Michael McNamara

Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2010

March 17, 2010 by Michael McNamara

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone out there. It’s amazing how fast the time goes by, yet another year in the past. If you’re looking to listen to some traditional and folk music straight from Dublin, Ireland browse over to www.liveireland.com.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

December 24, 2009 by Michael McNamara

It’s almost hard to believe yet another year has come and gone.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a safe and joyous New Year!

2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic – Flyers v. Bruins

December 21, 2009 by Michael McNamara

Our own Philadelphia Flyers will be playing in this years NHL Winter Classic being held at Fenway Park in Boston, MA on January 1, 2010. I enjoy playing the game myself and watching the NHL, AHL and college games. I’m only hoping that the Flyers, a team named by some as a contender for this years Stanley Cup, don’t embarrass Philadelphia fans any further having lost 14 of their last 17 games.

Here’s the time lapse footage provided by NHL.TV of the transformation of Fenway Park.

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2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic

Save the Internet – Two Million Strong for Net Neutrality

October 27, 2009 by Michael McNamara

I thought it was well past time for me to write about this topic. I’m just going to post some links and ask everyone to make up their own minds or at the very least to consider what Net Neutrality means to you. I will tell you that I’m a huge Net Neutrality advocate. I can only image what companies like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T might try doing if allowed.

I would urge anyone interested in voicing their support to visit Save the Internet and sign the petition.

I found this great graphic over on DVICE that should really help put it into perspective for the common Internet user.

There’s also a great article from Paul Venezia over on Infoworld; http://www.infoworld.com/d/hardware/net-neutrality-stupid-stupid-does-179

Cheers!

The Unspoken Truth About Managing Geeks

September 23, 2009 by Michael McNamara

I was referred to this article by a friend who thought it had more truths than a lot of things in life these days. It was an article by Jeff Ello at CIO. I’m not going to cross post the entire article but I will post the opening excerpt;

I can sum up every article, book and column written by notable management experts about managing IT in two sentences: “Geeks are smart and creative, but they are also egocentric, antisocial, managerially and business-challenged, victim-prone, bullheaded and credit-whoring. To overcome these intractable behavioral deficits you must do X, Y and Z.”

On initial glance it doesn’t look that promising but let me tell you that is one of the best articles I’ve read on the subject. It’s a long article but well worth the time and effort.

http://www.cio.com/article/501697/The_Unspoken_Truth_About_Managing_Geeks

Cheers!