Saturday, 20 July 2002

Six Feet Under Earns 23 Emmy Nominations. American HBO TV show Six Feet Under, which was not screened in Perth on Channel 9 when it was being shown all across the rest of Australia, has earned 23 Emmy nominations including one for Australian actress Rachel Griffths, according to this article from The New York Times.       Griffiths has already won a Golden Globe for her work in the show. I hope Channel 9 reverses its decision not to show Six Feet Under in Perth soon. This is blatant discrimination. We deserve to watch what the rest of the country is getting. We are not idiots. We appreciate award-winning programs as much as everyone else. 1:45:19 PM    Add a comment.

E-Myth: It Is Systems, Not Talent. Michael Gerber informs us in his bestselling book on small business, The E-Myth that you don’t have to nor should you need to rely on specific talented individuals to ensure business success, but instead should create business systems that anyone of any degree of native talent can enter and excel in.       Systems, not Talents. 12:41:02 PM    Add a comment.

McKinsey, Enron and the Talent Myth. Having tried vainly and unsuccessfully to work with a former McKinsey consultant at one of Australia’s largest finance companies, I was very interested to come across this New Yorker article on Enron and McKinsey and their cult of talent.       Weblogger Jonathan Delacour comments on the piece in today’s entry.       The ex-McKinseyite I had the misfortune to try to work with was arrogant, an egomaniac, worshipped by her co-workers, and desperately and deeply ignorant. She was eventually promoted sideways and then left the firm. The best of luck to whoever had the misery of hiring her next. 12:06:15 PM    Add a comment.

Some Sample Amazon Web Services Applications. Here are some web services applications people have already built using the Amazon Web Services API. Here are my three favourites so far: Build an Online Store with PHP One Click Search & Display Book Watch Plus 11:23:27 AM    Add a comment.

Tim O'Reilly Discusses The Amazon Web Services API. Publisher and Open Source activist Tim O’Reilly writes about the new Amazon Web Services API, that follows the release of the Google API, and the possible consequences of this opening up process.       I am already signed up to Amazon.com as an associate, indicated by the Amazon link on the lower right of this weblog page. As Amazon’s web services mature I will be adding them to my ’blog and other web sites as appropriate. 10:45:10 AM    Add a comment.