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type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>245</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1118760472224437801</id><published>2010-09-26T11:48:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T11:48:26.240-03:00</updated><title type='text'>O preço da prevenção de crises</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais um imperdível, de macro economia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: navy;"&gt;JEAN PISANI-FERRY  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;O preço da prevenção de crises      &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;hr noshade="noshade" size="2" /&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;O valor das futuras perdas produtivas causadas pelas crises pode equivaler ao PIB mundial, ou US$ 60 tri &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;hr noshade="noshade" size="2" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PASSARAM-SE dois anos desde a  erupção das crises financeiras, e só  agora estamos começando a compreender o quanto foi dispendioso  combatê-las. Andrew Haldane, do  Banco da Inglaterra, estima que o  valor corrente das futuras perdas de  produção causadas pelas crises pode bem equivaler a 100% do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) mundial. &lt;br /&gt;A estimativa pode parecer espantosamente alta, mas, na verdade, é  relativamente conservadora, porque presume que apenas um quarto  do choque inicial resultará em produção mais baixa em caráter  permanente. Segundo os verdadeiros  pessimistas -aqueles que acreditam que a maioria do choque, ou todo ele,  exercerá impacto permanente sobre a produção-, a perda total  pode ser duas ou três vezes maior. &lt;br /&gt;Um ano do PIB mundial equivale  a cerca de US$ 60 trilhões, ou cinco  séculos de assistência oficial ao desenvolvimento, ou, para ser ainda  mais concreto, a 10 bilhões de salas  de aula em aldeias africanas. É claro que esse não é um custo direto para os orçamentos públicos (o custo  total dos pacotes de resgates a bancos é muito menor), mas a perda de  produção é o custo que importa  mais ao considerarmos de que maneira reduzir a frequência de crises. &lt;br /&gt;Presuma que, na ausência de medidas preventivas adequadas, uma  crise com custo equivalente a um  ano do PIB mundial ocorra a cada  50 anos (uma suposição bruta mas  não insensata). Seria racional, nesse caso, que os cidadãos do planeta  pagassem por uma apólice de seguro, desde que seu custo ficasse abaixo de 2% do PIB (100%:50). &lt;br /&gt;Uma maneira simples de reduzir  a frequência de crises é requerer que  os bancos dependam mais de capital do que de captação, de modo a  que possam incorrer em maiores  prejuízos sem quebrar -uma medida que, no momento, está em consideração em todo o mundo. Graças a  relatórios divulgados recentemente  pelo Conselho de Estabilidade Financeira e pelo Comitê da Basileia,  estamos mais informados agora sobre o impacto provável de medidas  regulatórias como essa. &lt;br /&gt;O primeiro relatório constata que,  partindo do atual nível baixo de capitalização bancária, o aumento de  um ponto percentual nos requisitos  de capitalização reduziria a frequência de crises em um terço, de  forma permanente, e geraria elevação de taxas de juros de cerca de 13  pontos básicos (os bancos teriam de  cobrar mais porque o custo de levantar capital é maior do que o de  emitir títulos de dívida). Em outras  palavras, o preço de perder um ano  de produção mundial a cada 75  anos (em vez de 50), levaria os bancos a elevar os custos de seus empréstimos de 4% para 4,13%. &lt;br /&gt;O segundo relatório constatou  que a alta de um ponto percentual  nos requisitos de capitalização bancária, se introduzido gradualmente  ao longo de quatro anos, reduziria o  PIB em cerca de 0,2%. Se considerarmos que altas em três pontos  percentuais são mencionadas frequentemente, o efeito total seria de  0,6%. &lt;br /&gt;Mas há muitas incertezas. O relatório aponta, estranhamente, que  elevar a meta de capitalização poderia ter efeito muito mais adverso  nos EUA do que na zona do euro, a  despeito de a segunda depender  mais de financiamentos bancários. &lt;br /&gt;Além disso, o relatório presume  que a política monetária seja capaz  de compensar parte do choque, o  que pode não ser verdade nos países  em que juros próximos de zero estão  em vigor ou na zona do euro, em que  o esforço pode variar entre os países  mesmo que a política monetária seja uniforme. Assim, o impacto dos  novos regulamentos sobre os países  nos quais os bancos estejam significativamente subcapitalizados poderia facilmente ser quatro a cinco  vezes superior ao número de referência, ou seja, próximo de 1% no  prazo de quatro anos. &lt;br /&gt;Pode parecer pouco, mas não se  trata de um montante trivial, tendo  em vista as perspectivas de crescimento dos países desenvolvidos, em  curto prazo. Em um período de crescimento lento demais para reduzir o  imenso desemprego, cada fração de  ponto percentual conta. &lt;br /&gt;Não resta dúvida de que vale a  pena pagar em longo prazo o custo  do seguro contra crises. Mas isso  não significa que não devamos procurar a reforma com o melhor custo-benefício.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr noshade="noshade" size="1" /&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;b&gt;JEAN PISANI-FERRY&lt;/b&gt; é diretor do instituto de  pesquisa europeu Bruegel. Este artigo foi distribuído  pelo Project Syndicate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt; Tradução de &lt;b&gt;PAULO MIGLIACCI&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; AMANHÃ EM MERCADO: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gustavo Cerbasi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1118760472224437801?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1118760472224437801/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1118760472224437801' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1118760472224437801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1118760472224437801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2010/09/o-preco-da-prevencao-de-crises.html' title='O preço da prevenção de crises'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1902856258990673897</id><published>2010-09-26T11:46:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T11:46:07.111-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Vale quer implementar MIT no Brasil</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ai ai, espero que a folha não me processe..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vale pretende criar "MIT" brasileiro &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;  Inspirada no instituto dos EUA, empresa investe R$ 400 milhões em 3 centros e quer atrair "cérebros" do exterior&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; Diretor do ITV diz que, ao contrário dos EUA, necessidade no Brasil de institutos como o da Vale "não é muito clara"  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; CRISTINA GRILLO&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DENISE MENCHEN&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;DO RIO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Vale, segunda maior empresa de mineração do mundo -atrás só da BHP Billiton  e com valor de mercado de  cerca de US$ 145 bilhões-,  vai investir perto de R$ 400  milhões nos próximos quatro  anos para criar três centros  de pesquisa tecnológica de  ponta e de ensino de pós-graduação no país.&lt;br /&gt;Para comandar as pesquisas e orientar os futuros alunos, ela está buscando "cérebros" em todo o mundo. Uma  empresa foi escolhida para  selecionar os doutores e os  pós-doutores que serão contratados -50 para cada uma  das unidades, estima a Vale.&lt;br /&gt;"É a chance de repatriarmos "cérebros" brasileiros  que, por falta de oportunidade aqui, fizeram carreira lá  fora. E de trazer estrangeiros  que apostem no crescimento  do Brasil", explica Luiz Mel-  lo, diretor do ITV (Instituto  Tecnológico Vale).&lt;br /&gt;O modelo inspirador é o  MIT (Instituto de Tecnologia  de Massachusetts), fundado  em 1865 e de onde já saíram  73 ganhadores do Prêmio Nobel -com o qual, inclusive, a  Vale já fez um convênio que  permitirá o intercâmbio de  professores e alunos.&lt;br /&gt;Cada um dos centros terá  sua linha própria de pesquisa. O orçamento de implantação é de R$ 300 milhões.&lt;br /&gt;O primeiro deles, em fase  inicial de construção, ficará  em Belém (PA). Lá a Vale  quer desenvolver estudos na  área de sustentabilidade. O  projeto é de Paulo Mendes da  Rocha, premiado em 2006  com o Pritzker, e de José Armênio de Brito Cruz.&lt;br /&gt;Em Ouro Preto (MG), as  pesquisas estão voltadas para a área de mineração. A empresa já tem a área onde será  instalado o núcleo.&lt;br /&gt;As construções ficarão a  cerca de três quilômetros do  centro histórico da cidade e  aguardam aprovação do  Iphan (Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional) para serem iniciadas.&lt;br /&gt;O núcleo de São José dos  Campos será o último a ser  implantado e é voltado para  pesquisas sobre energia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;BOLSISTAS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada um dos núcleos poderá receber até 160 pesquisadores bolsistas, em processo de seleção pelas Fundações de Amparo à Pesquisa  (FAPs) de Pará, Minas Gerais  e São Paulo. As bolsas poderão ser de iniciação científica, mestrado e doutorado.&lt;br /&gt;No total, serão destinados  R$ 120 milhões para os bolsistas -R$ 72 milhões da Vale, R$ 48 milhões das FAPs.&lt;br /&gt;A seleção tem várias fases.  Consultores das fundações  fazem a primeira avaliação e  encaminham para a mineradora, que elabora uma espécie de lista de prioridades. A  decisão final é tomada pela  diretoria científica de cada  uma das fundações.&lt;br /&gt;"Já recebemos cerca de 70  propostas", disse Douglas  Eduardo Zampieri, membro  da Fapesp (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de  São Paulo).&lt;br /&gt;"A ideia é que a Vale contribua com a produção local  de conhecimento. Nosso  maior desafio é a atração e a  fixação de cérebros para a região", diz Maurílio Monteiro,  secretário de Desenvolvimento e Tecnologia do Pará.&lt;br /&gt;O objetivo da mineradora  ao criar o ITV é simples -e ao  mesmo tempo ambicioso. "A  Vale, como empresa de mineração, tem perspectivas  para os próximos 100 anos.  Se temos atividade econômica com previsibilidade dessa  magnitude, devemos planejar esse futuro", diz Mello.&lt;br /&gt;Mello veio do meio acadêmico. Pós-doutor em neurofisiologia pela Universidade  da Califórnia, era pró-reitor  de graduação da Unifesp  quando recebeu o convite da  Vale para montar o ITV.&lt;br /&gt;Sabe das dificuldades de  integrar os meios acadêmico  e industrial. "Há um fosso,  há resistência dos dois lados.  Em outros países, como os  EUA, a necessidade de instituições como o ITV é muito  clara. Aqui, ainda não."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1902856258990673897?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1902856258990673897/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1902856258990673897' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1902856258990673897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1902856258990673897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2010/09/vale-quer-implementar-mit-no-brasil.html' title='Vale quer implementar MIT no Brasil'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1168175696861407460</id><published>2010-09-12T19:00:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T19:00:12.388-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Excelente entevista de Maria da Conceição Tavares!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu juro que não sou ladrão de conteúdo, mas esta entrevista histórica eu não poderia perder. 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font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}&lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt;"&gt;"Não tem mais centro e periferia", afirma Maria da Conceição&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;CLAUDIA ANTUNES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO RIO &lt;br /&gt;A ascensão da China, com uma demanda por produtos primários que vai durar décadas, mudou a divisão internacional do trabalho e tornou datada a dicotomia entre industrialização e produção de commodities que marcou a trajetória brasileira desde os anos 1930. &lt;br /&gt;Quem afirma é a economista Maria da Conceição Tavares, veterana expoente do desenvolvimentismo, que durante o século 20 propôs a ação do Estado para a industrialização, a fim de superar a desvantagem nas relações de troca no antigo sistema sob hegemonia econômica dos EUA --que, ao também produzirem matérias-primas, forçavam a baixa de seus preços. &lt;br /&gt;"Não tem centro e periferia como antes. Há países de desenvolvimento intermediário, entre os quais estamos", afirma Conceição. &lt;br /&gt;Ela deu entrevista à &lt;b&gt;Folha&lt;/b&gt; às vésperas de ser homenageada amanhã, no Rio, no lançamento do livro "O Papel do BNDE na Industrialização do Brasil", fruto de pesquisa que coordenou para o Centro Internacional Celso Furtado de Políticas para o Desenvolvimento. &lt;br /&gt;O novo cenário não quer dizer, afirma, que o país deva descuidar do parque industrial. Ela se preocupa com a avalanche de importações e defende o papel do BNDES no apoio a grandes empresas nacionais. &lt;br /&gt;Petista, Conceição aposta que Dilma Rousseff mudará a orientação ortodoxa do BC, caso eleita, e diz que o tucano José Serra, colega do tempo da Cepal (Comissão Econômica para a América Latina) com quem há 40 anos escreveu um artigo marco, "Além da Estagnação", é conservador na área social. Abaixo, a íntegra da entrevista. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Um dos problemas recorrentes do período de industrialização abordado no livro é o déficit no balanço de pagamentos. Hoje essa preocupação surge de novo. Os riscos são os mesmos? &lt;br /&gt;MARIA DA CONCEIÇÃO TAVARES - Não, naquela altura o problema era basicamente a rigidez da pauta de exportações, que não é o caso agora. A gente só tinha produtos primários e o único período em que houve aumento de preços das matérias-primas foi durante a Guerra da Coreia (1950-1953). &lt;br /&gt;Além disso, o processo de substituição de importações não poupava divisas, pelo contrário, era para substituir importações por produtos internos. Ao fazer isso, ampliava o mercado interno e ampliava a demanda [por bens de capital importados para aumentar a produção]. Hoje em dia você tem uma indústria montada. O problema é o câmbio. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas há toda a preocupação com a primarização da pauta de exportações brasileiras. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Isso não tem nenhum cabimento, porque a primarização da pauta de exportações de hoje não se parece nada com a de então. Ao contrário daquela época, quando havia relações de troca desfavoráveis, as relações são favoráveis. Quem demanda produtos primários é a China e a Ásia inteira, que crescem muito mais do que o resto do mundo. Naquela época, os EUA eram nossos concorrentes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - O candidato José Serra fala muito do risco de desindustrialização no Brasil. A sra. acha que existe esse risco? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Desindustrialização houve no governo deles, do Fernando Henrique, com uma política de câmbio completamente irresponsável, uma taxa de juros alta, que começou a afrouxar a partir do segundo mandato. &lt;br /&gt;O problema de agora é que, com a crise mundial, o dólar desvalorizou e todas as moedas valorizaram, exceto a moeda chinesa, que está amarrada ao dólar e controlada, com controle de capitais. O resto foi para o diabo. &lt;br /&gt;Agora é um problema de valorização e isso não afeta as exportações. Isso afeta as importações, que estão disparando. A gente não sabe se estão disparando como reação apenas ao câmbio ou à recuperação da economia. Eu acho que são os dois. A indústria sofreu um abalo em 2009, e neste ano recuperou com muita força. Agora está desacelerando. Tem que estar sempre avaliando. Se você deixar entrar à galega acaba desindustrializando. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - E o que pode ser feito? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - O próprio ministro da Fazenda já avisou que tem que controlar essa taxa de câmbio, não pode deixar rolar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas o câmbio não tem relação com os juros do Banco Central, que atraem capital de fora? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Tem, mas não só. Porque a valorização deu em todos os países, mesmo os que praticam taxas de juros negativas, que é o caso do Japão. É a situação particular do dólar agora que está fazendo isso. &lt;br /&gt;A situação, portanto, não se parece nada com a do período entre 1950 e 1980. Não tem crise no balanço de pagamentos no sentido clássico. E muito menos dívida externa. Conseguimos passar essa crise sem problemas na dívida externa, com reservas, coisa que nunca aconteceu em nenhuma crise internacional desde o século 19. Agora, tem que ter uma política industrial mais clara, uma política cambial obviamente controlada, que não se resolva apenas com os juros. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Outra discussão que tem uma analogia com o período atual é a ideia de criar um mercado de capitais privado, bancos de investimentos privados que financiem investimentos de longo prazo, o que foi tentado pelo Roberto Campos no primeiro governo da ditadura. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - A ideia do mercado de capitais estava lá na reforma administrativa Bulhões-Campos. O problema é que ele veio com a ideia dos bancos de investimentos, que não funcionaram. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas essa discussão volta agora, não? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - A dos bancos de investimentos, não. O problema é que nem os bancos nem os mercados de capitais não estão financiando desenvolvimento em longo prazo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - E é possível que isso, que nunca aconteceu, aconteça agora? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Eu não acredito muito. Porque na verdade o mercado de capitais serve basicamente em toda parte não é para financiar desenvolvimento, é para transformar patrimônio. Mas enfim, essa é uma ideia antiga, continuam a fazer esforço. O financiamento na verdade depende mais do crédito de longo prazo, e aí é que se tem que arrumar um jeito de que haja um crédito em longo prazo que não dependa apenas do BNDES e da Caixa Econômica, que carregam nas costas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Como avalia às críticas feitas ao perfil dos empréstimos do BNDES, para grandes grupos? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - A imprensa conservadora, que nunca gostou do BNDES, vem com esse papo de que a capitalização [do banco] vai para a dívida pública, o que não é verdade. Formalmente vai para a dívida fiscal, mas na verdade não é assim em longo prazo. Porque você empresta, mas eles retornam. E o retorno do investimento é sempre positivo. O BNDES não está emprestando a ninguém com retorno negativo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas até o Carlos Lessa [ex-presidente do BNDES] afirma que o banco deveria ser mais exigente sobre investimentos no Brasil ao fazer empréstimos a grandes empresas. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Lessa nesse particular discrepa do [Luciano] Coutinho, que tem a visão do que ocorreu na Ásia, no Japão, na Coreia, do "pick the winner" [escolha o vencedor], que tem que escolher as empresas vencedoras para que elas sejam competitivas lá fora, para que elas se internacionalizem com poder de mercado. Essa é a única diferença, porque o Lessa é desenvolvimentista, o Coutinho também. Só tem desenvolvimentista agora. Liberal, só tem a charanga. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - A Dilma e o Serra também são desenvolvimentistas. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Do ponto de vista da operação fiscal, o Serra é ortodoxo, e isso é ruim. Ele quer acelerar a contração do gasto público. No fundo, ele não leva a sério as políticas de bem-estar social, a universalização da educação, da saúde, que tornaram o Orçamento mais pesado. Se cortar, não se pode fazer nada de política universal, tem que ficar só com política para pobre. &lt;br /&gt;Mas não há dúvida de que o Serra também é desenvolvimentista do ponto de vista industrial. O problema dele são os programas sociais, o aumento da Previdência, do salário mínimo, todas as medidas de alcance social mais profundo que o Lula tomou. Nas políticas compensatórias, eu não creio que ele voltaria atrás, que ninguém é maluco. A universalização é que é o problema, as políticas sociais de longo alcance. O gasto com educação, saúde, Previdência. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - No segundo governo Vargas [1951-1954], quando começa o Plano de Reaparelhamento Econômico, o ministério lembra o do primeiro governo Lula, com empresários e monetaristas no comando da política econômica. Como interpretar essa coincidência? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Por sorte, depois do interregno monetarista do [Eugenio] Gudin [ministro da Fazenda de Café Filho, entre 1954 e 1955], veio o JK, que era desenvolvimentista. O [Horacio] Lafer [ministro da Fazenda de Vargas] queria fazer presidente do BNDE o Gudin, e não conseguiu, porque o Vargas não dormia de touca. O que ele fez é foi compor uma parte da diretoria do banco com pessoal que veio da Comissão Mista Brasil-Estados Unidos [1951-1953], entre os quais o Roberto Campos e o Glycon de Paiva, que ficaram como diretores, e colocou o homem dele, que era o gaúcho Ari Frederico Torres, como superintendente. &lt;br /&gt;O problema é que o homem dele não entendia muito de economia, e por aí não foi. Mas havia os diretores que eram da Assessoria Econômica do Vargas. Então a assessoria do banco era composta metade de conservadores e metade de nacionalistas. &lt;br /&gt;No que diz respeito a Lula, graças a Deus caiu o ministro da Fazenda [Antônio Palocci] e entrou o [Guido] Mantega, que é desenvolvimentista. O problema foi o Banco Central. O Banco Central é problema sempre, porque a estrutura do BC foi montada de tal maneira que os que não pensam da mesma maneira não têm futuro. &lt;br /&gt;Um dos meninos mais brilhantes da atual Fazenda é o Nelson Barbosa [secretário de Acompanhamento Econômico]. Ele é um keynesiano um pouco ortodoxo. Ele é originariamente do BC, fez concurso e passou. O [Luiz Eduardo] Melin [chefe de gabinete da Fazenda] também é do BC. Mas eles não podem fazer nada, porque começam uma carreira e tem em cima a diretoria que é toda conservadora. &lt;br /&gt;Tem é que fazer com o BC o mesmo que foi feito no BNDES pelo Vargas, uma diretoria mista, metade conservadora, para agradar os banqueiros e eles não encherem muito o saco, senão eles enchem mesmo, e outra metade para ajudar o desenvolvimento, fazer uma política monetária menos estúpida. &lt;br /&gt;Quer dizer, o conservador no governo Lula foi só a política monetária. E não foi pouca porcaria, eu concordo. Briguei para burro. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas isso num governo Dilma pode mudar? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Com certeza vai mudar. É só esperar e ver. Mas não é mole, porque o pessoal mais desenvolvimentista tem muito pouca prática de mercado. Tem que ter os que têm prática de mercado, porque senão você não consegue operar o banco. Houve sempre uma tensão muita grande entre a Fazenda e o BC [no segundo mandato de Lula], que nunca foi o caso na história do Brasil, em que sempre Fazenda e BC eram conservadores e Planejamento, Indústria e Comércio eram desenvolvimentistas. Mas isso não é mais assim. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas é melhor ter a tensão? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Por mim não, mas, como eu estou dizendo, não tem economista progressista com domínio de BC, com exceção desses dois que eu mencionei, que foram do BC. Foram meus alunos, trabalharam comigo, conhecem teoria monetária. A esquerda tem mania de não gostar de política monetária. A única monetarista de esquerda era eu, mas é óbvio que eu não posso ser presidente do BC com 80 anos e com esse temperamento que eu tenho. Tem também o [Luiz Gonzaga] Beluzzo, o próprio Luciano Coutinho. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Então hoje, ao contrário da década de 90, começa a haver um predomínio do pensamento desenvolvimentista? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - No Brasil sim, mas não no mundo. Olha para a Europa. A Europa está num reacionarismo conservador que é uma desgraça, está pior que os EUA. Nos EUA, até os conservadores viraram keynesianos por causa da crise. Na Europa, os caras estão fiscalistas ao extremo, estão arrebentando com a Europa, tem uma tendência japonesa [de estagnação] acentuada. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Essa conjuntura internacional, em que a China é o grande demandante, favorece o Brasil? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - É favorável. Quem é hoje o grande centro manufatureiro no mundo? É a Ásia, ninguém compete em produtos manufaturados com eles, mesmo com a taxa de câmbio melhor. Então aqui tem que ter um certo controle das importações, mesmo disfarçado. Mas como, por outro lado, eles são realmente os maiores demandantes de matérias-primas, hoje, sobretudo para a América do Sul &lt;i&gt;Brasil, Argentina, Chile&lt;/i&gt;, isso faz uma diferença cavalar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - E dumping [venda abaixo do valor] de produtos chineses?&lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - A China não está tendo o sucesso que está por causa de dumping, é por causa da política inteira. Se houver dumping é feito pelas multinacionais que lá estão, porque, ao contrário do Japão, a China não fez restrições a que na área exportadora entrassem as multinacionais. &lt;br /&gt;Você não pode deixar de levar em conta que mudou a divisão internacional do trabalho. Paradoxalmente, não vejo muita gente mencionar isso. Houve uma mudança radical da divisão internacional do trabalho, na qual nós estamos bem colocados porque a gente exporta para todo mundo. E, em particular, no que diz respeito a matérias-primas, exportamos mais para a China do que para a Europa, por exemplo. Nunca exportamos matérias-primas para os EUA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas a China também pode competir com os produtos industriais brasileiros em terceiros mercados. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Ela pode competir com quem ela quiser. Claro que temos que nos precaver. Por que a tendência hoje entre países em desenvolvimento é de acordos bilaterais, quando sempre fomos multilateralistas? É porque o comércio multilateral está de pernas para o ar. A crise americana arrebentou com o sistema todo, com o sistema monetário, o sistema de comércio internacional. &lt;br /&gt;Estamos num período de transição, no qual acho que o Brasil tem chance. Ter uma disponibilidade de recursos naturais como nós temos, que vai da água ao petróleo, não é qualquer país que tem. Isso ajuda, ao contrário de antes. Não estamos baseados no café, mas numa pauta totalmente diversificada. E a coisa do pré-sal vai ajudar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Quando teve o 2º Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento, com o Geisel (1975-1979), ele tentou dar um salto qualitativo tecnológico. