Tuesday, July 28, 2009

IBM to acquire SPSS

http://ping.fm/0X5ev IBM to acquire SPSS for $1.2 Billion to gain analytics

Monday, July 27, 2009

http://ping.fm/jOEUy Nice animation on perf mgt. Emphasizes integrated planning & KPIs developed w/ org context... + no jargon! Thanks to Levend Beriker.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

http://ping.fm/TcILK Vernon Forrest killed. Good man. Taught, cared for & lived w/ mentally disabled kids in houses he built for them. http://ping.fm/HdXxD

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Thanks to Gary Cokins for the mention in his blog discussing Craig Schiff's latest post. See my response & weigh in. www.joeyfitts.com/blog

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Clouds improve edu in Ethiopia. 250K teachers w/ curriculum, records, student data. Now need to track perf and apply analytics. http://ping.fm/xhb3b

Monday, July 20, 2009

Back from New Orleans. Gorgeous weekend in Washington! Great day of BBQ & writing today. Looking fwd to highly productive week... let's see!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Back from Brazil... catching up on ~2,000 emails (1,300 to go!). Off to New Orleans on red-eye tomorrow.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Incredible night! Played percussion w/ guitarist @ tropical open-air pizzeria. MPB, samba. Moon so bright cast shadows on sand on walk home!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

they are smaller than I thought... and appropriately
they are smaller than I thought... and appropriately "tranquilo"
more sloth pics
more sloth pics
Sloth in Bahia roadside store... very fitting... this is the most      laid
Sloth in Bahia roadside store... very fitting... this is the most laid

Friday, July 3, 2009

Day trip to Porto Seguro and Trancoso in Bahia Brazil... hope to hear some Samba, Pagode & Axe... ao vivo!