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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

Current Print Subscriptions: 1Q2011

My subscriptions to print periodicals as of January, February, and March 2011. Computerworld * Information Technology. * Weekly. Online version available here. Consulting * Consulting events, thought leadership, industry intelligence, and lifestyle issues. * Bimonthly. Online version available here. The Economist * Business, political and literary newsweekly. * Weekly. Online version available here. IEEE Engineering Management

Anima Sana In Corpore Sano: Part 2

In my last Google Analytics post, I mentioned that "I find it humorous that my entries on running are among the most popular", with my entry on last year's ASICS advertising campaign at the top of the list. I have been noticing the new ASICS advertising

"Hello Android": Part 3

It did not take too long to come to the conclusion that my short-term satisfaction with the Android development environment I had just built had come to an abrupt halt. The main reason behind this change is the fact that Ubuntu 10.04 LTS does not support dual monitors for

New Book Review: "Unthinking"

Recently posted book review for Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy, by Harry Beckwith, Business Plus, 2011, reposted here: In my comments on Beckwith's "Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing" a couple years ago, I indicated that in the words of

"Hello Android": Part 2

This morning was a good time to finally move the last laptop in my home office to Linux from Windows (in this case Windows XP) and use the laptop as a dedicated Android development environment. As you may have read in my first post, I am planning the initial project

"Hello Android": Part 1

Just four weeks ago, I purchased the new Motorola Droid Pro, and a week later posted a review of my positive experiences with the phone, entitled "Finally an excuse to move away from your BlackBerry": Great phone. After having used this phone for a week, I must say

New Book Review: "Just Enough Software Architecture"

Recently posted book review for Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach, by George H. Fairbanks, Marshall & Brainerd, 2010, reposted here: During my last year of graduate school several years ago, I wrote reviews for two software books that I still consider exemplary: "Object Technology: A Manager'

New Book Review: "Borrowing Brilliance"

Recently posted book review for Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others, by David Kord Murray, Gotham Books (Penguin), 2009, reposted here: The assignment given to Murray by Intuit that led to this book involved coming up with new ideas and teaching

New Book Review: "Project Decisions"

Recently posted book review for Project Decisions: The Art and Science, by Lev Virine and Michael Trumper, Management Concepts, 2008, reposted here: Reading this text was a follow-up by this reviewer on reading "Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?", by Patrick Leach, and "

RSNA 2010: Quality Improvement? - MRI Workflow

As posted recently, I had the opportunity to spend the day at the RSNA 2010 trade show at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago the Sunday following Thanksgiving Day. Rather than discuss statistical control as in my recent post, since the exhibit being discussed here offered no control charts, I present