http://www.errantdreams.com/ardor/2006/09/12/application-service-providers-and-beef-bouillon-flavored-jello/ "Science is the study of what is. Engineering builds what will be." -- Theodore von Karman Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.errantdreams.com/ardor/2006/09/12/application-service-providers-and-beef-bouillon-flavored-jello/#comment-51 Stock Market Software Tue, 20 May 2008 16:21:17 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/ardor/2006/09/12/application-service-providers-and-beef-bouillon-flavored-jello/#comment-51 When I read your story I first laughed... then had no idea how you were going to tie it in, but you did so wonderfully. Gonna be smiling all day. When I read your story I first laughed… then had no idea how you were going to tie it in, but you did so wonderfully. Gonna be smiling all day.

]]> http://www.errantdreams.com/ardor/2006/09/12/application-service-providers-and-beef-bouillon-flavored-jello/#comment-48 Cian Mon, 05 May 2008 18:51:28 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/ardor/2006/09/12/application-service-providers-and-beef-bouillon-flavored-jello/#comment-48 I meant to add this earlier: I like the way you write. It is lucid and dryly hysterical. I meant to add this earlier: I like the way you write. It is lucid and dryly hysterical.

]]> http://www.errantdreams.com/ardor/2006/09/12/application-service-providers-and-beef-bouillon-flavored-jello/#comment-47 Cian Mon, 05 May 2008 18:50:19 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/ardor/2006/09/12/application-service-providers-and-beef-bouillon-flavored-jello/#comment-47 Maybe I should start at the beginning, instead of working backwards since this corresponds so well with my last comment. I used to see this when the developers (in which group I do not fall) would object to my request for a change in their solution with "But it is such an elegant solution!" They did not much appreciate my response "And it does not solve any of the problems I am trying to address." Being in software sales (as the tech specialist) I see a fair bit of this from reps. I regularly poke fun at them for statements like "I need them to buy before the end of the quarter". The real question should be "What problems can I help them solve (by the end of the quarter)". It is a much higher value question for both groups. Maybe I should start at the beginning, instead of working backwards since this corresponds so well with my last comment. I used to see this when the developers (in which group I do not fall) would object to my request for a change in their solution with “But it is such an elegant solution!” They did not much appreciate my response “And it does not solve any of the problems I am trying to address.” Being in software sales (as the tech specialist) I see a fair bit of this from reps. I regularly poke fun at them for statements like “I need them to buy before the end of the quarter”. The real question should be “What problems can I help them solve (by the end of the quarter)”. It is a much higher value question for both groups.

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