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I’ve come to this recent realization that my company is undergoing a sort of 99 Theses in Reverse. A technological anti-Reformation, if you will.

At first it seemed like kind of a good idea. Get specialized teams. Have those teams focus on specific missions. Makes sense, right? But instead of create more nimble teams with those specific foci — we wind up with this stratification that seems instead to alienate. It seems right on par with that old adage of one hand not knowing what … what? (Exactly.) We have teams developing products with seemingly no tools in place to support that product. The claim is there that there’s this master plan behind it all. For everyone’s benefit of course. But I get the sense that what has happened is a ghetto-ization of those different teams. We’ll build it — and you’re responsible for taking the heat when it all breaks but every fix is magic. I swear, the code is all in Latin now and everyone supporting the product (whether launching new clients or keeping the existing ones satisfied) has German rolling off the tongue.

*ahem*

Well then…

Currently playing: Orbital - Halcyon & On & On

Today’s RealLife. It’s funny b/c it’s true…

Adding Sterling’s blog to the link-up.

Also throwing Cult of Mac on the blogroll.

And doesn’t it seem like there have been a lot of Mac-to-Windows crossovers (of sorts) lately? The PowerPC/OS X emulator, for one. And lots not forget all that OS X/P skinning in the house.

And one more time… To share neat stuff:

• MenuMeters
• Desktop Manager (this and Expose make for the most awesome desktop experience on the planet — especially on the small 12″ iBook screen!)
• Konfabulator - because it’s cool.