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Tentou, e nós começamos a exportação de manufaturas para valer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas o Brasil ainda tem dificuldade de desenvolvimento tecnológico, por exemplo em computadores. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Tem menos do que tinha na época. No Geisel, ainda estávamos começando e a área de computadores fracassou. O projeto Cobra foi um desastre. Aí só avançamos na área bancária, temos a mais desenvolvida em matéria de computação do mundo. Estamos com tecnologia avançada em aviões, em perfuração de petróleo, o que não é pouca porcaria. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas em relação à competição chinesa em informática, máquinas? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - O que tem que entender é que a China é um híbrido. Não pode ser considerada mais um país em desenvolvimento, mas tem uma área subdesenvolvida, com uma população gigantesca, no campo. A China ainda tem que caminhar para dentro, desenvolver o mercado interno. Mas ela tem um solo esgotado. Ao contrário da mudança de centro [capitalista] da Inglaterra, que não tinha produtos primários, para os EUA, que tinham, o que levou ao fim do modelo primário-exportador na América Latina, a China vai ter décadas ainda importando produtos primários, tanto na parte alimentar quanto na de minério e petróleo. Para nós está bom. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas quando se fala do risco de desindustrialização... &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - É por causa das importações e do câmbio. O resto quem fala está fazendo blá-blá-blá, porque toda a indústria está aí ainda. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas um argumento é que a indústria é que dá emprego de qualidade para os jovens, e não o setor primário. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Não é verdade. Os empregos de qualidade costumam ser no setor terciário, nos bancos e nos serviços de utilidade pública. Pelo lado do emprego eu não estaria preocupada. Estamos com problema de desemprego estrutural, mas devido à pobreza. Com uma política de combate à pobreza e com uma política de educação você repõe as bases de um país desenvolvido. Desta vez, acho que a maldição do [Celso] Furtado, que era desenvolvimento junto com subdesenvolvimento, pode terminar. &lt;br /&gt;Na indústria, a parte de capital estrangeiro em geral não faz desenvolvimento tecnólogico, traz da matriz, o que é um problema. Mas, como a divisão internacional do trabalho está mudando, também há a tendência de adaptar produtos a cada mercado em que as empresas estão instaladas. &lt;br /&gt;Quanto à indústria nacional, o Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia e a Finep [Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos] continuam fazendo o que podem para fazer semeadura de tecnologia, sobretudo na pequena e na média empresas. O BNDES faz também para a grande empresa, até porque ninguém acredita que seja possível competir lá fora sem isso. Se não tivéssemos tido avanço tecnológico em aços especiais, claro que a Gerdau não estaria com filiais até nos EUA. &lt;br /&gt;Eu tenho trabalhado na questão da internacionalização do capital, e tenho a impressão que por esse lado não estamos tão mal. O nosso problema é fechar a brecha entre o desenvolvimento e o subdesenvolvimento nosso, que é menos problema do que para a China e para a Índia. &lt;br /&gt;São situações muito díspares. Não tem centro e periferia como antes. Tem países de desenvolvimento intermediário, entre os quais estamos. A Rússia sim desmantelou a indústria toda. Só exporta gás e petróleo. Isso é que é uma situação ruim. Está lá no Bric [Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China] um pouco fora de propósito. &lt;br /&gt;A discussão agricultura versus indústria é datada, do pós-Segunda Guerra. Ninguém vai fazer uma opção por um outro. Precisa de agricultura familiar, de agrobusiness, da indústria de transformação. &lt;br /&gt;Agora, estou de acordo que, na indústria eletroeletrônica, por causa da Zona Franca de Manaus, montamos uma fábrica de montagem e não avançou ainda. Mas vai avançar, não tem dúvida. Até porque o BNDES tem política setorial, como na farmacêutica e na química. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - E a acusação de que o governo Lula escolhe as empresas beneficiadas? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Política industrial só horizontal não vai para lugar nenhum. Tem que continuar as horizontais, mas tem que fazer as setoriais. Se não escolher setores e empresas, não avança. Não estamos num mundo de concorrência perfeita. Estamos num mundo monopolista. Se não tiver grande empresa aqui, não vamos para lugar nenhum. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - O período do livro é caracterizado como a "modernização conservadora" do Brasil. O Brasil ainda vive esse fenômeno ou pode acertar contas nesse ponto? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - A parte da modernização conservadora que diz respeito ao grande capital, bancário, industrial, uma parte das construturas, vive. Grande capital é grande capital, está pouco se lixando para ideologia. É conservador no sentido de que não teve uma democratização da propriedade. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Não teve reforma agrária. &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Tem que terminar, com a pequena produção agrícola independente, e a pequena e a média empresas com tecnologia e apoio. Essa ideia do cartão BNDES, que aliás foi o Lessa que inventou, com o qual se pode pedir R$ 1 milhão para fazer uma padaria, montar uma pequena empresa. O Lessa botou o BNDES outra vez no espírito de ser um banco de desenvolvimento. No governo de Fernando Henrique, era só um banco da privataria. Só não foi ameaçado porque tem a indústria que demanda recursos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - A senhora está otimista, então? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Pela primeira vez na história do Brasil não há uma crise da dívida externa. Em segundo lugar, voltamos a usar o BNDES, desde o começo do governo Lula, para promover o desenvolvimento. A coisa social mudou também radicalmente. Consolidou-se a inflação baixa, não precisa ter taxa de juros lá em cima para que ela caia. Está estabilizada.&lt;br /&gt;Isso muda tudo, porque a inflação é uma praga para os salários. O pessoal da esquerda não levava isso em conta, o que era uma asneira. Com inflação, nenhuma política salarial resolve. Lembra que tinha indexação dos salários e a inflação corria na frente. &lt;br /&gt;Estamos numa situação bem melhor do que nunca estivemos desde a década de 30. E também com estabilidade política, por mais que façam esse banzé. Se você afirmou a democracia, se está afirmando as políticas sociais, se está continuando a política industrial, eu estou otimista, pela primeira vez, para dizer a verdade, porque em geral sou pessimista. Espero não me equivocar, mas, também, se me equivocar não vou estar viva para ver. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - E como a sra. vê a situação dos EUA? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Estou com os keynesianos de lá, como o [Paul] Krugman. Acho que fizeram pouco e mal feito. Mas isso não é culpa do presidente. Ele tem um Congresso desvairadamente conservador. &lt;br /&gt;Isso sim me preocupa [no Brasil]. O pessoal só presta atenção na eleição para a Presidência, mas é importante ver o Congresso. Vamos ver se dá um Senado um pouco melhor, mas de qualquer maneira a capacidade de negociação continua. Nisso o velho [economista ortodoxo Otavio Gouveia de] Bulhões [1906-1990], meu mestre antigo, tinha razão, que o Executivo é mais forte, mas para fazer reformas tem que passar pelo Congresso. &lt;br /&gt;Algumas coisas, como reforma tributária e política, dependem do Congresso, e em geral os congressistas não querem mudar o status quo. São reformas que eu vejo que são importantes, e que o Congresso provalmente vai continuar no chove não molha. Vamos ver se a gente consegue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas a reforma tributária deve reduzir a carga como proporção do PIB ou a natureza dos impostos? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Como vai mudar a carga sobre o PIB, com as demandas de política pública que você precisa fazer? Não, tem que mudar a carga mal distribuída e a estrutura dos tributos, que é muito complexa, muito atrapalhada. Continua aquela briga entre os Estados sobre o ICMS [Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias]. &lt;br /&gt;Hoje o Lula já sacou que precisa fazer aliança nos dois sentidos, com o PMDB para uns fins e com os partidos minoritários da esquerda para o outro. Acho que não está tão difícil como já esteve. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOLHA&lt;/b&gt; - Mas a sra. acha que, qualquer que seja o sucessor do Lula, vai ter o jogo de cintura dele? &lt;br /&gt;CONCEIÇÃO - Qualquer que seja é problema seu. Eu acho que já está decidido. Mas pode ser de novo que eu esteja otimista demais. O fato é que, com Dilma ou Serra, haverá o mesmo problema no Congresso, essas duas reformas serão difíceis. Depende de quem eles botarem para ser o negociador com o Congresso. &lt;br /&gt;Evidente que a capacidade do Lula ninguém vai ter mais neste país, porque o único com capacidade semelhante foi o Vargas. Acabou mal, coitado, o que não é o caso do Lula, que negociou durante oito anos e está terminando muito bem. Isso também é uma novidade. Você já viu algum presidente que veio do povo como esse, apesar de todos os percalços e denúncias, ter conseguido isso? Além do fato de hoje o Brasil estar no cenário internacional graças a ele. &lt;br /&gt;São coisas que, para mim, marcam uma mudança e uma transição. Estou convencida de que estamos numa transição e que efetivamente, ganhe quem ganhe, não vão arrebentar com o Brasil, embora eu prefira a Dilma porque conheço o caráter progressista dela e o Serra ficou mais conservador. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! 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Como ele já deu sumiço no blog e o conteúdo só está disponível nos arquivos da net, me dei a liberdade de "surrupia-lo" e colocar aqui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 class="entry-header"&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid_1.html"&gt;The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="entry-details"&gt;       &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="date-header"&gt;Jun 18, 2007&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="comment-header"&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid_1.html#comments"&gt;70 Comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In this series of posts I will walk through some of my accumulated knowledge and experience in building high-tech startups.&lt;br /&gt;My specific experience is from three companies I have co-founded:  Netscape, sold to America Online in 1998 for $4.2 billion; Opsware  (formerly Loudcloud), a public software company with an approximately $1  billion market cap; and now Ning, a new, private consumer Internet  company.&lt;br /&gt;But more generally, I've been fortunate enough to be involved in and  exposed to a broad range of other startups -- maybe 40 or 50 in enough  detail to know what I'm talking about -- since arriving in Silicon  Valley in 1994: as a board member, as an angel investor, as an advisor,  as a friend of various founders, and as a participant in various venture  capital funds.&lt;br /&gt;This series will focus on lessons learned from this entire  cross-section of Silicon Valley startups -- so don't think that anything  I am talking about is referring to one of my own companies: most likely  when I talk about a scenario I have seen or something I have  experienced, it is from some other startup that I am not naming but was  involved with some other way than as a founder.&lt;br /&gt;Finally, much of my perspective is based on Silicon Valley and the  environment that we have here -- the culture, the people, the venture  capital base, and so on.  Some of it will travel well to other regions  and countries, some probably will not.  Caveat emptor.&lt;br /&gt;With all that out of the way, let's start at the beginning: &lt;strong&gt;why not to do a startup&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Startups, even in the wake of the crash of 2000, have become imbued  with a real mystique -- you read a lot about how great it is to do a  startup, how much fun it is, what with the getting to invent the future,  all the free meals, foosball tables, and all the rest.&lt;br /&gt;Now, &lt;strong&gt;it is true that there are a lot of great things about doing a startup&lt;/strong&gt;.  They include, in my experience:&lt;br /&gt;Most fundamentally, &lt;em&gt;the opportunity to be in control of your own destiny&lt;/em&gt;  -- you get to succeed or fail on your own, and you don't have some bozo  telling you what to do.  For a certain kind of personality, this alone  is reason enough to do a startup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The opportunity to create something new&lt;/em&gt; -- the proverbial  blank sheet of paper.  You have the ability -- actually, the obligation  -- to imagine a product that does not yet exist and bring it into  existence, without any of the constraints normally faced by larger  companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The opportunity to have an impact on the world&lt;/em&gt; -- to give  people a new way to communicate, a new way to share information, a new  way to work together, or anything else you can think of that would make  the world a better place.  Think it should be easier for low-income  people to borrow money?  Start &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://www.prosper.com/"&gt;Prosper&lt;/a&gt;.  Think television should be opened up to an infinite number of channels?  Start &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://www.joost.com/"&gt;Joost&lt;/a&gt;.  Think that computers should be based on Unix and open standards and not proprietary technology?  Start &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://www.sun.com/"&gt;Sun&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;The ability to &lt;em&gt;create your ideal culture and work with a dream team of people&lt;/em&gt;  you get to assemble yourself.  Want your culture to be based on people  who have fun every day and enjoy working together?  Or, are  hyper-competitive both in work and play?  Or, are super-focused on  creating innovative new rocket science technologies?  Or, are global in  perspective from day one?  You get to choose, and to build your culture  and team to suit.&lt;br /&gt;And finally, &lt;em&gt;money&lt;/em&gt; -- startups done right can of course be  highly lucrative.  This is not just an issue of personal greed -- when  things go right, your team and employees will themselves do very well  and will be able to support their families, send their kids to college,  and realize their dreams, and that's really cool.  And if you're really  lucky, you as the entrepreneur can ultimately make &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/news/articles.php?id=2007Jun4-270"&gt;profound philanthropic gifts&lt;/a&gt; that change society for the better.&lt;br /&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;there are many more reasons to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; do a startup&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;First, and most importantly, realize that a startup puts you on an &lt;em&gt;emotional rollercoaster&lt;/em&gt; unlike anything you have ever experienced.&lt;br /&gt;You will flip rapidly from a day in which you are euphorically  convinced you are going to own the world, to a day in which doom seems  only weeks away and you feel completely ruined, and back again.&lt;br /&gt;Over and over and over.&lt;br /&gt;And I'm talking about what happens to &lt;em&gt;stable&lt;/em&gt; entrepreneurs.&lt;br /&gt;There is &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; much uncertainty and &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; much risk  around practically everything you are doing.  Will the product ship on  time?  Will it be fast enough?  Will it have too many bugs?  Will it be  easy to use?  Will anyone use it?  Will your competitor beat you to  market?  Will you get any press coverage?  Will anyone invest in the  company?  Will that key new engineer join?  Will your key user interface  designer quit and go to Google?  And on and on and on...&lt;br /&gt;Some days things will go really well and some things will go really  poorly.  And the level of stress that you're under generally will  magnify those transient data points into incredible highs and  unbelievable lows at whiplash speed and huge magnitude.&lt;br /&gt;Sound like fun?&lt;br /&gt;Second, in a startup, &lt;em&gt;absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;This one throws both founders and employees new to startups.&lt;br /&gt;In an established company -- no matter how poorly run or demoralized  -- things happen.  They just happen.  People come in to work.  Code gets  written.  User interfaces get designed.  Servers get provisioned.   Markets get analyzed.  Pricing gets studied and determined.  Sales calls  get made.  The wastebaskets get emptied.  And so on.&lt;br /&gt;A startup has none of the established systems, rhythms, infrastructure that any established company has.&lt;br /&gt;In a startup it is very easy for the code to not get written, for the  user interfaces to not get designed... for people to not come into  work... and for the wastebaskets to not get emptied.&lt;br /&gt;You as the founder have to put all of these systems and routines and  habits in place and get everyone actually rowing -- forget even about  rowing in the right direction: just rowing at all is hard enough at the  start.&lt;br /&gt;And until you do, absolutely nothing happens.&lt;br /&gt;Unless, of course, you do it yourself.&lt;br /&gt;Have fun emptying those wastebaskets.&lt;br /&gt;Third, &lt;em&gt;you get told no -- a lot&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Unless you've spent time in sales, you are probably not familiar with being told no a lot.&lt;br /&gt;It's not so much fun.&lt;br /&gt;Go watch &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000640TB?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=marandsblo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0000640TB"&gt;Death of a Salesman&lt;/a&gt; and then &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JKG9?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=marandsblo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B00005JKG9"&gt;Glengarry Glen Ross&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;That's roughly what it's like.&lt;br /&gt;You're going to get told no by potential employees, potential  investors, potential customers, potential partners, reporters,  analysts...&lt;br /&gt;Over and over and over.&lt;br /&gt;And when you do get a "yes", half the time you'll get a call two days later and it'll turn out the answer has morphed into "no".&lt;br /&gt;Better start working on your fake smile.&lt;br /&gt;Fourth, &lt;em&gt;hiring is a huge pain in the ass&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;You will be amazed how many windowshoppers you'll deal with.&lt;br /&gt;A lot of people think they want to be part of a startup, but when the  time comes to leave their cushy job at HP or Apple, they flinch -- and  stay.&lt;br /&gt;Going through the recruiting process and being seduced by a startup  is heady stuff for your typical engineer or midlevel manager at a big  company -- you get to participate vicariously in the thrill of a startup  without actually having to join or do any of the hard work.&lt;br /&gt;As a founder of a startup trying to hire your team, you'll run into this again and again.&lt;br /&gt;When Jim Clark decided to start a new company in 1994, I was one of  about a dozen people at various Silicon Valley companies he was talking  to about joining him in what became Netscape.&lt;br /&gt;I was the only one who went all the way to saying "yes" (largely because I was 22 and had no reason not to do it).&lt;br /&gt;The rest flinched and didn't do it.&lt;br /&gt;And this was Jim Clark, a legend in the industry who was coming off  of the most successful company in Silicon Valley in 1994 -- Silicon  Graphics Inc.&lt;br /&gt;How easy do you think it's going to be for you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then&lt;/em&gt;, once you do get through the windowshoppers and  actually hire some people, your success rate on hiring is probably not  going to be higher than 50%, and that's if you're good at it.&lt;br /&gt;By that I mean that half or more of the people you hire aren't going  to work out.  They're going to be too lazy, too slow, easily rattled,  political, bipolar, or psychotic.&lt;br /&gt;And then you have to either live with them, or fire them.&lt;br /&gt;Which ones of those sounds like fun?&lt;br /&gt;Fifth, God help you, &lt;em&gt;at some point you're going to have to hire executives&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;You think hiring employees is hard and risky -- wait until you start  hiring for VP Engineering, VP Marketing, VP Sales, VP HR, General  Counsel, and CFO.&lt;br /&gt;Sixth, &lt;em&gt;the hours&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;There's been a lot of talk in Silicon Valley lately about work/life  balance -- about how you should be able to do a startup and  simultaneously live a full and fulfilling outside life.&lt;br /&gt;Now, personally, I have a lot of sympathy for that point of view.&lt;br /&gt;And I try hard in my companies (well, at least my last two companies)  to do whatever I can to help make sure that people aren't ground down  to little tiny spots on the floor by the workload and the hours.&lt;br /&gt;But, it's really difficult.&lt;br /&gt;The fact is that startups are incredibly intense experiences and take a lot out of people in the best of circumstances.&lt;br /&gt;And just because you want people to have work/life balance, it's not  so easy when you're close to running out of cash, your product hasn't  shipped yet, your VC is mad at you, and your Kleiner Perkins-backed  competitor in Menlo Park -- you know, the one whose employees' average  age seems to be about 19 -- is kicking your butt.&lt;br /&gt;Which is what it's going to be like most of the time.&lt;br /&gt;And even if you can help your employees have proper work/life balance, as a founder you certainly won't.&lt;br /&gt;(In case you were wondering, by the way, the hours do compound the stress.)&lt;br /&gt;Seventh, &lt;em&gt;it's really easy for the culture of a startup to go sideways&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;This combines the first and second items above.&lt;br /&gt;This is the emotional rollercoaster wreaking havoc on not just you but your whole company.&lt;br /&gt;It takes time for the culture of any company to become "set" -- for  the team of people who have come together for the first time to decide  collectively what they're all about, what they value -- and how they  look at challenge and adversity.&lt;br /&gt;In the best case, you get an amazing dynamic of people really pulling  together, supporting one another, and working their collective tails  off in pursuit of a dream.&lt;br /&gt;In the worst case, you end up with widespread, self-reinforcing  bitterness, disillusionment, cynicism, bad morale, contempt for  management, and depression.&lt;br /&gt;And you as the founder have much less influence over this than you'll think you do.&lt;br /&gt;Guess which way it usually goes.&lt;br /&gt;Eighth, there are lots of &lt;em&gt;X factors&lt;/em&gt; that can come along and whup you right upside the head, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about them.&lt;br /&gt;Stock market crashes.&lt;br /&gt;Terrorist attacks.&lt;br /&gt;Natural disasters.&lt;br /&gt;A better funded startup with a more experienced team that's been hard  at work longer than you have, in stealth mode, that unexpectedly  releases a product that swiftly comes to dominate your market,  completely closing off your opportunity, and you had no idea they were  even working on it.&lt;br /&gt;At best, any given X factor might slam shut the fundraising window,  cause customers to delay or cancel purchases -- or, at worst, shut down  your whole company.&lt;br /&gt;Russian mobsters laundering millions of dollars of dirty money  through your service, resulting in the credit card companies closing you  down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704165700/http://news.com.com/How+to+pitch+your+company+-+page+2/2010-1071_3-5631760-2.html"&gt;You think I'm joking about that one?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OK, now here's the best part:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven't even talked about figuring out what product to build,  building it, taking it to market, and standing out from the crowd.&lt;br /&gt;All the risks in the core activities of what your company actually  does are yet to come, and to be discussed in future posts in this  series.&lt;br /&gt;Closing metaphor:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 class="entry-header"&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070709125412/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid_2.html"&gt;The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 2: When the VCs say "no"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="entry-details"&gt;       &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="date-header"&gt;Jun 20, 2007&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This post is about what to do between when  the VCs say "no" to funding your startup, and when you either change  their minds or find some other path.&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to assume that you've done all the basics: developed a plan and a &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070709125412/http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/2004/06/the_torturous_w.html"&gt;pitch&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070709125412/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_truth_about.html"&gt;decided that venture financing is right for you and you are right for venture financing&lt;/a&gt;, lined up meetings with properly qualified VCs, and &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070709125412/http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/news/stories/0909thepitch.html"&gt;made your pitch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;And the answer has come back and it's "no".&lt;br /&gt;One "no" doesn't mean anything -- the VC could just be having a bad  day, or she had a bad experience with another company in your category,  or she had a bad experience with another company with a similar name, or  she had a bad experience with another founder who kind of looks like  you, or her Mercedes SLR McLaren's engine could have blown up on the  freeway that morning -- it could be anything.  Go meet with more VCs.&lt;br /&gt;If you meet with three VCs and they all say "no", it could just be a big coincidence.  Go meet with more VCs.&lt;br /&gt;If you meet with five, or six, or eight VCs and they all say no, it's not a coincidence.&lt;br /&gt;There is something wrong with your plan.&lt;br /&gt;Or, even if there isn't, there might as well be, because you're still not getting funded.&lt;br /&gt;Meeting with more VCs after a bunch have said no is probably a waste  of time.  Instead, retool your plan -- which is what this post is about.&lt;br /&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;first, lay the groundwork to go back in later&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;It's an old -- and true -- cliche that VCs rarely actually say "no"  -- more often they say "maybe", or "not right now", or "my partners  aren't sure", or "that's interesting, let me think about it".