Author Archives: Rob Page

Alternatives to morning radio

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Rob Page

I commute to northern Virginia (NoVA) a couple of times per week.  I make this longer-than-ideal commute to preserve a small-town experience for my family AND a morning waterskiing habit for myself during the summer 🙂 Few things make me … Continue reading →

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Turning employees into stark raving fans

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Rob Page

A simple idea with difficult implementation.  Making your employees stark-raving fans.  The issue?  Leadership shortcomings.  The value of turning employees into fans can’t be better expressed than in this blog post from Tony Robbins: ARE YOU TREATING YOUR EMPLOYEES LIKE … Continue reading →

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Hiring smart people

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Rob Page

This… “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” – Steve Jobs

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Some people were raised by wolves | Why we can’t have nice things

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Rob Page

Yesterday was a sad day.  LLBean, the iconic Freeport Maine-based clothing company, had to amend its famous return policy: WHO DOES THIS?  Who thinks it is appropriate to go to a yard sale, buy a pair of used slippers and … Continue reading →

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The importance of integrity

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Rob Page

Most of what we do in life and business is done without legal or contractual cover.  In this wild majority of situations you are trading with your integrity.  Your integrity and the effect it has on your overall reputation is … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Vehicles == Low Value

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Rob Page

In “The race for autonomous vehicles is over.  Silicon Valley lost.” John McElroy (Twitter: @Autoline) makes some excellent points.  Here are my cliff notes: Some companies are based on 10% margins Some companies are based on 40% margins Manufacturing at … Continue reading →

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Alfred 3 = Awesome

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Rob Page

Macs without Alfred installed are… broken.  

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Security and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Rob Page

Short post today… More of a link than a post.  This Economist story from July 18, 2015, entitled, “Their own devices” is an excellent read for the non-technical person on the security implications of everything becoming a computer. Here is the … Continue reading →

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Hollywood: Please represent the military accurately

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Rob Page

The Page house caught a bug this past Christmas (2015).  As a result, we didn’t get out of the house very much; instead we ended up getting extra value from our Netflix and iTunes Movies accounts. One of the (many) … Continue reading →

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Is encryption a tool for terrorists?

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Rob Page

Keywords:  Candidate competence, Voter competence Neither Republicans or Democrats have a lock on technical ignorance.  I loved the term “staggering ignorance” in a December 2015 article on Venture Beat.  “Loved” in terms of being vivid and accurate; not in terms … Continue reading →

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