Ken Olson and iPADs

Back when I worked for digital equipment corporation Ken Olson (founder) was quoted as saying ” who would ever want a computer at home”. He started one of the most successful mini-computer companies of the 70s and 80s but his legacy will be his inability to see that what t

Women’s Hockey Team Takes The Gold

I am pleased to announce that your Bell Women`s Hockey team had a wonderful time this weekend at the Bell President’s Hockey Tournament and for the Olympic year was able to bring back the GOLD Medal !!! So congratulations to Manon and the team.

My Expirement with Always on

So on Thursday I had a post about being always on and how we needed to find ways to disconnect.  Well, I couldn't do it nor could most of my other gang. Hmmm.  I guess as MIP suggested we need to kill this a little harder and not have the computer and blackberry with m

Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

I happened upon a neat video at World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk&feature=player_embedded I am interested and paticipate in choral music and this is really a neat demonstration that

Always On – Take a Page from Cisco

I remember reading that Cisco had been told to take a forced holiday/vacation where all the employees were told to take the time off and turn off cell phones and blackberrys and computers (not sure about the iphones).  There was a great article about some research that said it a

Fun to See My Namesake

My Dad sent me a youtube video that a distant cousin of mine from Barrie with the same name Steve Hayward, of course I am Stephen so we must be different :).  The video is a commercial he did for Dimpflmeier Bread and was well put together. Anyway it was covered on CFTO in Toront

Productivity, Bandwidth and Social Media

I had a fun conversation on Sunday night with a business owner who was lamenting over people spending their day on Facebook and other social media venues.  He felt he had a big enough issue that he spent some money on a firewall to stop people from accessing it. As we chatted, I

CoffeeCast goes Video – Business Intelligence in 2010

Well Michael and I finally got the time to stop trying to do our vidcast to actually doing it and being happy with the output. So welcome to the first video CoffeeCast.  Today we talk about the changing and emerging landscape of Business Intelligence in 2010.  Both Michael a

Finally a new Look

As I was preparing for our release of the partnership with MicroStrategy, I realized the blog really does not reflect the look that Amy created for our Website.  So over the next couple of days, watch for the changes that will come out as we align the two brands together.

Project X Ltd. and MicroStrategy Partnership

Project X Ltd., a Toronto-based boutique advisory and systems integration firm is pleased to announce that they have established a Global Consulting Partnership with MicroStrategy, the industry’s best-in-class provider of Business Intelligence software.