&lt;br /&gt;They do that because they don't want to invest in your company given  the current facts, but they want to keep the door open in case the facts  change.&lt;br /&gt;And that's exactly what you want -- you want to be able to go back to  them with a new set of facts, and change their minds, and get to "yes".&lt;br /&gt;So be sure to take "no" gracefully -- politely ask them for feedback  (which they probably won't give you, at least not completely honestly --  nobody likes calling someone else's baby ugly -- believe me, I've done  it), thank them for their time, and ask if you can call them again if  things change.&lt;br /&gt;Trust me -- they'd much rather be saying "yes" than "no" -- they need all the good investments they can get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second, consider the environment.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being told "no" by VCs in 1999 is a lot different than being told "no" in 2002.&lt;br /&gt;If you were told "no" in 1999, I'm sure you're a wonderful person and  you have huge potential and your mother loves you very much, but your  plan really was seriously flawed.&lt;br /&gt;If you were told "no" in 2002, you probably actually were the next  Google, but most of the VCs were hiding under their desks and they just  missed it.&lt;br /&gt;In my opinion, we're now in a much more rational environment than  either of those extremes -- a lot of good plans are being funded, along  with some bad ones, but not all the bad ones.&lt;br /&gt;I'll proceed under the assumption that we're in normal times.  But if  things get truly euphoric or truly funereal again, the rest of this  post will probably not be very helpful -- in either case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third, retool your plan.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the hard part -- changing the facts of your plan and what you are trying to do, to make your company more fundable.&lt;br /&gt;To describe the dimensions that you should consider as you contemplate retooling your plan, let me introduce the &lt;strong&gt;onion theory of risk&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;If you're an investor, you look at the risk around an investment as  if it's an onion.  Just like you peel an onion and remove each layer in  turn, risk in a startup investment comes in layers that get peeled away  -- reduced -- one by one.&lt;br /&gt;Your challenge as an entrepreneur trying to raise venture capital is  to keep peeling layers of risk off of your particular onion until the  VCs say "yes" -- until the risk in your startup is reduced to the point  where investing in your startup doesn't look terrifying and merely looks  risky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are the layers of risk for a high-tech startup?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It depends on the startup, but here are some of the common ones:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Founder risk&lt;/em&gt; -- does the startup have the right founding  team?  A common founding team might include a great technologist, plus  someone who can run the company, at least to start.  Is the technologist  really all that?  Is the business person capable of running the  company?  Is the business person missing from the team altogether?  Is  it a business person or business people with no technologist, and  therefore virtually unfundable?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Market risk&lt;/em&gt; -- is there a market for the product (using the  term product and service interchangeably)?  Will anyone want it?  Will  they pay for it?  How much will they pay?  How do we know?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Competition risk&lt;/em&gt; -- are there too many other startups  already doing this?  Is this startup sufficiently differentiated from  the other startups, and also differentiated from any large incumbents?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timing risk&lt;/em&gt; -- is it too early?  Is it too late?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Financing risk&lt;/em&gt; -- after we invest in this round, how many  additional rounds of financing will be required for the company to  become profitable, and what will the dollar total be?  How certain are  we about these estimates?  How do we know?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marketing risk&lt;/em&gt; -- will this startup be able to cut through  the noise?  How much will marketing cost?  Do the economics of customer  acquisition -- the cost to acquire a customer, and the revenue that  customer will generate -- work?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Distribution risk&lt;/em&gt; -- does this startup need certain  distribution partners to succeed?  Will it be able to get them?  How?   (For example, this is a common problem with mobile startups that need  deals with major mobile carriers to succeed.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technology risk&lt;/em&gt; -- can the product be built?  Does it  involve rocket science -- or an equivalent, like artificial intelligence  or natural language processing?  Are there fundamental breakthroughs  that need to happen?  If so, how certain are we that they will happen,  or that this team will be able to make them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Product risk&lt;/em&gt; -- even assuming the product can in theory be built, can this team build it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hiring risk&lt;/em&gt; -- what positions does the startup need to hire  for in order to execute its plan?  E.g. a startup planning to build a  high-scale web service will need a VP of Operations -- will the founding  team be able to hire a good one?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Location risk&lt;/em&gt; -- where is the startup located?  Can it hire  the right talent in that location?  And will I as the VC need to drive  more than 20 minutes in my Mercedes SLR McLaren to get there?&lt;br /&gt;You know, when you stack up all these layers and look at the full onion, you realize it's amazing that &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; venture investments ever get made.&lt;br /&gt;What you need to do is take a hard-headed look at each of these risks  -- and any others that are specific to your startup and its category --  and put yourself in the VC's shoes: what could this startup do to  minimize or eliminate enough of these risks to make the company  fundable?&lt;br /&gt;Then do those things.&lt;br /&gt;This isn't very much fun, since it will probably involve making  significant changes to your plan, but look on the bright side: it's  excellent practice for when your company ultimately goes public and has  to file an S1 registration statement with the SEC, in which you have to  itemize in huge detail every conceivable risk and bad thing that could  ever possibly happen to you, up to and including global warming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some ideas on reducing risk:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Founder risk&lt;/em&gt; -- the tough one.  If you're the technologist  on a founding team with a business person, you have to consider the  possibility that the VCs don't think the business person is strong  enough to be the founding CEO.  Or vice versa, maybe they think the  technologist isn't strong enough to build the product.  You may have to  swap out one or more founders, and/or add one or more founders.&lt;br /&gt;I put this one right up front because it can be a huge issue and the  odds of someone being honest with you about it in the specific are not  that high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Market risk&lt;/em&gt; -- you probably need to validate the market, at a  practical level.  Sometimes more detailed and analytical market  research will solve the problem, but more often you actually need to go  get some customers to demonstrate that the market exists.  Preferably,  paying customers.  Or at least credible prospects who will talk to VCs  to validate the market hypothesis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Competition risk&lt;/em&gt; -- is your differentiation really sharp  enough?  Rethink this one from the ground up.  Lots of startups do not  have strong enough differentiation out of the gate, even after they get  funded.  If you don't have a really solid idea as to how you're  dramatically different from or advantaged over known and unknown  competitors, you might not want to start a company in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;Two additional points on competition risk that founders routinely screw up in VC pitches:&lt;br /&gt;Never, ever say that you have no competitors.  That signals naivete.   Great markets draw competitors, and so if you really have no  competition, you must not be in a great market.  Even if you really  believe you have no competitors, create a competitive landscape slide  with adjacent companies in related market segments and be ready to talk  crisply about how you are like and unlike those adjacent companies.&lt;br /&gt;And never, ever say your market projections indicate you're going to  be hugely successful if you get only 2% of your (extremely large)  market.  That also signals naivete.  If you're going after 2% of a large  market, that means the presumably larger companies that are going to  take the other 98% are going to kill you.  You have to have a theory for  how you're going to get a significantly higher market share than 2%.   (I pick 2% because that's the cliche, but if you're a VC, you've  probably heard someone use it.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timing risk&lt;/em&gt; -- the only thing to do here is to make more  progress, and demonstrate that you're not too early or too late.   Getting customers in the bag is the most valuable thing you can do on  this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Financing risk&lt;/em&gt; -- rethink very carefully how much money you  will need to raise after this round of financing, and try to change the  plan in plausible ways to require less money.  For example, only serve  Cristal at your launch party, and not &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070709125412/http://www.wallywine.com/ps-30500-451-remy-martin-cognac-the-black-pearl-louis-xiii-750ml.aspx"&gt;Remy Martin "Black Pearl" Louis XIII cognac&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marketing risk&lt;/em&gt; -- first, make sure your differentiation is  super-sharp, because without that, you probably won't be able to stand  out from the noise.&lt;br /&gt;Then, model out your customer acquisition economics in detail and  make sure that you can show how you'll get more revenue from a customer  than it will cost in sales and marketing expense to acquire that  customer.  This is a common problem for startups pursuing the small  business market, for example.&lt;br /&gt;If it turns out you need a lot of money in absolute terms for  marketing, look for alternate approaches -- perhaps guerilla marketing,  or some form of virality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Distribution risk&lt;/em&gt; -- this is a very tough one -- if your  plan has distribution risk, which is to say you need a key distribution  partner to make it work, personally I'd recommend shelving the plan and  doing something else.  Otherwise, you may need to go get the  distribution deal before you can raise money, which is almost  impossible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technology risk&lt;/em&gt; -- there's only one way around this, which is to build the product, or at least get it to beta, and then raise money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Product risk&lt;/em&gt; -- same answer -- build it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hiring risk&lt;/em&gt; -- the best way to address this is to figure out  which position/positions the VCs are worried about, and add it/them to  the founding team.  This will mean additional dilution for you, but it's  probably the only way to solve the problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Location risk&lt;/em&gt; -- this is the one you're really not going to  like.  If you're not in a major center of entrepreneurialism and you're  having trouble raising money, you probably need to move.  There's a  reason why most films get made in Los Angeles, and there's a reason most  venture-backed US tech startups happen in Silicon Valley and handful of  other places -- that's where the money is.  You can start a company  wherever you want, but you may not be able to get it funded there.&lt;br /&gt;You'll notice that a lot of what you may need to do is &lt;em&gt;kick the ball further down the road&lt;/em&gt; -- make more progress against your plan before you raise venture capital.&lt;br /&gt;This obviously raises the issue of how you're supposed to do that before you've raised money.&lt;br /&gt;Try to raise angel money, or bootstrap off of initial customers or  consulting contracts, or work on it after hours while keeping your  current job, or quit your job and live off of credit cards for a while.&lt;br /&gt;Lots of entrepreneurs have done these things and succeeded -- and of course, many have failed.&lt;br /&gt;Nobody said this would be easy.&lt;br /&gt;The most valuable thing you can do is actually build your product.  When in doubt, focus on that.&lt;br /&gt;The next most valuable thing you can do is get customers -- or, for a  consumer Internet service, establish a pattern of page view growth.&lt;br /&gt;The whole theory of venture capital is that VCs are investing in risk  -- another term for venture capital is "risk capital" -- but the  reality is that VCs will only take on so much risk, and the best thing  you can do to optimize your chances of raising money is to take out  risk.&lt;br /&gt;Peel away at the onion.&lt;br /&gt;Then, once you've done that, recraft the pitch around the new facts.  Go do the pitches again.  And repeat as necessary.&lt;br /&gt;And to end on a happy note, remember that "yes" can turn into "no" at  any point up until the cash hits your company's bank account.&lt;br /&gt;So keep your options open all the way to the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 class="entry-header"&gt;The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 3: "But I don't know any VCs!"&lt;/h3&gt;In my last post in this series, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070702024023/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid_2.html"&gt;When the VCs say "no"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, I discussed what to do once you have been turned down for venture funding for the first time.&lt;br /&gt;However, this presupposes you've been able to pitch VCs in the first place.  &lt;strong&gt;What if you have a startup for which you'd like to raise venture funding, but you don't know any VCs?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can certainly sympathize with this problem -- when I was in college  working on Mosaic at the University of Illinois, the term "venture  capital" might as well have been "klaatu barada nikto" for all I knew.  I  had never met a venture capitalist, no venture capitalist had ever  talked to me, and I wouldn't have recognized one if I'd stumbled over  his checkbook on the sidewalk.  Without Jim Clark, I'm not at all  certain I would have been able to raise money to start a company like  Netscape, had it even occured to me to start a company in the first  place.&lt;br /&gt;The starting point for raising money from VCs when you don't know any VCs is to realize that &lt;strong&gt;VCs work mostly through referrals&lt;/strong&gt;  -- they hear about a promising startup or entrepreneur from someone  they have worked with before, like another entrepreneur, an executive or  engineer at one of the startups they have funded, or an angel investor  with whom they have previously co-invested.&lt;br /&gt;The reason for this is simply the math: &lt;strong&gt;any individual VC can only fund a few companies per year&lt;/strong&gt;,  and for every one she funds, she probably meets with 15 or 20, and  there are hundreds more that would like to meet with her that she  doesn't possibly have time to meet with.  She has to rely on her network  to help her screen the hundreds down to 15 or 20, so she can spend her  time finding the right one out of the 15 or 20.&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, &lt;strong&gt;submitting a business plan "over the transom"&lt;/strong&gt;,  or unsolicited, to a venture firm is likely to amount to just as much  as submitting a screenplay "over the transom" to a Hollywood talent  agency -- that is, &lt;strong&gt;precisely nothing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;So the primary trick becomes &lt;strong&gt;getting yourself into a position where you're one of the 15 or 20&lt;/strong&gt;  a particular venture capitalist is meeting with based on referrals from  her network, not one of the hundreds of people who don't come  recommended by anyone and whom she has no intention of meeting.&lt;br /&gt;But before you think about doing that, the first order of business is to (paraphrasing for a family audience) &lt;strong&gt;"have your stuff together"&lt;/strong&gt; -- create and develop your plan, your presentation, and your supporting materials so that when you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt;  meet with a VC, you impress her right out of the gate as bringing her a  fundable startup founded by someone who knows what he -- that's you --  is doing.&lt;br /&gt;My recommendation is to read up on all the things you should do to  put together a really effective business plan and presentation, and then  pretend you have already been turned down once -- then go back to my &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070702024023/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid_2.html"&gt;last post&lt;/a&gt; and go through all the different things you should anticipate and fix before you actually do walk through the door.&lt;br /&gt;One of the reason VCs only meet with startups through their networks  is because too many of the hundreds of other startups that they could  meet with come across as amateurish and uninformed, and therefore not  fundable, when they do take meetings with them.  So you have a big  opportunity to cut through the noise by &lt;strong&gt;making a great first impression&lt;/strong&gt; -- which requires really &lt;strong&gt;thinking things through ahead of time and doing all the hard work up front&lt;/strong&gt; to really make your pitch and plan a masterpiece.&lt;br /&gt;Working backwards from &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;, the best thing you can walk in with is a &lt;strong&gt;working product&lt;/strong&gt;.   Or, if you can't get to a working product without raising venture  funding, then at least a beta or prototype of some form -- a web site  that works but hasn't launched, or a software mockup with partial  functionality, or &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt;.  And of course it's even better if  you walk in with existing "traction" of some form -- customers, beta  customers, some evidence of adoption by Internet users, whatever is  appropriate for your particular startup.&lt;br /&gt;With a working product that could be the foundation of a fundable  startup, you have a much better chance of getting funded once you do get  in the door.  Back to my rule of thumb from the &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070702024023/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid_2.html"&gt;last post&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;when in doubt, work on the product&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Failing a working product and ideally customers or users, be sure to have &lt;strong&gt;as fleshed out a presentation&lt;/strong&gt;  as you possibly can -- including mockups, screenshots, market analyses,  customer research such as interviews with real prospects, and the like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't bother with a long detailed written business plan.&lt;/strong&gt;  Most VCs will either fund a startup based on a fleshed out &lt;strong&gt;Powerpoint presentation of about 20 slides&lt;/strong&gt;,  or they won't fund it at all.  Corollary: any VC who requires a long  detailed written business plan is probably not the right VC to be  working with.&lt;br /&gt;Next: &lt;strong&gt;qualify, qualify, qualify&lt;/strong&gt;.  Do extensive  research on venture capitalists and find the ones who focus on the  sector relevant to your startup.  It is completely counterproductive to  everyone involved for you to pitch a health care VC on a consumer  Internet startup, or vice versa.  Individual VCs are usually quite  focused in the kinds of companies they are looking for, and identifying  those VCs and screening out all the others is absolutely key.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now, on to developing contacts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The best way to develop contacts with VCs, in my opinion, is  to work at a venture-backed startup, kick butt, get promoted, and  network the whole way.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you can't get hired by a venture-backed startup right now, work at  a well-regarded large tech company that employs a lot of people like  Google or Apple, gain experience, and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; go to work at a venture-backed startup, kick butt, get promoted, and network the whole way.&lt;br /&gt;And if you can't get hired by a well-regarded large tech company, go  get a bachelor's or master's degree at a major research university from  which well-regarded large tech companies regularly recruit, then work at  a well-regarded large tech company that employs a lot of people like  Google or Apple, gain experience, and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; go to work at a venture-backed startup, kick butt, get promoted, and network the whole way.&lt;br /&gt;I sound like I'm joking, but I'm completely serious -- this is the path taken by many venture-backed entrepreneurs I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some alternate techniques that don't take quite as long:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're still in school, &lt;strong&gt;immediately transfer to, or plan on going to graduate school at, a large research university&lt;/strong&gt; with well-known connections to the venture capital community, like Stanford or MIT.&lt;br /&gt;Graduate students at Stanford are directly responsible for such  companies as Sun, Cisco, Yahoo, and Google, so needless to say, Silicon  Valley VCs are continually on the prowl on the Stanford engineering  campus for the next Jerry Yang or Larry Page.&lt;br /&gt;(In contrast, the University of Illinois, where I went to school, is mostly prowled by mutant cold-weather cows.)&lt;br /&gt;Alternately, &lt;strong&gt;jump all over Y Combinator&lt;/strong&gt;.  This  program, created by entrepreneur Paul Graham and his partners, funds  early-stage startups in an organized program in Silicon Valley and  Boston and then makes sure the good ones get in front of venture  capitalists for follow-on funding.  It's a great idea and a huge  opportunity for the people who participate in it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read VC blogs&lt;/strong&gt; -- read them all, and read them very  very carefully.  VCs who blog are doing entrepreneurs a huge service  both in conveying highly useful information as well as frequently  putting themselves out there to be contacted by entrepreneurs in various  ways including email, comments, and even uploaded podcasts.  Each VC is  different in terms of how she wants to engage with people online, but  by all means read as many VC blogs as you can and interact with as many  of them as you can in appropriate ways.&lt;br /&gt;See the list of VC bloggers on &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070702024023/http://blog.pmarca.com/"&gt;my home page&lt;/a&gt;, as well as on the home pages of various of those bloggers.&lt;br /&gt;At the very least you will start to get a really good sense of which VCs who blog are interested in which kinds of companies.&lt;br /&gt;At best, a VC blogger may encourage her readers to communicate with  her in various ways, including soliciting email pitches in certain  startup categories of interest to her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070702024023/http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/"&gt;Fred Wilson&lt;/a&gt;  of Union Square Ventures has even gone so far as to encourage  entrepreneurs to record and upload audio pitches for new ventures so he  can listen to them on his IPod.  I don't know if he's still doing that,  but it's worth reading his blog and finding out.&lt;br /&gt;Along those lines, some VCs are aggressive early adopters of new  forms of communication and interaction -- current examples being  Facebook and Twitter.  Observationally, when a VC is exploring a new  communiation medium like Facebook or Twitter, she can be more interested  in interacting with various people over that new medium than she might  otherwise be.  So, when such a new thing comes out -- like, hint hint,  Facebook or Twitter -- &lt;strong&gt;jump all over it&lt;/strong&gt;, see which VCs are using it, and interact with them that way -- sensibly, of course.&lt;br /&gt;More generally, &lt;strong&gt;it's a good idea for entrepreneurs who are looking for funding to blog&lt;/strong&gt;  -- about their startup, about interesting things going on, about their  point of view.  This puts an entrepreneur in the flow of conversation,  which can lead to interaction with VCs through the normal medium of  blogging.  And, when a VC does decide to take a look at you and your  company, she can read your blog to get a sense of who you are and how  you think.  It's another great opportunity to put forward a fantastic  first impression.&lt;br /&gt;Finally, if you are a programmer, I &lt;i&gt;highly&lt;/i&gt; encourage you, if you have time, to &lt;strong&gt;create or contribute to a meaningful open source project&lt;/strong&gt;.   The open source movement is an amazing opportunity for programmers all  over the world to not only build useful software that lots of people  can use, but also build their own reputations completely apart from  whatever day jobs they happen to have.  Being able to email a VC and  say, "I'm the creator of open source program X which has 50,000 users  worldwide, and I want to tell you about my new startup" is a lot more  effective than your normal pitch.&lt;br /&gt;If you engage in a set of these techniques over time, you &lt;i&gt;should&lt;/i&gt;  be able to interact with at least a few VCs in ways that they find  useful and that might lead to further conversations about funding, or  even introductions to other VCs.&lt;br /&gt;I'm personally hoping that the next Google comes out of a VC being  sent an email pitch after the entrepreneur read that VC's blog.  Then  every VC on the planet will suddenly start blogging, overnight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If none of those ideas work for you:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your alternatives in reverse (declining) order of preference for funding are, in my view: &lt;strong&gt;angel  funding, bootstrapping via consulting contracts or early customers,  keeping your day job and working on your startup in your spare time, and  credit card debt&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Angel funding -- funding from individuals who like to invest small  amounts of money in early-stage startups, often before VCs come in --  can be a great way to go since good angels know good VCs and will be  eager to introduce you to them so that your company goes on to be  successful for the angel as well as for you.