Comments on: Blair seeks secret of Silicon Valley’s success http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/ Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me Thu, 17 May 2012 21:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/comment-page-1/#comment-13558 Jeff Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:49:37 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/#comment-13558 I give thanks for small miracles :) I give thanks for small miracles :)

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/comment-page-1/#comment-13557 Dennis Howlett Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:39:07 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/#comment-13557 errr...I don't think our Tony was joking abou the 'ignorance' thing though he could easily have been joking about 'listening' - especially when you see how UK plc wastes huge sums of money on IT projects for which see the slightly right of Atilla the Hun lot at: http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/2006/07/britains-simple-shopper.html UK's Computer Weekly has been running a multi-year campaign about this and has given evidence before Parliamentary Sub-Committees investigating UK plc profligacy. Fotrunately, the ire of commentators lies away from your esteemed employer for a change ;) errr…I don’t think our Tony was joking abou the ‘ignorance’ thing though he could easily have been joking about ‘listening’ – especially when you see how UK plc wastes huge sums of money on IT projects for which see the slightly right of Atilla the Hun lot at: http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/2006/07/britains-simple-shopper.html

UK’s Computer Weekly has been running a multi-year campaign about this and has given evidence before Parliamentary Sub-Committees investigating UK plc profligacy.

Fotrunately, the ire of commentators lies away from your esteemed employer for a change ;)

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/comment-page-1/#comment-13551 Jeff Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:54:36 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/#comment-13551 gotta love the British sense of humor... although that quote could easily have come from President Bush as well. gotta love the British sense of humor… although that quote could easily have come from President Bush as well.

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/comment-page-1/#comment-13549 Dennis Howlett Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:02:41 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/#comment-13549 Jeff - you must have missed the real joke - the one Blair cracked as reported in the SF Chron: “I’m here today in listening mode … as long as you treat me as ignorant,” Blair said as he kicked off an hourlong question-and-answer session at Cisco. I had a larf at that one over at my place... Jeff – you must have missed the real joke – the one Blair cracked as reported in the SF Chron:

“I’m here today in listening mode … as long as you treat me as ignorant,” Blair said as he kicked off an hourlong question-and-answer session at Cisco.

I had a larf at that one over at my place…

]]> By: Bistec » Keys to Success http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/comment-page-1/#comment-13545 Bistec » Keys to Success Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:42:38 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/31/blair-seeks-secret-of-silicon-valleys-success/#comment-13545 [...] I do agree that being a risk taker is quite possibly one of the most important factors in the success equation. While it is incredibly difficult to take the plunge, one will never succeed without first making an attempt to do so. As a side note on taking risks, Venture Chronicles quotes Sun CEO Schwartz as telling Blair more politicians should blog, anyone think that this is quite literally an impossible task? Has this ever been done? Seems to me this would likely be more of a campaign gimmick with very little true blogging. [...] [...] I do agree that being a risk taker is quite possibly one of the most important factors in the success equation. While it is incredibly difficult to take the plunge, one will never succeed without first making an attempt to do so. As a side note on taking risks, Venture Chronicles quotes Sun CEO Schwartz as telling Blair more politicians should blog, anyone think that this is quite literally an impossible task? Has this ever been done? Seems to me this would likely be more of a campaign gimmick with very little true blogging. [...]

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