I often get asked where the name "disruptorMonkey" came from. That’s usually a polite introduction to "and why the heck did you call your company that?" To me, the latter part is the more important. First things first. The name…
The Next Phase…
Thanks in no small part to the diligence of our CTO, we are officially entering phase 1 of beta testing. Our initial beta is limited to a select few while we make sure everything works as expected — it’s always…
It’s a Love Hate thing a.k.a. The Apple Tax
Back in the day, I was a PC guy with some UNIX history. I made fun of Mac users with their non-multi-threaded OS and silly smiley faces. Then came OSX. Having seen the NEXT boxes that they were vaguely descended…
Do you mind if we piss you off before you help us out?
a.k.a. How disconnected are you from your customers? I relocated from AZ to NC last year with my family. I grew up in the UK and my wife grew up in Puerto Rico . So inevitably, we travel quite a…
It ain’t natural…
In a previous post I had highlighted the shortcomings of a mystery institution I referred to as the ReallyBigBank of America. In a nutshell, I switched to Wachovia because they were prepared to bend over backwards to help me out,…
How many Black Holes have you helped create today?
We see a pattern in Data Organization, and it’s one we hope to change. It goes something like this… New tools for organizing data come on line. People start using the tool. For the first few months or so, everything…