&lt;br /&gt;This of course begs the question of how to raise angel money, which is another topic altogether!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am not encouraging the other three alternatives&lt;/strong&gt; --  bootstrapping, working on it part time, or credit card debt.  Each has  serious problems.  But, it is easy to name highly successful  entrepreneurs who have followed each of those paths, so they are worth  noting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing link:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, &lt;strong&gt;be sure to read &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070702024023/http://www.sequoiacap.com/ideas/"&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; on Sequoia Capital's web site&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Sequoia is one of the very best venture firms in the world, and has  funded many companies that you have heard of including Oracle, Apple,  Yahoo, and Google.&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070702024023/http://www.sequoiacap.com/ideas/"&gt;that page&lt;/a&gt;,  Sequoia does entrepreneurs everywhere a huge service by first listing  the criteria that they look for in a startup, then the recommended  structure for your pitch presentation, and then finally actually asks  for pitches "over the transom".&lt;br /&gt;I have not done a thorough review of other VC web sites to see who  else is being this open, but for Sequoia to be offering this to the  world at large is a huge opportunity for the right startup.  Don't let  it pass by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;[Editorial note: This will be the last VC-related post in this  series for a while.  From now on I plan to focus much more on how to  make a startup successful.]&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 class="entry-header"&gt;The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters&lt;/h3&gt;This post is all about the only thing that matters for a new startup.&lt;br /&gt;But first, some theory:&lt;br /&gt;If you look at a broad cross-section of startups -- say, 30 or 40 or  more; enough to screen out the pure flukes and look for patterns -- two  obvious facts will jump out at you.&lt;br /&gt;First obvious fact: there is an incredibly wide divergence of success  -- some of those startups are insanely successful, some highly  successful, many somewhat successful, and quite a few of course outright  fail.&lt;br /&gt;Second obvious fact: there is an incredibly wide divergence of  caliber and quality for the three core elements of each startup -- &lt;em&gt;team&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;product&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;market&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;At any given startup, the team will range from outstanding to  remarkably flawed; the product will range from a masterpiece of  engineering to barely functional; and the market will range from booming  to comatose.&lt;br /&gt;And so you start to wonder -- what correlates the most to success -- &lt;em&gt;team&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;product&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;market&lt;/em&gt;?  Or, more bluntly, &lt;strong&gt;what causes success?&lt;/strong&gt;  And, for those of us who are students of startup failure -- &lt;strong&gt;what's most dangerous: a bad team, a weak product, or a poor market?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's start by defining terms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The caliber of a startup &lt;em&gt;team&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; can be  defined as the suitability of the CEO, senior staff, engineers, and  other key staff relative to the opportunity in front of them.&lt;br /&gt;You look at a startup and ask, will this team be able to optimally  execute against their opportunity?  I focus on effectiveness as opposed  to experience, since the history of the tech industry is full of highly  successful startups that were staffed primarily by people who had never  "done it before".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The quality of a startup's &lt;em&gt;product&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; can be  defined as how impressive the product is to one customer or user who  actually uses it: How easy is the product to use?  How feature rich is  it?  How fast is it?  How extensible is it?  How polished is it?  How  many (or rather, how few) bugs does it have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The size of a startup's &lt;em&gt;market&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is the the number, and growth rate, of those customers or users for that product.&lt;br /&gt;(Let's assume for this discussion that you can make money at scale --  that the cost of acquiring a customer isn't higher than the revenue  that customer will generate.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Some people have been objecting to my classification as  follows: "How great can a product be if nobody wants it?"  In other  words, isn't the quality of a product defined by how appealing it is to  lots of customers?  No.  Product quality and market size are completely different.&lt;br /&gt;Here's the classic scenario: the world's best software application  for an operating system nobody runs.  Just ask any software developer  targeting the market for BeOS, Amiga, OS/2, or NeXT applications what  the difference is between great product and big market.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you ask entrepreneurs or VCs which of &lt;em&gt;team&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;product&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;market&lt;/em&gt; is most important, many will say &lt;em&gt;team&lt;/em&gt;.   This is the obvious answer, in part because in the beginning of a  startup, you know a lot more about the team than you do the product,  which hasn't been built yet, or the market, which hasn't been explored  yet.&lt;br /&gt;Plus, we've all been raised on slogans like "people are our most  important asset" -- at least in the US, pro-people sentiments permeate  our culture, ranging from high school self-esteem programs to the  Declaration of Independence's inalienable rights to life, liberty, and  the pursuit of happiness -- so the answer that team is the most  important &lt;em&gt;feels&lt;/em&gt; right.&lt;br /&gt;And who wants to take the position that people don't matter?&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, if you ask engineers, many will say &lt;em&gt;product&lt;/em&gt;.   This is a product business, startups invent products, customers buy  and use the products.  Apple and Google are the best companies in the  industry today because they build the best products.  Without the  product there is no company.  Just try having a great team and no  product, or a great market and no product.  What's wrong with you?  Now  let me get back to work on the product.&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I'll take the third position -- I'll assert that &lt;em&gt;market&lt;/em&gt; is the most important factor in a startup's success or failure.&lt;br /&gt;Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In a great market -- a market with lots of real potential customers -- the market &lt;em&gt;pulls&lt;/em&gt; product out of the startup.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The market needs to be fulfilled and the market &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; be fulfilled, by the first viable product that comes along.&lt;br /&gt;The product doesn't need to be great; it just has to basically work.   And, the market doesn't care how good the team is, as long as the team  can produce that viable product.&lt;br /&gt;In short, customers are knocking down your door to get the product;  the main goal is to actually answer the phone and respond to all the  emails from people who want to buy.&lt;br /&gt;And when you have a great market, the team is remarkably easy to upgrade on the fly.&lt;br /&gt;This is the story of search keyword advertising, and Internet auctions, and TCP/IP routers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conversely, in a terrible market, you can have the best  product in the world and an absolutely killer team, and it doesn't  matter -- &lt;em&gt;you're going to fail&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll break your pick for years trying to find customers who don't  exist for your marvelous product, and your wonderful team will  eventually get demoralized and quit, and your startup will die.&lt;br /&gt;This is the story of videoconferencing, and workflow software, and micropayments.&lt;br /&gt;In honor of Andy Rachleff, formerly of Benchmark Capital, who crystallized this formulation for me, let me present &lt;em&gt;Rachleff's Law of Startup Success&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The #1 company-killer is lack of market.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andy puts it this way:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;When a great team meets a lousy market, market wins.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When a lousy team meets a great market, market wins.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When a great team meets a great market, something special happens.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;You can obviously screw up a great market -- and that has been done,  and not infrequently -- but assuming the team is baseline competent and  the product is fundamentally acceptable, a great market will tend to  equal success and a poor market will tend to equal failure.  &lt;strong&gt;Market matters most&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;And neither a stellar team nor a fantastic product will redeem a bad market.&lt;br /&gt;OK, so what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well, first question: Since team is the thing you have the  most control over at the start, and everyone wants to have a great team,  what does a great team actually get you?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully a great team gets you at least an OK product, and ideally a great product.&lt;br /&gt;However, I can name you a bunch of examples of great teams that  totally screwed up their products.  Great products are really, really  hard to build.&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully a great team also gets you a great market -- but I can also  name you lots of examples of great teams that executed brilliantly  against terrible markets and failed.  &lt;em&gt;Markets that don't exist don't care how smart you are.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my experience, the most frequent case of great team paired with  bad product and/or terrible market is the second- or third-time  entrepreneur whose first company was a huge success.  People get cocky,  and slip up.  There is one high-profile, highly successful software  entrepreneur right now who is burning through something like $80 million  in venture funding in his latest startup and has practically nothing to  show for it except for some great press clippings and a couple of beta  customers -- because there is virtually no market for what he is  building.&lt;br /&gt;Conversely, I can name you any number of weak teams whose startups  were highly successful due to explosively large markets for what they  were doing.&lt;br /&gt;Finally, to quote Tim Shephard: "A great team is a team that will  always beat a mediocre team, given the same market and product."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second question: Can't great products sometimes create huge new markets?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Absolutely.&lt;br /&gt;This is a best case scenario, though.&lt;br /&gt;VMWare is the most recent company to have done it -- VMWare's product  was so profoundly transformative out of the gate that it catalyzed a  whole new movement toward operating system virtualization, which turns  out to be a monster market.&lt;br /&gt;And of course, in this scenario, it also doesn't really matter how  good your team is, as long as the team is good enough to develop the  product to the baseline level of quality the market requires and get it  fundamentally to market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Understand I'm not saying that you should shoot low in terms of quality of team&lt;/em&gt;, or that VMWare's team was not incredibly strong -- it was, and is.  I'm saying, &lt;em&gt;bring a product as transformative as VMWare's to market and you're going to succeed&lt;/em&gt;, full stop.&lt;br /&gt;Short of that, I wouldn't count on your product creating a new market from scratch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third question: as a startup founder, what should I do about all this?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's introduce &lt;em&gt;Rachleff's Corollary of Startup Success:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The only thing that matters is getting to product/market fit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Product/market fit means being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;You can always feel when product/market fit isn't happening.&lt;/em&gt;   The customers aren't quite getting value out of the product, word of  mouth isn't spreading, usage isn't growing that fast, press reviews are  kind of "blah", the sales cycle takes too long, and lots of deals never  close.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;And you can always feel product/market fit when it's happening.&lt;/em&gt;   The customers are buying the product just as fast as you can make it  -- or usage is growing just as fast as you can add more servers.  Money  from customers is piling up in your company checking account.  You're  hiring sales and customer support staff as fast as you can.  Reporters  are calling because they've heard about your hot new thing and they want  to talk to you about it.  You start getting entrepreneur of the year  awards from Harvard Business School.  Investment bankers are staking out  your house.  You could eat free for a year at Buck's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lots of startups fail before product/market fit ever happens.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My contention, in fact, is that they fail &lt;em&gt;because&lt;/em&gt; they never get to product/market fit.&lt;br /&gt;Carried a step further, I believe that the life of any startup can be divided into two parts: &lt;em&gt;before product/market fit&lt;/em&gt; (call this "BPMF") and &lt;em&gt;after product/market fit&lt;/em&gt; ("APMF").&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you are BPMF, focus obsessively on getting to product/market fit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do whatever is required to get to product/market fit.&lt;/strong&gt;   Including changing out people, rewriting your product, moving into a  different market, telling customers no when you don't want to, telling  customers yes when you don't want to, raising that fourth round of  highly dilutive venture capital -- whatever is required.&lt;br /&gt;When you get right down to it, you can ignore almost everything else.&lt;br /&gt;I'm not suggesting that you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; ignore everything else -- just that judging from what I've seen in successful startups, you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whenever you see a successful startup, you see one that has reached product/market fit&lt;/strong&gt;  -- and usually along the way screwed up all kinds of other things, from  channel model to pipeline development strategy to marketing plan to  press relations to compensation policies to the CEO sleeping with the  venture capitalist.  And the startup is still successful.&lt;br /&gt;Conversely, you see a surprising number of &lt;strong&gt;really well-run startups&lt;/strong&gt;  that have all aspects of operations completely buttoned down, HR  policies in place, great sales model, thoroughly thought-through  marketing plan, great interview processes, outstanding catered food, 30"  monitors for all the programmers, top tier VCs on the board -- &lt;strong&gt;heading straight off a cliff due to not ever finding product/market fit&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Ironically, once a startup is successful, and you ask the founders  what made it successful, they will usually cite all kinds of things that  had nothing to do with it.  People are terrible at understanding  causation.  But in almost every case, the cause was actually  product/market fit.&lt;br /&gt;Because, really, what else could it possibly be?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Editorial note: this post obviously raises way more questions  than it answers.  How exactly do you go about getting to product/market  fit if you don't hit it right out of the gate?  How do you evaluate  markets for size and quality, especially before they're fully formed?   What actually makes a product "fit" a market?  What role does timing  play?  How do you know when to change strategy and go after a different  market or build a different product?  When do you need to change out  some or all of your team?  And why can't you count on on a great team to  build the right product and find the right market?  All these topics  will be discussed in future posts in this series.]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 class="entry-header"&gt;The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 5: The Moby Dick theory of big companies&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="entry-body"&gt;                           &lt;blockquote&gt;"There she blows," was sung out from the mast-head.  "Where away?" demanded the captain.&lt;br /&gt;"Three points off the lee bow, sir."&lt;br /&gt;"Raise up your wheel. Steady!" "Steady, sir."&lt;br /&gt;"Mast-head ahoy! Do you see that whale now?"&lt;br /&gt;"Ay ay, sir! A shoal of Sperm Whales! There she blows! There she breaches!"&lt;br /&gt;"Sing out! sing out every time!"&lt;br /&gt;"Ay Ay, sir! There she blows! there -- there -- THAR she blows -- bowes -- bo-o-os!"&lt;br /&gt;"How far off?"&lt;br /&gt;"Two miles and a half."&lt;br /&gt;"Thunder and lightning! so near! Call all hands."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;-- J. Ross Browne's Etchings of a Whaling Cruize, 1846&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;There are times in the life of a startup when you have to deal with big companies.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe you're looking for a partnership or distribution deal. Perhaps  you want an investment. Sometimes you want a marketing or sales  alliance. From time to time you need a big company's permission to do  something. Or maybe a big company has approached you and says it wants  to buy your startup.&lt;br /&gt;The most important thing you need to know going into any discussion  or interaction with a big company is that you're Captain Ahab, and the  big company is Moby Dick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"Scarcely had we proceeded two days on the sea, when about  sunrise a great many Whales and other monsters of the sea, appeared.  Among the former, one was of a most monstrous size. ... This came  towards us, open-mouthed, raising the waves on all sides, and beating  the sea before him into a foam."  &lt;em&gt;-- Tooke's Lucian, "The True History"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;When Captain Ahab went in search of the great white whale Moby Dick,  he had absolutely no idea whether he would find Moby Dick, whether Moby  Dick would allow himself to be found, whether Moby Dick would try to  immediately capsize the ship or instead play cat and mouse, or whether  Moby Dick was off mating with his giant whale girlfriend.&lt;br /&gt;What happened was entirely up to Moby Dick.&lt;br /&gt;And Captain Ahab would never be able explain to himself or anyone else why Moby Dick would do whatever it was he'd do.&lt;br /&gt;You're Captain Ahab, and the big company is Moby Dick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"Clap eye on Captain Ahab, young man, and thou wilt find that he has only one leg."  "What do you mean, sir? Was the other one lost by a whale?"&lt;br /&gt;"Lost by a whale! Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured,  chewed up, crunched by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a  boat! -- ah, ah!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;-- Moby Dick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Here's why:&lt;br /&gt;The behavior of any big company is largely inexplicable when viewed from the outside.&lt;br /&gt;I always laugh when someone says, "Microsoft is going to do X", or "Google is going to do Y", or "Yahoo is going to do Z".&lt;br /&gt;Odds are, nobody &lt;em&gt;inside&lt;/em&gt; Microsoft, Google, or Yahoo knows what Microsoft, Google, or Yahoo is going to do in any given circumstance on any given issue.&lt;br /&gt;Sure, maybe the CEO knows, if the issue is really big, but you're  probably not dealing at the CEO level, and so that doesn't matter.&lt;br /&gt;The inside of any big company is a very, very complex system  consisting of many thousands of people, of whom at least hundreds and  probably thousands are executives who think they have some level of  decision-making authority.&lt;br /&gt;On any given issue, many people inside the company are going to get  some kind of vote on what happens -- maybe 8 people, maybe 10, 15, 20,  sometimes many more.&lt;br /&gt;When I was at IBM in the early 90's, they had a formal decision  making process called "concurrence" -- on any given issue, a written  list of the 50 or so executives from all over the company who would be  affected by the decision in any way, no matter how minor, would be  assembled, and any one of those executives could "nonconcur" and veto  the decision. That's an extreme case, but even a non-extreme version of  this process -- and all big companies have one; they have to -- is  mind-bendingly complex to try to understand, even from the inside, let  alone the outside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"... and the breath of the whale is frequently attended with  such an insupportable smell, as to bring on a disorder of the brain."  &lt;em&gt;-- Ulloa's South America&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;You can count on there being a whole host of impinging forces that  will affect the dynamic of decision-making on any issue at a big  company.&lt;br /&gt;The consensus building process, trade-offs, quids pro quo, politics,  rivalries, arguments, mentorships, revenge for past wrongs,  turf-building, engineering groups, product managers, product marketers,  sales, corporate marketing, finance, HR, legal, channels, business  development, the strategy team, the international divisions, investors,  Wall Street analysts, industry analysts, good press, bad press, press  articles being written that you don't know about, customers, prospects,  lost sales, prospects on the fence, partners, this quarter's sales  numbers, this quarter's margins, the bond rating, the planning meeting  that happened last week, the planning meeting that got cancelled this  week, bonus programs, people joining the company, people leaving the  company, people getting fired by the company, people getting promoted,  people getting sidelined, people getting demoted, who's sleeping with  whom, which dinner party the CEO went to last night, the guy who  prepares the Powerpoint presentation for the staff meeting accidentally  putting your startup's name in too small a font to be read from the back  of the conference room...&lt;br /&gt;You can't possibly even identify all the factors that will come to  bear on a big company's decision, much less try to understand them, much  less try to influence them very much at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"The larger whales, whalers seldom venture to attack. They  stand in so great dread of some of them, that when out at sea they are  afraid to mention even their names, and carry dung, lime-stone,  juniper-wood, and some other articles of the same nature in their boats,  in order to terrify and prevent their too near approach."  &lt;em&gt;-- Uno Von Troil's Letters on Banks's and Solander's Voyage to Iceland In 1772&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Back to Moby Dick.&lt;br /&gt;Moby Dick might stalk you for three months, then jump out of the  water and raise a huge ruckus, then vanish for six months, then come  back and beach your whole boat, or alternately give you the clear shot  you need to harpoon his giant butt.&lt;br /&gt;And you're never going to know why.&lt;br /&gt;A big company might study you for three months, then approach you and  tell you they want to invest in you or partner with you or buy you,  then vanish for six months, then come out with a directly competitive  product that kills you, or alternately acquire you and make you and your  whole team rich.&lt;br /&gt;And you're never going to know why.&lt;br /&gt;The upside of dealing with a big company is that there's potentially a ton of whale meat in it for you.&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, mixing my metaphors. The right deal with the right big company can have a &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; impact on a startup's success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"And what thing soever besides cometh within the chaos of  this monster's mouth, be it beast, boat, or stone, down it goes all  incontinently that foul great swallow of his, and perisheth in the  bottomless gulf of his paunch."  &lt;em&gt;-- Holland's Plutarch's Morals&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;The downside of dealing with a big company is that he can capsize you  -- maybe by stepping on you in one way or another and killing you, but  more likely by wrapping you up in a bad partnership that ends up holding  you back, or just making you waste a huge amount of time in meetings  and get distracted from your core mission.&lt;br /&gt;So what to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First&lt;/strong&gt;, don't do startups that require deals with big companies to make them successful.&lt;br /&gt;The risk of never getting those deals is way too high, no matter how hard you are willing to work at it.&lt;br /&gt;And even if you get the deals, they probably won't work out the way you hoped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"'Stern all!' exclaimed the mate, as upon turning his head,  he saw the distended jaws of a large Sperm Whale close to the head of  the boat, threatening it with instant destruction; -- 'Stern all, for  your lives!'"  &lt;em&gt;-- Wharton the Whale Killer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second&lt;/strong&gt;, never assume that a deal with a big company  is closed until the ink hits the paper and/or the cash hits the company  bank account.&lt;br /&gt;There is always something that can cause a deal that looks like it's  closed, to suddenly get blown to smithereens -- or vanish without a  trace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;At day-break, the three mast-heads were punctually manned afresh.  "D'ye see him?" cried Ahab after allowing a little space for the light to spread.&lt;br /&gt;"See nothing, sir."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;-- Moby Dick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third&lt;/strong&gt;, be extremely patient.