Jinn of Quality and Risk (2003-Feb-19)

Jinn?

According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes. or use my wishlist (at amazon.com) if you are in the mood for gifts.

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~~Find a new job, now. Move home, this month.~~ Finish my book, asap. Read, more. Sleep, less. ~~Travel, v.soon.~~

Bio?

Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant

2003-Feb-19

Less suction loss

Forbes: James Dyson has an important story to tell in the U.S., but it's a little complicated to get across. We're not the bagless vacuum cleaner, he says. We're the vacuum cleaner with less suction loss. Here Dyson, 55, smiles one of his disarmingly boyish smiles. The neon-colored, nuclear-warhead-shaped vacuum cleaners coming to the U.S. this fall [2002] have made Dyson an entrepreneurial legend in England.

What is a 'real-time enterprise'?

Gartner: Using up-to-date information, getting rid of delays, and using speed for competitive advantage... plan ahead to become a real-time enterprise, develop and maintain the right infrastructure, and support your business goals with time-based initiatives. Sounds uninspired and, dare I say it, vulgar. Surely there is more to it.

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