Past
in carzz.org, on May 8, 2007
Peruse that thick multimedia jungle known as YouTube and chances are you'll find an old Top Gear episode where the outspoken Jeremy Clarkson compared driving a BMW Z8 roadster to driving a truck (except he called it a lorry - in true Brit English). In the same episode he drove a Scani...
Ugly Duckings
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 17, 2007
...that wonderful acronym that translates into better mis-hits and more distance.
The "Moment of Inertia" was wide open to club makers until the USGA established a maximum clubhead size of 460...
Custom Club Fitting: The New Science
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 23, 2007
...nce of the game.
Many amateurs are familiar with launch angles, optimum ball spin rate, moments of inertia. Even I understand that stuff and I failed physics and geometry. Miserably.
But when you ge...
High Loft Drivers
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 15, 2007
...a basic course in physics to choose one driver from another, for example. With terms like Moment of Inertia, Coefficient of Restitution, kick-point, etc., many of us are left scratching our heads.
An...
Future of the CIO Role - Multidimensional - EDS
in The CIO Weblog, on January 7, 2007
... to double every year for the foreseeable future."
Roles for the CIO to avoid:
1. Chief Inertia Officer - Inertia is defined as "a property of matter by which it remains at rest or i...
Lonelygirl15 is not so lonely after all
in The Digital TV Weblog, on September 24, 2006
...e tipped on its head). In the end, perhaps the best thing that they have going for them is good old inertia - that is, people don't necessarily like to change.
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Interview with Howard Dresner - CSO Hyperion
in The CIO Weblog, on September 23, 2006
...to what they need. There are three groups -- early adopters who just dive in, those who suffer from inertia and a small group trying to work against goals of the organization selfishly.
IDGNS: Ho...
Don't Believe The Hype: Digg, Businessweek, and Accountability
in Businesspundit, on August 7, 2006
... doesn't exist. Digg isn't Myspace, and neither are most Web2.0 companies. Digg has no user inertia. If something slightly better comes along, the consumer barriers to change are extremely low...
Do Regulations Help Business On the Web?
in Businesspundit, on August 3, 2006
...n they don't work, or modified somehow, but we know from experience that government has massive inertia in the other direction. Once a government exists, it most likely will exist even when it bec...
Momentum - A Businesses Best Friend
in Bizinformer, on July 21, 2006
...tum a mile off - they literally buzz with energy and excitement.
Momentum is contagious, but so is inertia. Momentum breeds high corporate self-esteem and makes people feel that anything is possible....
Cognitive Bias in New Product Development
in Businesspundit, on May 26, 2006
...tion to conform to his or her initial positive beliefs. They refer to this behavior as "belief inertia distortion." The study found that continued bad decisions were less about the inertia f...
Entrepreneurial Strategies: The Easy Way (Think Process, Not Just Product)
in Businesspundit, on May 11, 2006
...he business world has a lot of people that aren't very creative. That plus the law of corporate inertia, means that once things are done a certain way that way often continues indefinitely, even a...
Why Business Needs More Geeks
in Businesspundit, on May 4, 2006
...s though, there are too many people afraid to move forward. Failure can be a career killer, and the inertia factor makes it easier just to keep moving along the way you already are. An entrepreneur fr...
WSJ Blogs
in Businesspundit, on March 10, 2006
... like the mainstream media has been the slowest group to accept blogging? chalk it up to the inertia factor, I guess. That's why entrepreneurs will always have opportunities. Big companies ...
Zen, Motorcycle Maintenance, and Entrepreneurship
in Businesspundit, on March 9, 2006
...their money and power. Customers may not initially embrace your new idea because of the comfortable inertia of the status quo. Do you stand up for what you believe and launch the business, or do you g...
Open: Question 1
in Businesspundit, on October 19, 2005
...ct to it much quicker than a large corporation can. Large companies obey newton 's law of inertia. Once in motion, they tend to keep going in that direction. Nimble businesses can stop on a ...
Interview with Wayne McVicker
in Businesspundit, on February 21, 2005
Here is the interview with Wayne McVicker, author of Starting Something .
First of all, I'm curious about how the book was received by the people who are in it. You wrote a lot about things that typically go on behind the scenes in a startup -- things that the public isn't aware of. How ...
Bank One - Maximum Strength
in Businesspundit, on February 24, 2004
...is a pain, especially when you have been with a company for a while. Can the novelty overcome the inertia factor? We'll have to wait and see, but if it does, more banks will offer similar services...