&lt;br /&gt;Big companies play "hurry up and wait" all the time. In the last few  years I've dealt with one big East Coast technology company in  particular that has played "hurry up and wait" with me at least four  separate times -- including a mandatory immediate cross-country flight  just to have dinner with the #2 executive -- and has never followed  through on anything.&lt;br /&gt;If you want a deal with a big company, it is probably going to take a lot longer to put together than you think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"My God! Mr. Chace, what is the matter?" I answered, "we have been stove by a whale."  &lt;em&gt;-- "Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Whale Ship Essex of  Nantucket, Which Was Attacked and Finally Destroyed by a Large Sperm  Whale in the Pacific Ocean" by Owen Chace of Nantucket, First Mate of  Said Vessel, New York, 1821&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fourth&lt;/strong&gt;, beware bad deals.&lt;br /&gt;I am thinking of one high-profile Internet startup in San Francisco  right now that is extremely promising, has great technology and a unique  offering, that did two big deals early with high-profile big company  partners, and has become completely hamstrung in its ability to execute  on its core business as a result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fifth&lt;/strong&gt;, never, ever assume a big company will do the obvious thing.&lt;br /&gt;What is obvious to you -- or any outsider -- is probably not obvious  on the inside, once all the other factors that are involved are taken  into account.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sixth&lt;/strong&gt;, be aware that big companies care a lot more about what other big companies are doing than what any startup is doing.&lt;br /&gt;Hell, big companies often care a lot more about what other big  companies are doing than they care about what their customers are doing.&lt;br /&gt;Moby Dick cared a lot more about what the other giant white whales  were doing than those annoying little people in that flimsy boat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"The Whale is harpooned to be sure; but bethink you, how you  would manage a powerful unbroken colt, with the mere appliance of a  rope tied to the root of his tail."  &lt;em&gt;-- A Chapter on Whaling in Ribs and Trucks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seventh&lt;/strong&gt;, if doing deals with big companies is going  to be a key part of your strategy, be sure to hire a real pro who has  done it before.&lt;br /&gt;Only the best and most experienced whalers had a chance at taking down Moby Dick.&lt;br /&gt;This is why senior sales and business development people get paid a lot of money. They're worth it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"Oh! Ahab," cried Starbuck, "not too late is it, even now,  the third day, to desist. See! Moby Dick seeks thee not. It is thou,  thou, that madly seekest him!"  &lt;em&gt;-- Moby Dick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eighth&lt;/strong&gt;, don't get obsessed.&lt;br /&gt;Don't turn into Captain Ahab.&lt;br /&gt;By all means, talk to big companies about all kinds of things, but  always be ready to have the conversation just drop and to return to your  core business.&lt;br /&gt;Rare is the startup where a deal with a big company leads to success, or lack thereof leads to huge failure.&lt;br /&gt;(However, see also Microsoft and Digital Research circa 1981. Talk about a huge whale.)&lt;br /&gt;Closing thought:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Diving beneath the settling ship, the whale ran quivering  along its keel; but turning under water, swiftly shot to the surface  again, far off the other bow, but within a few yards of Ahab's boat,  where, for a time, the whale lay quiescent.  "...Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale;  to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for  hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all  hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then  tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou  damned whale! THUS, I give up the spear!"&lt;br /&gt;The harpoon was darted; the stricken whale flew forward; with  igniting velocity the line ran through the grooves; -- ran foul. Ahab  stooped to clear it; he did clear it; but the flying turn caught him  round the neck, and voicelessly as Turkish mutes bowstring their victim,  he was shot out of the boat, ere the crew knew he was gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;-- Moby Dick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6342130744033160177?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6342130744033160177/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6342130744033160177' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6342130744033160177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6342130744033160177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2010/09/marc-andressen-como-montar-uma-startup.html' title='Marc Andressen, como montar uma startup (histórico)'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3001908436738745847</id><published>2010-09-06T20:36:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T20:36:20.606-03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roubando um pouco de &lt;a href="http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq0409201022.htm"&gt;conteúdo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: navy;"&gt;ENTREVISTA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="color: navy;"&gt;CHRISTOPH TÜRCKE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Tela lança choques sensuais assim como injeções de heroína"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;hr noshade="noshade" size="2" /&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;PARA  PENSADOR ALEMÃO, AUTOR DE "SOCIEDADE EXCITADA" E "FILOSOFIA DO SONHO" ,  USUÁRIOS HIGH TECH SÃO VÍTIMAS DE "DISTRAÇÃO CONCENTRADA"  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;hr noshade="noshade" size="2" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;  MARCOS FLAMÍNIO PERES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DE SÃO PAULO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A sociedade do espetáculo  do pós-Guerra se transformou hoje na sociedade da  sensação, mergulhada num  excitamento contínuo de  efeito similar ao das drogas.  Essa alarmante tese high  tech é defendida pelo filósofo  alemão Christoph Türcke,  que estará em São Paulo na  semana que vem para lançar  os livros "Sociedade Excitada" e "Filosofia do Sonho". &lt;br /&gt;Se o marxista francês Guy  Debord atacou o consumismo em sua obra pioneira de  1967 ("A Sociedade do Espetáculo"), Türcke defende que  o aprofundamento da revolução tecnológica, no final  do século 20, provoca um frenesi viciante de "choques"  imagéticos e visuais.  "Trata-se de injeções sensuais", afirma na entrevista  abaixo à &lt;b&gt;Folha&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;Assim como as drogas evoluíram em potência -do ópio  para a morfina e heroína, das  bebidas fermentadas para as  destiladas-, a "metralhadora audiovisual" contemporânea provocou um aumento  de dependência por parte de  seus "usuários".  "Isso é o que chamo de distração concentrada."  Herdeiro da Escola de  Frankfurt, que fundia marxismo e psicanálise, Türcke  conclui que a sociedade da  sensação se materializa no  fetiche. Pois, diz, "fetiches  são sintomas de abstinência,  substitutos de algo de que se  foi dolorosamente privado".    &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;  Folha - O conceito de "sociedade da sensação" não é intelectualista demais? &lt;br /&gt;Christoph Türcke&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Pelo  contrário. Parte de um ponto  de vista sensualista, para não  dizer fisiológico.  Avalia como a máquina  audiovisual, que emite seus  choques imagéticos 24 horas  por dia, se impõe ao sensório  humano. Tais choques, que  se vive com cada nova focagem de câmara, têm o efeito  de injeções sensuais.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   Como assim, injeções sensuais? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Qualquer corte imagético,  qualquer nova focagem, tem  o caráter de um projétil, como diz Walter Benjamin  [1892-1940]. Penetra no espectador abruptamente, desencadeando uma dose de  adrenalina.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   Como o vício define a sociedade da sensação? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Vício como fenômeno particular -como dependência  física de certas substâncias  (drogas)- está modificando  um fenômeno geral, pois a  máquina audiovisual também vicia.  Quem presta atenção à tela se dedica a ela, vive uma  dependência crescente dela,  vincula suas expectativas,  sua economia emocional e  intelectual a ela.  Assim como o drogado  aplica injeções de heroína,  uma sociedade que depende  da tela se expõe a bilhões de  choques imagéticos.  O choque singular é mínimo, quase imperceptível e  não faz mal. Bilhões, no entanto, destroem justamente a  atenção que elas atraem  magneticamente.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   Então, em um mundo conectado como o atual, as pessoas  estão virtualmente viciadas? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;O vício é real. Surge em organismos físicos, não num  agregado de pixel.  O mundo virtual tem sua  própria realidade, uma realidade prepotente, mas por outro lado fraquíssima, muito  fugaz, não consistindo senão  numa constelação de impulsos eletrônicos. Ao desligar a  eletricidade a virtualidade  inteira desaparece.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   Citando Trótski, o sr. propõe  uma relação íntima entre  igreja, cinema e álcool. Qual a  razão disso? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Trótski não percebeu o alcance da sua própria observação. O vício tem um subtexto teológico. Cada nova  injeção atua como promessa.  O viciado quer cada vez  mais, é insaciável, pois quer  viver "o inédito", que o vem  salvar. Igreja, cinema, botequim: todos os três nutrem  expectativas de salvação, cada um deles à sua maneira.  O ateu Trótski tentava tirar  a classe operária da aguardente ao reuni-la no cinema.  Era a sua igreja.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   O sr. diz que, com a invenção  do destilado, destruiu-se a  cultura do beber e também  que a vitória da morfina e da  heroína sobre o ópio mudou  o padrão do "frenesi", devido  à multiplicação do efeito tóxico. Quais as implicações disso para a sociedade contemporânea? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Quanto mais forte, mais  rápido o efeito.  As drogas desenvolvem-se  segundo as necessidades gerais de aceleração.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   Então novas drogas, tanto  químicas quanto "tecnológicas", deverão necessariamente se desenvolver? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Se forem lucrativas, sim.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   Parafraseando o "Manifesto  Comunista", de Marx e Engels, o sr. afirma que as pessoas não suportam "o peso da  sobriedade". Essa é uma característica da sociedade da  sensação? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;É. Marx e Engels não eram  ascéticos, mas apostaram no  domínio da razão sóbria,  isenta de qualquer ópio físico  ou metafísico.  Eram, em outras palavras,  racionalistas ilusionistas, subestimaram o homem enquanto ser pulsional  que  nunca vai se livrar de todas  as expectativas de salvação.  Não adianta recalcar tais  expectativas, trata-se de lidar com elas de modo racional e reflexivo.  Mas o sensacionalismo de hoje não dá espaço a tal reflexão. A metralha  audiovisual torna o desvio o caminho principal.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   Então a "metralhadora audiovisual" liquida a perspectiva  de alguma salvação? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Não necessariamente. Não  vivemos num mundo predeterminado. O livre arbítrio  não está liquidado. As forças  dominadoras sempre provocam forças de resistência,  tanto em termos educacionais quanto sociais. A história continua em aberto.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;  O sr. é um crítico da "dupla  estratégia" do Greenpeace,  de criticar e condescender?  Qual a implicação disso para  o movimento ambientalista? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Constato, não critico a  "dupla estratégia".  Observo, porém, que ela  sempre indica fraqueza social. São minorias que têm  necessidade de usá-la.  Organizações não governamentais como o Greenpeace agem sob as mesmas coações comerciais que as grandes empresas.  Elas têm que colaborar  com forças sociais que, ao  mesmo tempo, estão combatendo. Não escapam da ambiguidade. Entretanto, isso  de nada serve se não arriscar  o ambíguo.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   A vida é sonho? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Seria bonito. Mas não é assim. A vida é um conjunto de  vários estados. Um deles é o  sonho. Representa o subsolo  da nossa vida, É a massa de  fermentação de todos os nossos desejos, planos, projetos.  Ninguém aguenta a vida  sem sonho. Sem sonho não  há esperança, não há humanidade.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr noshade="noshade" size="1" /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt; FILOSOFIA DO SONHO &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;AUTOR&lt;/b&gt; Christoph Türcke &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;TRADUÇÃO&lt;/b&gt; Paulo Rudi Schneider &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;EDITORA&lt;/b&gt; Unijuí &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;QUANTO&lt;/b&gt; R$ 48 (328 págs.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;AVALIAÇÃO&lt;/b&gt; bom &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;SOCIEDADE EXCITADA &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;AUTOR&lt;/b&gt; Christoph Türcke &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;TRADUÇÃO&lt;/b&gt; Vários tradutores &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;EDITORA &lt;/b&gt;Unicamp &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;QUANTO&lt;/b&gt; R$ 88 (328 págs.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;AVALIAÇÃO&lt;/b&gt; bom &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;LANÇAMENTO&lt;/b&gt; 9/9, às 19h, no  Instituto Goethe (rua Lisboa, 974,  tel. 0/xx/11/3296-7000), com  tradução simultânea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: navy;"&gt;Frases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Assim como o  drogado aplica  injeções de heroína,  uma sociedade que  depende da tela se  expõe a bilhões de  choques imagéticos;  eles penetram no  espectador  abruptamente,  desencadeando uma  dose de adrenalina&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;CHRISTOPH TÜRCKE &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;filósofo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;O viciado quer  cada vez mais, é  insaciável, pois quer  viver "o inédito",  que o vem salvar.  Igreja, cinema,  botequim: todos os  três também nutrem  expectativas de  salvação; a máquina  audiovisual é  também viciante&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;CHRISTOPH TÜRCKE &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;filósofo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: navy;"&gt;RAIO-X &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: navy;"&gt;CHRISTOPH TÜRCKE  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;VIDA &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nasceu em Hamelin  (Alemanha), em 1948.  Professor de filosofia na  Universidade de Estudos  Gráficos e Artes  Livreiras de Leipzig, é  autor de mais de 15 livros &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FORMAÇÃO &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estudou teologia evangélica e  filosofia em Göttingen,  Tübingen, Zurique e Frankfurt &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;OUTRA OBRA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"O Louco - Nietzsche  e a Mania da Razão" (Vozes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3001908436738745847?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3001908436738745847/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3001908436738745847' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3001908436738745847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3001908436738745847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2010/09/hi-folks-roubando-um-pouco-de-conteudo.html' title=''/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1609854347955596890</id><published>2010-08-15T19:45:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T19:45:55.189-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Brave new world?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Antes que deem sumiço, &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423294099527212.html"&gt;a entrevista de Eric Smith, no WSJ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Google and the Search for the Future&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Web icon's CEO on the mobile computing revolution, the future of newspapers, and privacy in the digital age&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To some, Google has been looking a bit sallow lately. The stock is down. Where once everything seemed to go the company's way, along came Apple's iPhone, launching a new wave of Web growth on a platform that largely bypassed the browser and Google's search box. The "app" revolution was going to spell an end to Google's dominance of Web advertising.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that's all so six-months-ago. When a group of Journal editors sat down with Eric Schmidt on a recent Friday, Google's CEO sounded nothing like a man whose company was facing a midlife crisis, let alone intimations of mortality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For one thing, just a couple days earlier, Google had publicly estimated that 200,000 Android smartphones were being activated daily by cell carriers on behalf of customers. That's a doubling in just three months. Since the beginning of the year, Android phones have been outselling iPhones by an increasing clip and seem destined soon to outstrip Apple in global market share.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;True, Apple sells its phones for luscious margins, while Google gives away Android to handset makers for free. But not to worry, says Mr. Schmidt: "You get a billion people doing something, there's lots of ways to make money. Absolutely, trust me. We'll get lots of money for it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"In general in technology," he says, "if you own a platform that's valuable, you can monetize it." Example: Google is obliged to share with Apple search revenue generated by iPhone users. On Android, Google gets to keep 100%. That difference alone, says Mr. Schmidt, is more than enough to foot the bill for Android's continued development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And coming soon is Chrome OS, which Google hopes will do in tablets and netbooks what Android is doing in smartphones, i.e., give Google a commanding share of the future and leave, in this case, Microsoft in the dust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can it all be so easy? Google's stock price has fallen nearly $250 since the beginning of the year. Financial pundits have started to ask skeptical questions, wondering why it doesn't give more of its ample cash back to shareholders in the form of buybacks and dividends. Some suspect that all that temptation merely encourages Mr. Schmidt, along with founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page—the triumvirate running the company—to splurge on gimmicky ideas that never pay off. Fortune magazine recently called Google a "cash cow" and suggested more attention be paid to milking it rather than running off in search of the next big thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But to hear Mr. Schmidt tell it, the real challenge is one not yet on most investors' minds: how to preserve Google's franchise in Web advertising, the source of almost all its profits, when "search" is outmoded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The day is coming when the Google search box—and the activity known as Googling—no longer will be at the center of our online lives. Then what? "We're trying to figure out what the future of search is," Mr. Schmidt acknowledges. "I mean that in a positive way. We're still happy to be in search, believe me. But one idea is that more and more searches are done on your behalf without you needing to type."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions," he elaborates. "They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's say you're walking down the street. Because of the info Google has collected about you, "we know roughly who you are, roughly what you care about, roughly who your friends are." Google also knows, to within a foot, where you are. Mr. Schmidt leaves it to a listener to imagine the possibilities: If you need milk and there's a place nearby to get milk, Google will remind you to get milk. It will tell you a store ahead has a collection of horse-racing posters, that a 19th-century murder you've been reading about took place on the next block.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Says Mr. Schmidt, a generation of powerful handheld devices is just around the corner that will be adept at surprising you with information that you didn't know you wanted to know. "The thing that makes newspapers so fundamentally fascinating—that serendipity—can be calculated now. We can actually produce it electronically," Mr. Schmidt says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Schmidt obviously has an eye to his audience, which this day consists of folks with an abiding devotion to the newspaper business. He speaks in sorrowful tones about the "economic disaster that is the American newspaper." He assures us that in the coming deluge trusted "brands" will be more important than ever. Just as quickly, though, he adds that whether the winners will be new brands or existing brands remains to be seen. On one thing, however, Google is willing to bet: "The only way the problem [of insufficient revenue for news gathering] is going to be solved is by increasing monetization, and the only way I know of to increase monetization is through targeted ads. That's our business."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Schmidt is a believer in targeted advertising because, simply, he's a believer in targeted everything: "The power of individual targeting—the technology will be so good it will be very hard for people to watch or consume something that has not in some sense been tailored for them."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's a bit scary when you think about it. But for investors and executives the big question, of course, is which companies will control these opportunities. Google may see itself as friend and helper to the media business, but it also clearly sees itself in control of the targeting information. Says Mr. Schmidt: "As you go from the search box [to the next phase of Google], you really want to go from syntax to semantics, from what you typed to what you meant. And that's basically the role of [Artificial Intelligence]. I think we will be the world leader in that for a long time."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between here and there, though, the company faces ever-growing legal, political and regulatory obstacles. The net neutrality debate, which Google has led, has taken a sudden turn that has many of its former allies in the "public interest" sector shouting "treason."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What was most striking about the set of net neut "principles" Google produced this week with former antagonist Verizon was that they didn't apply to wireless. "The issues of wireless versus wireline gets very messy," Mr. Schmidt told one news site. "And that's really an FCC issue, not a Google issue."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wait. Isn't the future of the Internet wireless these days? Isn't wireless the very basis of the new partnership between Google and Verizon, built on promoting Google's Android software? But Google has now broken ranks with its allies and dared to speak about the sheer impracticality of net neutrality on mobile networks where demand is likely to outstrip capacity for the foreseeable future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If that weren't about to become a sticky political wicket for the company, it also faces growing antitrust, privacy and patent scrutiny, fanned by a growing phalanx of Beltway opponents, the latest being Larry Ellison and Oracle. "There's a set of people who are intrinsic oppositionists to everything Google does," Mr. Schmidt acknowledges resignedly. "The first opponent will be Microsoft."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Schmidt is familiar with the game—as chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems in the 1990s, he was a chief fomenter of the antitrust assault on Bill Gates &amp;amp; Co. Now that the tables are turned, he says, Google will persevere and prevail by doing what he says Microsoft failed to do—make sure its every move is "good for consumers" and "fair" to competitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uh huh. Google takes a similarly generous view of its own motives on the politically vexed issue of privacy. Mr. Schmidt says regulation is unnecessary because Google faces such strong incentives to treat its users right, since they will walk away the minute Google does anything with their personal information they find "creepy."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really? Some might be skeptical that a user with, say, a thousand photos on Picasa would find it so easy to walk away. Or a guy with 10 years of emails on Gmail. Or a small business owner who has come to rely on Google Docs as an alternative to Microsoft Office. Isn't stickiness—even slightly extortionate stickiness—what these Google services aim for?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Schmidt is surely right, though, that the questions go far beyond Google. "I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time," he says. He predicts, apparently seriously, that every young person one day will be entitled automatically to change his or her name on reaching adulthood in order to disown youthful hijinks stored on their friends' social media sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I mean we really have to think about these things as a society," he adds. "I'm not even talking about the really terrible stuff, terrorism and access to evil things," he says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not that Google is a doubter of the value of social media. Mr. Schmidt awards Facebook his highest accolade, calling it a "company of consequence." And though "there is a lot of hot air, a lot of venture money" in the sector right now, he predicts that one or two more "companies of consequence" will be born among the horde of new players just coming to life now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A skeptic might wonder whether, despite present glory, Google itself might yet prove a flash in the pan. The company has enormous technological confidence. Mr. Schmidt describes how YouTube, its video-serving site, almost "took down" the company in its early days, thanks to the swelling outflow of video dispatched from its servers to users around the globe. Salvation was the "proxy cache"—lots of local servers around the world holding the most popular videos. "The technology that Google invented allows us to put those things very close to you," says Mr. Schmidt. "It was a tremendous technological achievement."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But with YouTube, as with lots of Google projects, there remains the question of how to make money. Google captured the search wave and shows every sign of positioning itself successfully for the mobile wave. As for the waves after that, your guess may be as good as Mr. Schmidt's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Jenkins writes the Journal's weekly Business World column. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2010/08/brave_new_googl.php"&gt;Nick Carr&lt;/a&gt;, detonandouma alusão a Huxley, em:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1609854347955596890?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1609854347955596890/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1609854347955596890' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1609854347955596890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1609854347955596890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-brave-new-world.html' title='Google Brave new world?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1926928145347555740</id><published>2010-08-15T15:51:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T14:16:46.423-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Estamos ficando mais burros por causa da internet?</title><content type='html'>Depois de um longo retiro...&lt;br /&gt;De volta ao blogging :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E pra recomeçar, anei fazendo uma coletânea de artigos sobre como a vida online afeta nossas capacidades cognitivas (txs Sheila pela ajuda). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PRa começar, Paul Grahan fala das coisas viciantes, em um artigo sobre a velocidade com que tornamos coisas viciantes, mais viciantes ainda...&lt;br /&gt;http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E na sequencia, todos os artigos que fui coletando. Este post será atualizado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-edlund-md/add-symptoms_b_656590.html?ref=fb&amp;amp;src=sp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10745720&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/07/agreeing_that_the_internet_is.php&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2010/07/amusing-ourselves-to-death/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gelernter10/gelernter10_index.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.edge.org/q2010/q10_print.html#responses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://oqueeutenho.uol.com.br/portal/2010/08/09/o-excesso-de-internet-faz-mal-a-saude-mental-dos-adolescentes/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais um &lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2010/08/the_unread_mess.php"&gt;link do Nick Carr&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais uma da NYTimes.&lt;br /&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/technology/25brain.html?_r=1&amp;amp;partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss&amp;amp;pagewanted=print&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entrevista do &lt;a href="http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ciencia/801267-internet-obriga-a-pensar-de-forma-ligeira-e-utilitaria-diz-nicholas-carr.shtml"&gt;nick carr na folha&lt;/a&gt; (transcrito), 20/09/2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1926928145347555740?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1926928145347555740/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1926928145347555740' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1926928145347555740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1926928145347555740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2010/08/estamos-ficando-mais-burros-por-causa.html' title='Estamos ficando mais burros por causa da internet?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7591353026114031951</id><published>2009-12-16T09:32:00.001-02:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T09:32:49.185-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Wishes a wonderfull life.</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otima mensagem de final de ano...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. A vida não é justa, mas ainda é boa.&lt;br /&gt;2. Quando estiver em dúvida, apenas dê o próximo pequeno passo.&lt;br /&gt;3. A vida é muito curta para perdermos tempo odiando alguém.&lt;br /&gt;4. Seu trabalho não vai cuidar de você quando você adoecer. Seus amigos e seus pais vão. Mantenha contato.&lt;br /&gt;5. Pague suas faturas de cartão de crédito todo mês.&lt;br /&gt;6. Você não tem que vencer todo argumento. Concorde para discordar.&lt;br /&gt;7. Chore com alguém. É mais curador do que chorar sozinho.&lt;br /&gt;8. Está tudo bem em ficar bravo com Deus. Ele agüenta.&lt;br /&gt;9. Poupe para aposentadoria começando com seu primeiro salário.&lt;br /&gt;10. Quando se trata de chocolate, resistência é em vão.&lt;br /&gt;11. Sele a paz com seu passado para que ele não estrague seu presente.&lt;br /&gt;12. Está tudo bem em seus filhos te verem chorar.&lt;br /&gt;13. Não compare sua vida com a dos outros. Você não tem idéia do que se trata a jornada deles.&lt;br /&gt;14. Se um relacionamento tem que ser um segredo, você não deveria estar nele.&lt;br /&gt;15. Tudo pode mudar num piscar de olhos; mas não se preocupe, Deus nunca pisca.&lt;br /&gt;16. Respire bem fundo. Isso acalma a mente.&lt;br /&gt;17. Se desfaça de tudo que não é útil, bonito e prazeroso.&lt;br /&gt;18. O que não te mata, realmente te torna mais forte.&lt;br /&gt;19. Nunca é tarde demais para se ter uma infância feliz. Mas a segunda só depende de você e mais ninguém.&lt;br /&gt;20. Quando se trata de ir atrás do que você ama na vida, não aceite não como resposta.&lt;br /&gt;21. Acenda velas, coloque os lençóis bonitos, use a lingerie elegante. Não guarde para uma ocasião especial. Hoje é especial.&lt;br /&gt;22. Se prepare bastante, depois se deixe levar pela maré...&lt;br /&gt;23. Seja excêntrico agora, não espere ficar velho para usar roxo.&lt;br /&gt;24. O órgão sexual mais importante é o cérebro.&lt;br /&gt;25. Ninguém é responsável pela sua felicidade além de você.&lt;br /&gt;26. Encare cada "chamado desastre” com essas palavras: Em cinco anos, vai importar?&lt;br /&gt;27. Sempre escolha a vida.&lt;br /&gt;28. Perdoe tudo de todos.&lt;br /&gt;29. O que outras pessoas pensam de você não é da sua conta.&lt;br /&gt;30. O tempo cura quase tudo. Dê tempo.&lt;br /&gt;31. Independentemente se a situação é boa ou ruim, irá mudar.&lt;br /&gt;32. Não se leve tão à sério. Ninguém mais leva...&lt;br /&gt;33. Acredite em milagres.&lt;br /&gt;34. Deus te ama por causa de quem Deus é e não pelo o que você fez ou deixou de fazer.&lt;br /&gt;35. Não faça auditoria de sua vida. Apareça e faça o melhor dela agora.&lt;br /&gt;36. Envelhecer é melhor do que a alternativa: morrer jovem.&lt;br /&gt;37. Seus filhos só têm uma infância.&lt;br /&gt;38. Tudo o que realmente importa no final é que você amou.&lt;br /&gt;39. Vá para a rua todo dia. Milagres estão esperando em todos os lugares.&lt;br /&gt;40. Se todos nós jogássemos nossos problemas em uma pilha e víssemos os de todo mundo, pegaríamos os nossos de volta.&lt;br /&gt;41. Inveja é perda de tempo. Você já tem tudo o que precisa.&lt;br /&gt;42. O melhor está por vir.&lt;br /&gt;43. Não importa como você se sinta, levante, se vista e apareça.&lt;br /&gt;44. Produza.&lt;br /&gt;45. A vida não vem embrulhada em um laço, mas ainda é um presente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Regina Brett, 90 anos, Cleaveland, OHIO]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7591353026114031951?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7591353026114031951/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7591353026114031951' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7591353026114031951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7591353026114031951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/12/wishes-wonderfull-life.html' title='Wishes a wonderfull life.'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7705121037881674873</id><published>2009-07-10T18:08:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T18:09:10.018-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Sem limites para a Criatividade!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na mesmice de sempre, vem a criatividade de sempre:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5374101&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5374101&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/5374101"&gt;APPARATI EFFIMERI Tetragram for Enlargment&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user1284538"&gt;Apparati Effimeri&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7705121037881674873?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7705121037881674873/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7705121037881674873' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7705121037881674873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7705121037881674873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/07/sem-limites-para-criatividade.html' title='Sem limites para a Criatividade!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2909465149153227660</id><published>2009-07-10T18:06:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T18:07:54.536-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Cliente 0.0 - The real thing!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pra qualquer um na maravilhosa atividade de VENDAS, essas situações abaixo não são nada engraçadas... Mas, na maioria das vezes, é assim que nos sentimos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como dizia meu saudoso e amado avô, nos olhos dos outros é colírio...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2a8TRSgzZY&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2a8TRSgzZY&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2909465149153227660?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2909465149153227660/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2909465149153227660' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2909465149153227660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2909465149153227660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/07/cliente-00-real-thing.html' title='Cliente 0.0 - The real thing!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1806571700421281630</id><published>2009-07-03T19:29:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T19:31:30.546-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Não tem perdão: União é resultado!!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dois meses atrás, a previsão. Quarta, a realização. Um vídeo vale mais que mil gritos de torcida:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="580" height="360"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ENXn6fSHMI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ENXn6fSHMI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1806571700421281630?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1806571700421281630/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1806571700421281630' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1806571700421281630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1806571700421281630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/07/nao-tem-perdao-uniao-e-resultado.html' title='Não tem perdão: União é resultado!!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2344706575489158414</id><published>2009-05-06T22:35:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T22:36:00.143-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Marketing evngelístico: Funciona!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neste momento dramático de fim de primeiro tempo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;AQUI TEM UM BANDO DE LOUCOOO…&lt;br /&gt;LOUCO POR TI CORINTHIANS!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;PARA AQUELES QUE ACHAS QUE É POUCO….&lt;br /&gt;EU VIVO POR TI CORINTHIANS!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;EU CANTO ATÉ FICAR ROUCO…&lt;br /&gt;EU CANTO PRA TE EMPURRAR!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;VAMO, VAMO MEU TIMÃO. VAMO MEU TIMÃO…&lt;br /&gt;NÃO PARA DE LUTAR!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2344706575489158414?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2344706575489158414/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2344706575489158414' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2344706575489158414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2344706575489158414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/05/marketing-evngelistico-funciona.html' title='Marketing evngelístico: Funciona!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-8321469562581466817</id><published>2009-04-28T22:43:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T19:55:00.304-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Alpha World....</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais um post sobre &lt;a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/"&gt;Stephen Wolfram e sua AlphaGraphics&lt;/a&gt; (infame hehehe).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas... Não sei o quanto todos estão na mesma página: O troço PENSA (literalmente, computa, analisa, raciocina, etc) RESPOSTAS...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basicamente, ele tem DADOS... MODELOS... ALGORÍTIMOS.... UMA LINGUAGEM...&lt;br /&gt;E... um monte de coisas matemáticas (alguns diriam quânticas) para ... Pensar e respoder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quem curtia o Spock ou o Sr. Data ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nasceu a versão web deles...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais detalhes &lt;a href="http://smeira.blog.terra.com.br/2009/04/28/tera-dia-de-alpha/"&gt;aqui &lt;/a&gt;e &lt;a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-computes-answers-to-factual-questions-this-is-going-to-be-big/"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acredita-se ser a melhor novidade desde o nascimento do banbolê!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-8321469562581466817?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/8321469562581466817/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=8321469562581466817' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8321469562581466817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8321469562581466817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/04/alpha-world.html' title='Alpha World....'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-676613857994924194</id><published>2009-04-16T20:02:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T20:25:16.593-03:00</updated><title type='text'>"I DREAMED A DREAM"!!!!  DUKAARAAALHOOOOO!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;47 anos..&lt;br /&gt;612 tentativas sem sucesso...&lt;br /&gt;Desempregada..&lt;br /&gt;Morando no cu do mundo da Inglaterra..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como não da pra embutir aqui, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPlkOyaqaQ"&gt;vejam em full resolution neste link.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maestro, letras:&lt;br /&gt;There was a time when men were kind&lt;br /&gt;When their voices were soft&lt;br /&gt;And their words inviting&lt;br /&gt;There was a time when love was blind&lt;br /&gt;And the world was a song&lt;br /&gt;And the song was exciting&lt;br /&gt;There was a time&lt;br /&gt;Then it all went wrong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dreamed a dream in time gone by&lt;br /&gt;When hope was high&lt;br /&gt;And life worth living&lt;br /&gt;I dreamed that love would never die&lt;br /&gt;I dreamed that God would be forgiving&lt;br /&gt;Then I was young and unafraid&lt;br /&gt;And dreams were made and used and wasted&lt;br /&gt;There was no ransom to be paid&lt;br /&gt;No song unsung, no wine untasted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the tigers come at night&lt;br /&gt;With their voices soft as thunder&lt;br /&gt;As they tear your hope apart&lt;br /&gt;And they turn your dream to shame&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He slept a summer by my side&lt;br /&gt;He filled my days with endless wonder&lt;br /&gt;He took my childhood in his stride&lt;br /&gt;But he was gone when autumn came&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And still I dream he'll come to me&lt;br /&gt;That we will live the years together&lt;br /&gt;But there are dreams that cannot be&lt;br /&gt;And there are storms we cannot weather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a dream my life would be&lt;br /&gt;So different from this hell I'm living&lt;br /&gt;So different now from what it seemed&lt;br /&gt;Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-676613857994924194?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/676613857994924194/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=676613857994924194' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/676613857994924194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/676613857994924194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/04/para-quem-nao-viu-susan-boyle.html' title='&quot;I DREAMED A DREAM&quot;!!!!  DUKAARAAALHOOOOO!!!!!!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2963153645127793600</id><published>2009-04-14T08:22:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T08:23:24.427-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Ressignificando...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pensando sobre a atitude certa frente aos acontecimentos da vida, mais uma vez o Oriente aconselha e ensina...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9l-YYqjhVi4&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9l-YYqjhVi4&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2963153645127793600?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2963153645127793600/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2963153645127793600' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2963153645127793600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2963153645127793600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/04/ressignificando.html' title='Ressignificando...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2354362298793087436</id><published>2009-03-27T20:45:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T21:06:19.102-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Tucanaram o protocolo FLS, em versão QUANTICA!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu esava tentando ainda ensinar o que seria o universalmente famoso &lt;a href="http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2007/03/atendendo-pedidos-o-protocolo-fls.html"&gt;PROTOCLO FLS&lt;/a&gt;, de  minha humílde autoria nas vaporosas eras das .Comedorasdedinheiro, quando o Nick Carr &lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2009/03/the_energy.php"&gt;consegui juntar José Simão ao FLS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;The great thing about the two-dimensionality of the realtime-realspace continuum is that the sense of intimacy gets disconnected from the act of intimacy.&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu achei que ele deve estar falando de sexo virtual, mas tava falando do Twitter... Simplesmente a coisa mais antiga desde o ato de vender: Representar identidades...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um monte de coisa sobre fake profiles e a força que os fakes (como o Fake Steve jobs) tem/tiveram.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acho que o amado professor assistiu o &lt;a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/rabbithole/"&gt;Quantum Edition&lt;/a&gt;, leu &lt;a href="http://www.google.com.br/url?sa=U&amp;amp;start=1&amp;amp;q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation&amp;amp;ei=cWjNSfbJN6DhtgfPtZjcCQ&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGywLzjEHMeUWCm0h0pJJXHZbHDaw"&gt;Simulacra&lt;/a&gt; e tomou uma dose reforçada de &lt;a href="http://www.submarino.com.br/books_productdetails.asp?Query=ProductPage&amp;amp;ProdTypeId=1&amp;amp;ProdId=249665&amp;amp;ST=&amp;amp;franq=167895"&gt;cogumelos de Golgafrincham&lt;/a&gt; e agora virou filosofo multi-existencialista.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Complementando a lista de Baudrillard.. .&lt;br /&gt;"Ecstasy of identity: the energy. More personal than the personal."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2354362298793087436?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2354362298793087436/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2354362298793087436' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2354362298793087436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2354362298793087436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/03/tucanaram-o-protocolo-fls-em-versao.html' title='Tucanaram o protocolo FLS, em versão QUANTICA!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3269854387483432848</id><published>2009-03-19T20:40:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T23:47:44.983-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Speed Racing The Ecstasy of Information: Simulation, truer than true!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/baudrillard/"&gt;Jean Baudrilard&lt;/a&gt;, pra quem não sabe, é o cara que escreveu o livro que deu origem à &lt;a href="www.whatisthematrix.com"&gt;Trilogia de Mil Filmes Matrix&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2009/03/more_present_th.php"&gt;Nick Carr&lt;/a&gt; gostou da definição dele de velocidade do mundo atual:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Take the following passage from a series of lectures he gave, in California, in May of 1999 (collected in the book &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0231121008/amazingbooks0b0"&gt;The Vital Illusion&lt;/a&gt;), in which he limns our era:  &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ecstasy of the social: the masses. More social than the social.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ecstasy of information: simulation. Truer than true.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Ecstasy of time: real time, instantaneity. More present than the present.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Ecstasy of the real: the hyperreal. More real than the real.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Ecstasy of sex: porn. More sexual than sex ...&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Thus, freedom has been obliterated, liquidated by liberation; truth has been supplanted by verification; the community has been liquidated and absorbed by communication ... Everywhere we see a paradoxical logic: the idea is destroyed by its own realization, by its own excess. And in this way history itself comes to an end, finds itself obliterated by the instantaneity and omnipresence of the event."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Eu continuo com o Deep Purple, perguntado &lt;a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/"&gt;what the bleep&lt;/a&gt; are we living...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Whatshername!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unforgettable face, I can't think of her name&lt;br /&gt;It's on the edge of my tongue, gathering dust in the&lt;br /&gt;back of my brain&lt;br /&gt;Something 'bout the way she ignores me that's vaguely&lt;br /&gt;familiar&lt;br /&gt;Makes you wonder what it was you ever did to thrill&lt;br /&gt;her&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we go again&lt;br /&gt;Here we go again&lt;br /&gt;Here I go again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never felt the need to soothe her savage breast&lt;br /&gt;She never felt obliged to tell me of her change of&lt;br /&gt;address&lt;br /&gt;Caught me on a downward swing but I fell through her&lt;br /&gt;arms&lt;br /&gt;How could I be so careless, I never meant to go so far&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we go again&lt;br /&gt;Here we go again&lt;br /&gt;Here I go again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh she's back in town&lt;br /&gt;Oh she's back in town&lt;br /&gt;I'm not leaving&lt;br /&gt;I'm running away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She took it all away, now she's back for the rest&lt;br /&gt;Took it all so easy, wouldn't settle for less&lt;br /&gt;She doesn't know what she wants but she knows how&lt;br /&gt;to get it&lt;br /&gt;I can't remember the time, she never let me forget it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we go again&lt;br /&gt;Here we go again&lt;br /&gt;Here I go again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh Whatsername's back in town&lt;br /&gt;She's back in town&lt;br /&gt;I'm not leaving&lt;br /&gt;I'm running away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh she's back in town&lt;br /&gt;Oh she's back in town&lt;br /&gt;I'm not leaving&lt;br /&gt;I'm running away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. Quem achar o vídeo me avisa q eu atualizo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3269854387483432848?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3269854387483432848/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3269854387483432848' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3269854387483432848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3269854387483432848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/03/speed-racing-ecstasy-of-information.html' title='Speed Racing The Ecstasy of Information: Simulation, truer than true!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7360162970354207269</id><published>2009-03-19T12:33:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T22:53:07.327-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual comm'/><title type='text'>Atendendo a pedidos: Da vaquinha ao MilkBar!!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grraannndee Mamá!! Eu tava falando ontem mesmo do &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&amp;amp;start=1&amp;amp;q=http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2007/03/atendendo-pedidos-o-protocolo-fls.html&amp;amp;ei=uy_MSenUIpmktQObh9CmCg&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE832mze1gJZmDBM7CpEuMfF3Y__Q"&gt;protocolo FLS&lt;/a&gt; e daquela saudosa apresentação de segurança de 1900 e meu amado avô! Vou ter de terminar LOGO o &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&amp;amp;start=2&amp;amp;q=http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2007/10/zen-e-arte-do-embromarketing_11.html&amp;amp;ei=uy_MSenUIpmktQObh9CmCg&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHUJ5_hPtxsgkKL4lMEDKTx8QUTKQ"&gt;livro&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para os chegados e antes que o Cris roube DE NOVO a idéia, "Da vakinha ao milk bar" foi uma gloriosa explicação a um CIO da Nestlé, sobre o que diacho seria Supply Chain Management lá nos idos de 1998 (quando a &lt;a href="http://www.i2.com"&gt;I2&lt;/a&gt; ainda era uma potência no assunto).  Mesmo antes de conhecer o &lt;a href="http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/"&gt;Back of the Napkin&lt;/a&gt;, eu já adorava um guardanapo e vivia fazendo apresentações em uma folha de papel. Até porque, como mostra o Dan neste gráfico abaixo, as palavras tendem a sumir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://digitalroam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834624bd669e2011279786f8c28a4-800wi"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 1296px;" src="http://digitalroam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834624bd669e2011279786f8c28a4-800wi" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para não chover no molhado (e pro Cris não copiar a idéia de NOVO) vou metaforizar com a apresentação de CRM da Oracle:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rY9J0ajIDNQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rY9J0ajIDNQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para quem quiser aprender,  é só acompanhar o mestre neste vídeo aq:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kuA_yz7aTo0&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kuA_yz7aTo0&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tem também uma ótima &lt;a href="http://digitalroam.typepad.com/digital_roam/2009/03/after-twitter-where-next.html"&gt;contextualização do Twitter&lt;/a&gt;... Que está acabando com as palavras (??).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E pra quem se pergunta porque tudo isso, melhor cortar o queijo (essa é em homenagem ao CRIS, ladrão de VAQUINHAS!:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XKunj97s08Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XKunj97s08Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. A estória do roubo também é hilária. O Cris trabalhava com a gente e viu a apresentação. Dai ele foi aos USA fazer um curso de catalog management e quando voltou nos emprestou a apostila. Lá tinha, para nosso deleite, o mesmo desenho (ultra simplificado) que ele apresentou ao instrutor como se fosse dele! SAFADO! Não tinha nem Creative Commons naquela época!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7360162970354207269?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7360162970354207269/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7360162970354207269' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7360162970354207269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7360162970354207269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/03/atendendo-pedidos-da-vaquinha-ao.html' title='Atendendo a pedidos: Da vaquinha ao MilkBar!!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1103043093662059325</id><published>2009-03-06T21:43:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T23:01:36.397-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Tudo ao mesmo tempo agora!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ando me sentindo bem velho. Cabei de comprar meu iPhone. Sou apenas usuário de coisas que já são pré-históricas na web 2.0 (RSS, Wikis, blogs, flogs, vlogs, digger, delicious, etc...)  To achando que o mundo já está na web 4.0 e eu to dormindo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não uso facebook. Tou lá, cheio de moscas. Não faço a menor idéia do que diacho venham a ser as aplicações, o openspace ou whatever. E os caras já passaram por vaaaaarrios faceliftings...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora, tem twitter. E tem o twitter NO facebook. Aceleraaaammmmmmmm tudo sobre todos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que me lembra que:&lt;br /&gt;- Encontrar os amigos fora dos "IMs" está dificil;&lt;br /&gt;- Atividades "sociais" fora das redes "realsociais" estão cada vez mais difíceis;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pra que tanto social software se estamos desaprendendo a ser socialbeings?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namaste.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1103043093662059325?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1103043093662059325/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1103043093662059325' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1103043093662059325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1103043093662059325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/03/tudo-ao-mesmo-tempo-agora.html' title='Tudo ao mesmo tempo agora!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3274438447743760308</id><published>2009-03-06T20:45:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T21:43:00.898-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crisis'/><title type='text'>Ash to ash...And the memory remains..</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matemáticos.... Racinha deliciosamente estranha. Eu costumava ser monitor de matemática no colégio...:) O pensamento ao mesmo tempo abstrato, por metáforas e modelos, fortemente lógico e altamente complexo envolto na matemática produz coisas incríveis! E umas outras muito estranhas! Rememorando a época, &lt;a href="http://funcall.blogspot.com/2009/03/not-lisp-again.html"&gt; Lord Banfy hoje mandou um pertado interessante sobre LISP&lt;/a&gt;, usando exemplos matemáticos. Quem conseguir acompanhar o artigo vai se preparar para entender a estória deste post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lendo a Wired  de Fev, tive de digerir &lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant"&gt;um tratado sobre a ignorância matemática simplificatória dos delírios gananciosos expressados estatísticamente&lt;/a&gt;. Ficou zonzo? Até voce endenter que o que FUDEU a economia mundial atende pelo singelo nome de&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_%28statistics%29"&gt; função gaussiana de cópula&lt;/a&gt;! Melhor que piada pronta né...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E ai, vem mais uma &lt;a href="http://economia.uol.com.br/ultnot/valor/2009/03/06/ult1913u103047.jhtm"&gt;agencinha safada e diz que o "risco Brasil"&lt;/a&gt; aumentou, diminui, etc.. .... Sim, porque eles inventaram &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_credit_rating"&gt;classificações honestas&lt;/a&gt; para que se ganhe dinheiro.. E a The Economist diz que &lt;a href="http://economia.uol.com.br/ultnot/2009/03/06/ult2283u1594.jhtm"&gt;"nossos métodos atrasados de governança abusiva do governo"&lt;/a&gt; sobre os bancos salvaram nossa pele... E agora, a porra do FMI que nos enchia o saco pela mesma regulação, intervenção e o escambau... &lt;a href="http://economia.uol.com.br/ultnot/2009/03/06/ult1767u141635.jhtm"&gt;PEDE O MESMO!&lt;/a&gt; Sabe porque? Tem uns banquinhos por ai que &lt;a href="http://economia.uol.com.br/ultnot/valor/2009/03/06/ult1913u103029.jhtm"&gt;AINDA não aprenderam a ser honestos&lt;/a&gt;, ou pelo menos, explicam coisas estapafúrdias de uma maneira bem quase loucamente perdida sobre ainda "estarem econtrando coisas que aindas estao se mostrando de uma maneira que nos deixa suspeitando que ainda estamos afundando"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na verdade, um pouco mais à frente,  &lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_reboot?currentPage=all"&gt;a Wired deixa claro que nem ele&lt;/a&gt;s (FED, SEC, etc) sabem o que diacho estão falando...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So me resta me consolar com James "Metallica" em duas músicas que de tão atuais chegam a ser surreais!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Memory Remains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fortune, fame&lt;br /&gt;Mirror vain&lt;br /&gt;Gone insane&lt;br /&gt;But the memory remains&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heavy rings on fingers wave&lt;br /&gt;Another star denies the grave&lt;br /&gt;See the nowhere crowd&lt;br /&gt;Cry the nowhere cheers of honor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like twisted vines that grow&lt;br /&gt;Hide and swallow mansions whole&lt;br /&gt;In light of an already&lt;br /&gt;Faded prima donna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fortune, fame&lt;br /&gt;Mirror vain&lt;br /&gt;Gone insane...&lt;br /&gt;Fortune, fame&lt;br /&gt;Mirror vain&lt;br /&gt;Gone insane...&lt;br /&gt;But the memory remains&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heavy rings hold cigarettes&lt;br /&gt;Up to lips that time forgets&lt;br /&gt;While the hollywood sun sets&lt;br /&gt;Behind your back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And cant the band play on&lt;br /&gt;Just listen, they play my song&lt;br /&gt;Ash to ash&lt;br /&gt;Dust to dust&lt;br /&gt;Fade to black&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fortune, fame&lt;br /&gt;Mirror vain&lt;br /&gt;Gone insane...&lt;br /&gt;Fortune, fame&lt;br /&gt;Mirror vain&lt;br /&gt;Gone insane...&lt;br /&gt;Dance little tin goddess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nananananana nananada nananananana nanananadana&lt;br /&gt;Nananananana nananada nananananana nanananadana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drift away&lt;br /&gt;Fade away&lt;br /&gt;Little tin goddess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ash to ash&lt;br /&gt;Dust to dust&lt;br /&gt;Fade to black&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fortune, fame&lt;br /&gt;Mirror vain&lt;br /&gt;Gone insane...&lt;br /&gt;Fortune, fame&lt;br /&gt;Mirror vain&lt;br /&gt;Gone insane...&lt;br /&gt;But the memory remains&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ash to ash&lt;br /&gt;Dust to dust&lt;br /&gt;Fade to black...&lt;br /&gt;But the memory remains&lt;br /&gt;Faded prima donna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dance little tin goddess dance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nananananana nananada nanananana nanananadana&lt;br /&gt;Nananananana nananada nanananana nanananadana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pra quem quiser cantar:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FNfyy15myrQ&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FNfyy15myrQ&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E já que o buraco ainda vai descer muito fundo, James tem mais um recadinho!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Master of Puppets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;End of passion play, crumbling away&lt;br /&gt;Im your source of self-destruction&lt;br /&gt;Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear&lt;br /&gt;Leading on your deaths construction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[chorus:]&lt;br /&gt;Taste me you will see&lt;br /&gt;More is all you need&lt;br /&gt;Youre dedicated to&lt;br /&gt;How Im killing you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come crawling faster&lt;br /&gt;Obey your master&lt;br /&gt;Your life burns faster&lt;br /&gt;Obey your master&lt;br /&gt;Master&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Master of puppets Im pulling your strings&lt;br /&gt;Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams&lt;br /&gt;Blinded by me, you cant see a thing&lt;br /&gt;Just call my name, `cause Ill hear you scream&lt;br /&gt;Master&lt;br /&gt;Master&lt;br /&gt;Just call my name, `cause Ill hear you scream&lt;br /&gt;Master&lt;br /&gt;Master&lt;br /&gt;[end chorus]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needlework the way, never you betray&lt;br /&gt;Life of death becoming clearer&lt;br /&gt;Pain monopoly, ritual misery&lt;br /&gt;Chop your breakfast on a mirror&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[chorus]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Master, master, wheres the dreams that Ive been after?&lt;br /&gt;Master, master, you promised only lies&lt;br /&gt;Laughter, laughter, all I hear and see is laughter&lt;br /&gt;Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hell is worth all that, natural habitat&lt;br /&gt;Just a rhyme without a reason&lt;br /&gt;Neverending maze, drift on numbered days&lt;br /&gt;Now your life is out of season&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[chorus]&lt;br /&gt;[fade out with evil laughter]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E mais cantoria:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6KtF7ql3FJc&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6KtF7ql3FJc&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3274438447743760308?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3274438447743760308/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3274438447743760308' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3274438447743760308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3274438447743760308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/03/ash-to-ashand-memory-remains.html' title='Ash to ash...And the memory remains..'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-9181379035881752012</id><published>2009-03-02T17:58:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T18:01:50.245-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GenXYZen'/><title type='text'>Gerações de boomers, X e Y mundo afora!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mjuito se diz sobre a globalização. Mas &lt;a href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/erickson/2009/02/global_generations_focus_on_in.html"&gt;neste post EXCELENTE&lt;/a&gt;, Tammy Ericsson faz uma analogia muito boa sobre as gerações da Índia e dos USA (as tais boomers, X e Y).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E do Brasil, alguém se prontifica a classificar ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-9181379035881752012?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/9181379035881752012/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=9181379035881752012' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/9181379035881752012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/9181379035881752012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/03/geracoes-de-boomers-x-e-y-mundo-afora.html' title='Gerações de boomers, X e Y mundo afora!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1576285239264380287</id><published>2009-03-02T17:52:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T17:54:24.713-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entrapreneurship'/><title type='text'>Oportunicrisiatividade!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intrigante a &lt;a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/politicalconnections.php"&gt;materia dos usa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1576285239264380287?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1576285239264380287/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1576285239264380287' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1576285239264380287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1576285239264380287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/03/oportunicrisiatividade.html' title='Oportunicrisiatividade!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7015872155451908456</id><published>2009-02-19T19:09:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T20:35:44.256-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music Heal the world'/><title type='text'>Nothing Else Matters!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estamos em &lt;a href="http://www.tedprize.org/jose-abreu/"&gt;TED period&lt;/a&gt; e ... Um venezuelano &lt;a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music.html"&gt;REALMENTE me chocou&lt;/a&gt;. Aprendi que além de misses e Hugotcháves, eles tem &lt;a href="http://fesnojiv.gob.ve/"&gt;algo de muito interessante&lt;/a&gt; a copiar por aqui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2009/02/the-inspiring-jose-antonio-abreu-el-sistema.html"&gt;Segundo Garr Reynolds,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;No music, no life!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);font-family:Arial;" &gt; El Sistema is a reminder that music and the arts are not cursory, they are not mere luxuries or niceties for a few. "Music is life," as one of the young musicians said in the presentation. You do not need to become a professional musician, but in music and art you learn discipline and commitment and the value of hard, hard work. You learn what the pursuit of excellence is all about, that hard work has a reward, that you have to fail before you can succeed. You learn about self-expression and communication. You learn self-respect and the respect of others. These are not unimportant things, they are &lt;em&gt;vital&lt;/em&gt; things. Yes, of course you need math and science and literature — these are essential. But you need music and art to take you to a higher ground, to make you human. Why it is a case of either-or — "academics" or "the arts" — is one of the great mistakes of our time. People like Jose Antonio Abreu and Bill Strickland and Ken Robinson, etc. remind us that this is a false choice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;em homenagem a ele... Long Life to Metallica Gods!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So close, no matter how far&lt;br /&gt;Couldn't be much more from the heart&lt;br /&gt;Forever trusting who we are&lt;br /&gt;and nothing else matters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never opened myself this way&lt;br /&gt;Life is ours, we live it our way&lt;br /&gt;All these words I don't just say&lt;br /&gt;and nothing else matters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trust I seek and I find in you&lt;br /&gt;Every day for us something new&lt;br /&gt;Open mind for a different view&lt;br /&gt;and nothing else matters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;never cared for what they do&lt;br /&gt;never cared for what they know&lt;br /&gt;but I know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So close, no matter how far&lt;br /&gt;Couldn't be much more from the heart&lt;br /&gt;Forever trusting who we are&lt;br /&gt;and nothing else matters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;never cared for what they do&lt;br /&gt;never cared for what they know&lt;br /&gt;but I know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never opened myself this way&lt;br /&gt;Life is ours, we live it our way&lt;br /&gt;All these words I don't just say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trust I seek and I find in you&lt;br /&gt;Every day for us, something new&lt;br /&gt;Open mind for a different view&lt;br /&gt;and nothing else matters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;never cared for what they say&lt;br /&gt;never cared for games they play&lt;br /&gt;never cared for what they do&lt;br /&gt;never cared for what they know&lt;br /&gt;and I know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So close, no matter how far&lt;br /&gt;Couldn't be much more from the heart&lt;br /&gt;Forever trusting who we are&lt;br /&gt;No, nothing else matters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7015872155451908456?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7015872155451908456/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7015872155451908456' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7015872155451908456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7015872155451908456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/02/nothing-else-matters.html' title='Nothing Else Matters!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-5232554865017878404</id><published>2009-02-18T22:51:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T22:58:05.339-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crisis'/><title type='text'>YOU BETTER RUN!!! (1995 e la se foi fumaça)...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou vendo um show antiquíssimo, datado do começo do mundo internético aqui em pindorama, do velho e bom &lt;a href="http://www.pinkfloyd.com"&gt;Floyd&lt;/a&gt;, enquanto continuo ouvindo rebimboadas &lt;a href="http://www.terra.com.br/istoedinheiro/edicoes/593/artigo125992-1.htm"&gt;aqui &lt;/a&gt;e &lt;a href="http://economia.uol.com.br/cotacoes/ultnot/2009/02/18/ult1918u1775.jhtm"&gt;ali &lt;/a&gt;sobre a crise... Não resisti e takei as letras: 1995, Pulse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shine On Your Grazy Diamond (Part 1)&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Remember when  you were young, you shone like the sun.&lt;br /&gt;Shine on your crazy diamond.&lt;br /&gt;Now  there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.&lt;br /&gt;Shine on your crazy  diamond.&lt;br /&gt;You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom,&lt;br /&gt;blown  on the steel breeze.&lt;br /&gt;Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you  stranger,&lt;br /&gt;you legend, you martyr, and shine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You reached for the  secret too soon, you cried for the moon.&lt;br /&gt;Shine on you crazy  diamond.&lt;br /&gt;Treatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.&lt;br /&gt;Shine on  you crazy diamond.&lt;br /&gt;Well you wore out your welcome with random  precision,&lt;br /&gt;rode on the steel breeze.&lt;br /&gt;Come on you raver, you seer of  visions, come on you painter,&lt;br /&gt;you piper, you prisoner, and shine!&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning To Fly&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Into the distance, a ribbon of  black&lt;br /&gt;stretched to the point of no turning back&lt;br /&gt;a flight of fancy on a  wind swept field&lt;br /&gt;standing alone my sense reeled&lt;br /&gt;a fatal attraction holding  me fast, how&lt;br /&gt;can I escape this irresistable grasp?&lt;br /&gt;can't keep my eyes from  the circling sky&lt;br /&gt;tongue-tied &amp;amp; twisted just an earth-bound misfit,  I&lt;br /&gt;ice is forming on the tips of my wings&lt;br /&gt;unheeded warnings, I tought I  thought of everything&lt;br /&gt;no navigator to guide my way home&lt;br /&gt;unladened, empty  and turned to stone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a soul in tension that's learning to fly&lt;br /&gt;condition  grounded but determined to try&lt;br /&gt;can't keep my eyes from the -circling-  skies&lt;br /&gt;tongue-tied &amp;amp; twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;above  the planet on a wing and a prayer&lt;br /&gt;my grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty  air&lt;br /&gt;across the clouds I see my shadow fly&lt;br /&gt;out of the corner of my watering  eye&lt;br /&gt;a dream unthreatened by the morning light&lt;br /&gt;gould blow this soul right  through the roof of the night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there's no sensation to compare with  this&lt;br /&gt;suspended animation, a state of bliss&lt;br /&gt;can't keep my mind from the  circling sky&lt;br /&gt;tongue-tied &amp;amp; twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;High Hopes&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Beyond the horizon of the place we lived  when we were young&lt;br /&gt;In a world of magnets and miracles&lt;br /&gt;our troughts strayed  constandly and without boundary&lt;br /&gt;The ringing of the division bell had  begin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Along the long road and on down the causeway&lt;br /&gt;Do they still meet  there by the cut&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a ragged band that followed in our  footsteps&lt;br /&gt;Running before time took our dreams away&lt;br /&gt;Leaving the myriad  small creatures trying to tie us to the ground&lt;br /&gt;To a life consumed by slow  decay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The grass was greener&lt;br /&gt;The light was brighter&lt;br /&gt;With friends  surrounded&lt;br /&gt;The night of wonder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking beyond the embers of bridges  glowing behind us&lt;br /&gt;To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side&lt;br /&gt;Steps  taken forwards but sleepwalking back again&lt;br /&gt;Dragged by the force of some inner  tide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At a higher altitude with flag unfuried&lt;br /&gt;We reached the dizzy  heights of that dreamed of world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eneumbered forever by desire and  ambition&lt;br /&gt;There's a hunger still unsatisfied&lt;br /&gt;Our weary eyes still stray to  the horizon&lt;br /&gt;Though down this road we've been so many time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The grass  was greener&lt;br /&gt;The light was brighter&lt;br /&gt;The taste was sweeter&lt;br /&gt;The nights of  wonder&lt;br /&gt;With friends surrounded&lt;br /&gt;The dawn mist glowing&lt;br /&gt;The water  flowing&lt;br /&gt;The endless river&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forever and ever&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take It Back&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Her love rains down on me easy as the  breeze&lt;br /&gt;I listen to her breathing it sounds like the waves on the sea&lt;br /&gt;I was  thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire&lt;br /&gt;We were spinning into  darkness; the earth was on fire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She could take it back, she might take it  back some day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I spy on her, I lie to her, I make promises I cannot  keep&lt;br /&gt;Then I hear her laughter rising, rising from the deep&lt;br /&gt;And I make her  prove her love for me, I take all that I can take&lt;br /&gt;And I push her to the limit  to see if she will break&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She might take it back, she could take it back  some day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I heave seen the warnings, screaming from all sides&lt;br /&gt;It's  easy to ignore them and G-d knows I've tried&lt;br /&gt;All of this temptation, you know  it turned my faith to lies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until I couldn't see the danger or hear the  rising tide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She can take it back, she will take it back some day&lt;br /&gt;She  can take it back, she will take it back some day&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coming Back To Life&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Where were you when I was burned  and broken&lt;br /&gt;While the days slipped by from my window watching&lt;br /&gt;Where were  you when I was hurt and I was helpless&lt;br /&gt;Because the things you say and the  things you do surround me&lt;br /&gt;While you were hanging yourself on someone else's  words&lt;br /&gt;dying to believe in what you heard&lt;br /&gt;I was staring straight into the  shining sun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lost in thought and lost in time&lt;br /&gt;While the seeds of live  and the seeds of change were planted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outside the rain fell dark and  slow&lt;br /&gt;While I pondered on this dangerous but&lt;br /&gt;I took a heavenly ride  through one silence&lt;br /&gt;I knew the moment had arrived&lt;br /&gt;For killing the past and  coming back to life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took a heavenly ride trough our silence&lt;br /&gt;I knew  the waiting had begin&lt;br /&gt;And headed straight... into the shining sun&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sorrow&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over  the land&lt;br /&gt;plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky:&lt;br /&gt;a man lies  and dreams of green fields and rivers&lt;br /&gt;but awakes to a morning with no reason  for waking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise&lt;br /&gt;in his youth  or a dream, he can't be precise&lt;br /&gt;he's chained forever to a world that's  departed&lt;br /&gt;It's not enough, It's not enough&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His blood has frozen &amp;amp;  curled with fright&lt;br /&gt;his knees have trembled &amp;amp; given way in the  night&lt;br /&gt;his hand has weakened at the moment of truth&lt;br /&gt;his step has  faltered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One world, one soul&lt;br /&gt;Time pass, the river roll&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And he  talks to the river of lost love and dedication&lt;br /&gt;and silent replies that swirl  invitation&lt;br /&gt;flow dark and troubled to any oily sea&lt;br /&gt;a grim intimation of  what is to be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's an unceasing wind that blows through this  night&lt;br /&gt;and there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight&lt;br /&gt;and silence that  speaks so much louder than words&lt;br /&gt;of promises broken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep Talking&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;For millions of years mankind lived just  like the animals&lt;br /&gt;Then something happened which unleashed the power of our  imagination&lt;br /&gt;We learned to talk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a silence surrounding me&lt;br /&gt;I  can't seem to think straight&lt;br /&gt;I'll sit in the corner&lt;br /&gt;No one can bother  me&lt;br /&gt;I think I should speak now&lt;br /&gt;I can't seem to speak now&lt;br /&gt;My words won't  come out right&lt;br /&gt;I feel like I'm drowning&lt;br /&gt;I'm feeling weak now&lt;br /&gt;But I  can't show my weakness&lt;br /&gt;I sometimes wonder&lt;br /&gt;Where do we go from  here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It doesn't have to be like this&lt;br /&gt;All we need to do is make sure we  keep talking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why won't you talk to me&lt;br /&gt;You never talk to me&lt;br /&gt;What are  you thinking&lt;br /&gt;What are you feeling&lt;br /&gt;Why won't you talk to me&lt;br /&gt;You never  talk to me&lt;br /&gt;What are you thinking&lt;br /&gt;Where do we go from here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It  doesn't have to be like this&lt;br /&gt;All we need to do is make sure we keep  talking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why won't you talk to me&lt;br /&gt;You never talk to me&lt;br /&gt;What are you  thinking&lt;br /&gt;What are you feeling&lt;br /&gt;Why won't you talk to me&lt;br /&gt;You never talk  to me&lt;br /&gt;What are you thinking&lt;br /&gt;What are you feeling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like I'm  drowning&lt;br /&gt;You know I can't breathe now&lt;br /&gt;We're going nowhere&lt;br /&gt;We're going  nowhere&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Another Brick In The Wall&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;We don't need no  education&lt;br /&gt;we don't need no thought control&lt;br /&gt;No dark sarcasm in the  classroom&lt;br /&gt;Teachers leave the kids alone&lt;br /&gt;Hey teacher leaves the kids  alone&lt;br /&gt;All in all its just another brick in the wall&lt;br /&gt;All in all you're just  another brick in the wall&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One of These Days&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;One of these days&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to  cut you into little pieces&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speak To Me&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;"I've been mad for fucking years,  absolutely years, been&lt;br /&gt;over the edge for yonks, been working me buns off for  bands..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the&lt;br /&gt;most  of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even&lt;br /&gt;if you're not mad..."  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breathe&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Breathe, breathe in the air&lt;br /&gt;don't be  afraid to care&lt;br /&gt;leave but don't leave me&lt;br /&gt;look around, choose your own  ground&lt;br /&gt;for long you live and high you fly&lt;br /&gt;and smiles you'll give and tears  you'll cry&lt;br /&gt;and all your touch and all you see&lt;br /&gt;is all your life will ever  be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Run rabbit run&lt;br /&gt;dig that hole, forget the sun&lt;br /&gt;and when at last  the work is down&lt;br /&gt;don't sit down, it's time to dig another one&lt;br /&gt;for long you  live and high you fly&lt;br /&gt;but only if you ride the tide&lt;br /&gt;and balanced on the  biggest wave&lt;br /&gt;you race towards an early grave&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On The Run&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;[Female announcer, announcing flights at  airport, including 'Rome']&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me,  HaHaHaaaaaa!" &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Ticking away the moments that make up a dull  day&lt;br /&gt;You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way&lt;br /&gt;Kicking around on a  piece of ground in your home town&lt;br /&gt;Waiting for someone or something to show  you the way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tired of lying in the sunshine&lt;br /&gt;Staying home to watch the  rain&lt;br /&gt;And you are young and life is long&lt;br /&gt;And there is time to kill  today&lt;br /&gt;And then one day you find&lt;br /&gt;Ten years have got behind you&lt;br /&gt;No one  told you when to run&lt;br /&gt;You missed the starting gun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you run, and you  run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking&lt;br /&gt;Racing around to come up  behind you again&lt;br /&gt;The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're  older&lt;br /&gt;Shorter of breath and one day closer to death&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every year is  getting shorter&lt;br /&gt;Never seem to find the time&lt;br /&gt;Plans that either come to  nought&lt;br /&gt;Or half a page of scribbled lines&lt;br /&gt;Hanging on in quiet desparation  is the English way&lt;br /&gt;The time is gone&lt;br /&gt;The song is over&lt;br /&gt;Thought I'd  something more to say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Home, home again&lt;br /&gt;I like to be here when I  can&lt;br /&gt;When I come home cold and tired&lt;br /&gt;It's good to warm my bones beside the  fire&lt;br /&gt;Far away across the field&lt;br /&gt;The tolling of the iron bell&lt;br /&gt;Calls the  faithful to their knees&lt;br /&gt;To hear the softly spoken magic spells&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Great Gig In The Sky&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;"And I am not frightened of  dying, any time will do, I&lt;br /&gt;don't mind. Why should I be frightened of  dying?&lt;br /&gt;There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."&lt;br /&gt;"I never said  I was frightened of dying."&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Money&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Money, get away&lt;br /&gt;get a good job with more pay  and you're O.K.&lt;br /&gt;money, it's a gas&lt;br /&gt;grab that cash with both hands and make  a stash&lt;br /&gt;new car, caviar, four star daydream&lt;br /&gt;think I'll buy me a football  team&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money, get back&lt;br /&gt;I'm alright, Jack, keep your hands off my  stack&lt;br /&gt;money, it's a hit&lt;br /&gt;don't give me that do goody good bullshit&lt;br /&gt;I'm  in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set&lt;br /&gt;and I think I need a Lear  jet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money, it's a crime&lt;br /&gt;share it fairlybut don't take a slice of my  pie&lt;br /&gt;money, so they say&lt;br /&gt;is the root of all evil today&lt;br /&gt;but if you ask for  a rise it's no surprise that they're&lt;br /&gt;giving none away, away, away&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Us And Them&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Us and them&lt;br /&gt;and after all we're only  ordinary men&lt;br /&gt;me and you&lt;br /&gt;God only knows it's not what we would choose to  do&lt;br /&gt;forward he cried from the rear&lt;br /&gt;and the front rank died&lt;br /&gt;and the  General sat, and the lines on the map&lt;br /&gt;moved from side to side&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black  and blue&lt;br /&gt;and who knows which is which and who is who&lt;br /&gt;up and down&lt;br /&gt;and in  the end it's only round and round and round&lt;br /&gt;haven't you heard it's a battle  of words&lt;br /&gt;the poster bearer cried&lt;br /&gt;listen, son, said the man with the  gun&lt;br /&gt;there's room for you inside&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Down and out&lt;br /&gt;it can't be helped but  there's a lot of it about&lt;br /&gt;with, without&lt;br /&gt;and who'll deny it's what the  fighting's all about&lt;br /&gt;out of the way, it's a busy day&lt;br /&gt;I've got things on my  mind&lt;br /&gt;for want of the price of tea and a slice&lt;br /&gt;the old man died&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any Colour You Like&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;(Instrumental)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brain Damage&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;The lunatic is on the grass&lt;br /&gt;The  lunatic is on the grass&lt;br /&gt;remembering games and daisy chains and laughs&lt;br /&gt;got  to keep the loonies on the path&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lunatic is in the hall&lt;br /&gt;the  lunatics are in the hall&lt;br /&gt;the paper holds their folded faces to the  floor&lt;br /&gt;and every day the paper boy brings more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if the dam breaks  open many years too soon&lt;br /&gt;and if there is no room upon the hill&lt;br /&gt;and if your  head explodes with dark forbodings too&lt;br /&gt;I'll see you on the dark side of the  moon&lt;br /&gt;The lunatic is in my head&lt;br /&gt;The lunatic is in my head&lt;br /&gt;you raise the  blade, you make the change&lt;br /&gt;you rearrange me ' till I'm sane&lt;br /&gt;you lock the  door&lt;br /&gt;and throw away the key&lt;br /&gt;there's someone in my head but it's not  me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear&lt;br /&gt;you shout and no one  seems to hear&lt;br /&gt;and if the band you're in starts playing different  tunes&lt;br /&gt;I'll see you on the dark side of the moon&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eclipse&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;All that you touch and all that you  see&lt;br /&gt;all that you taste, all you feel&lt;br /&gt;and all that you love and all that  you hate&lt;br /&gt;all you distrust, all you save&lt;br /&gt;and all thatyou give and all that  you deal&lt;br /&gt;and all that you buy, beg, borrow or steal&lt;br /&gt;and all you create and  all you destroy&lt;br /&gt;and all that you do and all that you say&lt;br /&gt;and all that you  eat and everyone you meet&lt;br /&gt;and all that you slight and everyone you  fight&lt;br /&gt;and all that is now and all that is gone&lt;br /&gt;and all that's to come and  everything under the sun is in tune&lt;br /&gt;but the sun is eclipsed by the moon&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wish You Were Here&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;So, so you think you can tell  Heaven from Hell,&lt;br /&gt;blue skies from pain.&lt;br /&gt;Can you tell a green field from a  cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?&lt;br /&gt;Do you think you can tell?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And  did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?&lt;br /&gt;Hot ashes for trees? Hot air  for a cold breeze?&lt;br /&gt;Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange&lt;br /&gt;a walk on  part in the war for a lead role in a cage?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How I wish, how I wish you  were here.&lt;br /&gt;We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,&lt;br /&gt;year after  year,&lt;br /&gt;running over the same old ground. What have we found?&lt;br /&gt;The same old  fears,&lt;br /&gt;wish you were here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comfortably numb&lt;br /&gt;Hello,&lt;br /&gt;Is there  anybody in there&lt;br /&gt;Just nod if you can hear me&lt;br /&gt;Is there anyone at  home&lt;br /&gt;come on now,&lt;br /&gt;I hear you're feeling down&lt;br /&gt;I can ease your  pain&lt;br /&gt;And get you on your feet again&lt;br /&gt;Relax&lt;br /&gt;I'll need some information  first&lt;br /&gt;Just the basic facts&lt;br /&gt;Can you show me where it hurts?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is  no pain you are receding&lt;br /&gt;a distant ship smoke on the horizon&lt;br /&gt;You have only  coming through in wares&lt;br /&gt;You'r lips more but I can't hear why you're  saying&lt;br /&gt;When I was a child I had a fever&lt;br /&gt;My hands fell just like two  balloons&lt;br /&gt;Now I've got that feeling again&lt;br /&gt;I can't explain you would not  understand&lt;br /&gt;This is not how I am&lt;br /&gt;I have become comfortably  numb&lt;br /&gt;O.K.&lt;br /&gt;Just a little pinprick&lt;br /&gt;There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!&lt;br /&gt;But  you may feel a little sick&lt;br /&gt;can you stand up?&lt;br /&gt;I do believe its working  good&lt;br /&gt;that I'll keep you going through the show&lt;br /&gt;Come on its time to  go&lt;br /&gt;There is no pain, you are recading&lt;br /&gt;A distant chip smoke on the  horizon&lt;br /&gt;You are only coming through in waves&lt;br /&gt;Your lips move but I can hear  what you're saying&lt;br /&gt;When I was a child&lt;br /&gt;I caught a flecting glimpse&lt;br /&gt;Out  of the corner of my eye&lt;br /&gt;I turned to look but it was gone&lt;br /&gt;I cannot put my  finger on it now&lt;br /&gt;The child is grown&lt;br /&gt;The dream is gone&lt;br /&gt;And I have  become&lt;br /&gt;Comfortably numb&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comfortably Numb&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Hello,&lt;br /&gt;Is there anybody in  there&lt;br /&gt;Just nod if you can hear me&lt;br /&gt;Is there anyone at home&lt;br /&gt;come on  now,&lt;br /&gt;I hear you're feeling down&lt;br /&gt;I can ease your pain&lt;br /&gt;And get you on  your feet again&lt;br /&gt;Relax&lt;br /&gt;I'll need some information first&lt;br /&gt;Just the basic  facts&lt;br /&gt;Can you show me where it hurts?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no pain you are  receding&lt;br /&gt;a distant ship smoke on the horizon&lt;br /&gt;You have only coming through  in wares&lt;br /&gt;You'r lips more but I can't hear why you're saying&lt;br /&gt;When I was a  child I had a fever&lt;br /&gt;My hands fell just like two balloons&lt;br /&gt;Now I've got that  feeling again&lt;br /&gt;I can't explain you would not understand&lt;br /&gt;This is not how I  am&lt;br /&gt;I have become comfortably numb&lt;br /&gt;O.K.&lt;br /&gt;Just a little  pinprick&lt;br /&gt;There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!&lt;br /&gt;But you may feel a little  sick&lt;br /&gt;can you stand up?&lt;br /&gt;I do believe its working good&lt;br /&gt;that I'll keep you  going through the show&lt;br /&gt;Come on its time to go&lt;br /&gt;There is no pain, you are  recading&lt;br /&gt;A distant chip smoke on the horizon&lt;br /&gt;You are only coming through  in waves&lt;br /&gt;Your lips move but I can hear what you're saying&lt;br /&gt;When I was a  child&lt;br /&gt;I caught a flecting glimpse&lt;br /&gt;Out of the corner of my eye&lt;br /&gt;I turned  to look but it was gone&lt;br /&gt;I cannot put my finger on it now&lt;br /&gt;The child is  grown&lt;br /&gt;The dream is gone&lt;br /&gt;And I have become&lt;br /&gt;Comfortably numb&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Run Like Hell&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;You better run like hell&lt;br /&gt;You better  make your face up in&lt;br /&gt;Your favourite disquise&lt;br /&gt;With your button down lips  and your&lt;br /&gt;Roller blind eyes&lt;br /&gt;With your empty smiler&lt;br /&gt;And your hungry  heart&lt;br /&gt;Iced the bile rising from your quilty post&lt;br /&gt;With your nerves in  tatters&lt;br /&gt;When the cockleshell shattens&lt;br /&gt;And the hammers butter&lt;br /&gt;Down the  door&lt;br /&gt;You better run like hell&lt;br /&gt;You better run all day&lt;br /&gt;And run all  night&lt;br /&gt;And keeps your dirty feelings&lt;br /&gt;Deep inside&lt;br /&gt;Take your  girlfriend&lt;br /&gt;Out tonight,&lt;br /&gt;You better park the car&lt;br /&gt;Well out of  sight&lt;br /&gt;Cos if they catch your in the back scat&lt;br /&gt;Trying to pick her  looks&lt;br /&gt;They're gonna send you back to mother&lt;br /&gt;In a cardboard box&lt;br /&gt;You  better run&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-5232554865017878404?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/5232554865017878404/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=5232554865017878404' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5232554865017878404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5232554865017878404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/02/you-better-run-1995-e-la-se-foi-fumaca.html' title='YOU BETTER RUN!!! (1995 e la se foi fumaça)...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7237654709853552302</id><published>2009-01-04T15:19:00.005-02:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T15:59:56.123-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Cabou  a inovação em Sillico Valley?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Retornando de &lt;a href="http://www.barragrande.net/"&gt;Barra Grande&lt;/a&gt;, paraíso da Bahia, minha caixa postal estava cheia de coisas sobre crises, fim do mundo , falhas da indústria, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Business Week trouxe essa semana uma pergunta mais que intrigante: &lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_02/b4115028730216.htm"&gt;Para onde diacho foi a inovação da famosa Happy Land SV&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ao mesmo tempo, o velho Joel escreveu um post sobre um programador... &lt;a href="http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.718003.14"&gt;DEIXAR A INDÚSTRIA de software&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E Jeff Atwood pos um pano "McKain" na estória: &lt;a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000072.html"&gt;Programing: Love it or leave it! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assim como em vendas, as diferenças de produtividade são monstruosas em tecnologia. Vejamos o mapa de um desenvolvedor, segundo &lt;a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000051.html"&gt;outro artigo de Jeff&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"In programming specifically, &lt;b&gt;many studies have shown order of magnitude differences in the quality of the programs written, the sizes of the programs written, and the productivity of the programmers.&lt;/b&gt; The original study that showed huge variations in individual programming productivity was conducted in the late 1960s by Sackman, Erikson, and Grant (1968). They studied professional programmers with an average of 7 years' experience and found that the ratio of intitial coding time between the best and worst programmers was about 20:1; the ratio of debugging times over 25:1; of program sizes 5:1; and of program execution speed about 10:1. They found no relationship between a programmer's amount of experience and code quality or productivity. (&lt;a href="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/talks/HowToKeepYourJob/HTKYJ.html"&gt;Code Complete&lt;/a&gt;, page 548) "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como a Luiza Helena disse semana passada em uma entrevista, vivemos uma "crise psicológica" no mundo, mas algumas coisas ficaram muito reais e a principal delas será dura: Não há mais espaço para mediocridade, resultados pífios ou falta de preparação para o trabalho (qualquer trabalho).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enaquanto isso, &lt;a href="http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2009/01/diaz_tigersknee?printable=true"&gt;alguém&lt;/a&gt; que não tem um trabalho tão corporativo assim dá mostas de como a vida pode ser mais equilibrada sem ao mesmo tempo deixar de ser o melhor no que faz. É uma ótima idéia comparar as  "crises" ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tirem suas próprias conclusões...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7237654709853552302?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7237654709853552302/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7237654709853552302' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7237654709853552302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7237654709853552302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2009/01/cabou-inovao-em-sillico-valley.html' title='Cabou  a inovação em Sillico Valley?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1772225777650947793</id><published>2008-12-01T19:51:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T19:55:29.738-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Assim falou Silvio Meira...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vejam bem... Eu sou fã do cara... Morro de uma inveja salutar dele ter sido o que eu sempre sonhei em ser... E capto suas palavras como um discípulo segue a sobra de um mestre... &lt;a href="http://www.itaucultural.org.br/index.cfm?cd_pagina=2720&amp;amp;cd_materia=745"&gt;Portanto, vai lá ver&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"A maior parte dos projetos em que estive envolvido resultou de um caminho que segui. Os caminhos são parcialmente definidos pelo que se vai fazer, mas também influenciados pelo contexto ao redor. O ponto de chegada não é, necessariamente, o lugar em que se acreditou no princípio. O mais importante é aproveitar caminhos e gerar resultados. &lt;/em&gt;numa edição sobre credos, sou o cético&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Acredito na capacidade dos seres humanos de, em conjunto, mudarem seus destinos inarredáveis. Não concebo que alguém esteja fadado a alguma coisa, mesmo que sejam suas crenças."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1772225777650947793?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1772225777650947793/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1772225777650947793' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1772225777650947793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1772225777650947793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/12/assim-falou-silvio-meira.html' title='Assim falou Silvio Meira...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-8134712841758356203</id><published>2008-11-28T19:29:00.000-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-28T19:30:33.778-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Empreendedor que é bom FAZ!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um amigo meu é das antigas.&lt;br /&gt;Ele bota o ovo e cacareja, com se diz em minas uai!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TypIP-CyCPk&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TypIP-CyCPk&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-8134712841758356203?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/8134712841758356203/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=8134712841758356203' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8134712841758356203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8134712841758356203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/empreendedor-que-bom-faz.html' title='Empreendedor que é bom FAZ!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1131466281441017572</id><published>2008-11-12T20:13:00.004-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T21:34:00.456-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Novidades na área de CRM - Oracle</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou trabalhando na Oracle agora, portanto, vou rasgar seda para as novidades de CRM.&lt;br /&gt;E pra não dizer que sou eu, &lt;a href="http://the56group.typepad.com/pgreenblog/2008/11/siebel-811-free.html"&gt;este post do Paul Greenberg &lt;/a&gt;(o papa do crm e autor do CRM at the speed of the light), fala o mesmo :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gadgets para&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Oracle-Offers-CRM-Gadgets-to-Boost-Salesforce-Productivity/"&gt; vendedores&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Post everywhere you turn, software makers are building widgets or gadgets, those lightweight applications popularized by &lt;a rel="nofollow" title="Google" href="http://www.webbuyersguide.com/company/4274/Google&amp;amp;kc=eweekarticle111208&amp;amp;src=eweekarticle111208"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; that provide virtual services such as news, weather, time, calendar or map information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Article_Date"&gt;&lt;span class="txt"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a rel="nofollow" title="Oracle" href="http://www.webbuyersguide.com/company/90/Oracle&amp;amp;kc=eweekarticle111208&amp;amp;src=eweekarticle111208"&gt;Oracle&lt;/a&gt; joined the gadget party Nov. 12 with &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Oracle CRM Gadgets for Sales&lt;/span&gt;, desktop gadgets that mash up data from a company's CRM system with data from the Internet to deliver current information to sales forces even when they are disconnected from the corporate network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once the staffer reconnects with the network, the gadgets automatically update user data, Mark Woollen, vice president of social CRM Apps at Oracle, told eWEEK. These apps were built in Adobe's AIR environment and cover search, sales contacts, top accounts, top deals and sales quotas to provide business information without requiring a sales staffer to be online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such gadgets are important for salespeople looking to gain a competitive advantage over rivals. The idea is that sales staffers who acquire the most current information about their clients or prospects can better execute on sales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Nucleus Research analyst Rebecca Wettemann noted that while successful salespeople have always used social networks to help them sell, Oracle's Social CRM provides technology to support it and a more standardized way to track it. "Integration into the CRM app itself accelerates access and makes it easy for salespeople to connect the dots," she added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new Oracle tool includes the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Contacts Gadget,&lt;/span&gt; which gives users a way to find leads, prospects or customers in social networks and other Web sites and then click to e-mail or click to call them from their Siebel CRM or Oracle CRM On Demand application. This practice saves the salesperson from juggling multiple applications, providing greater efficiency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Search Gadget&lt;/span&gt; is a desktop-based search tool to let workers search their entire Siebel CRM database or specific sub-collections of data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Top Accounts Gadget&lt;/span&gt; is interesting because it provides users a mash-up of key account data from the Siebel CRM or Oracle CRM On Demand system together with Internet-based content. For example, a Top Accounts Gadget user can tap into real-time stock quotes and relevant news feeds from Google Finance for info concerning the companies with whom they are working.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Top Deals Gadget&lt;/span&gt;, as the title implies, provides sales folks with real-time insight into sales opportunities that are scheduled to close in the current period. Finally, the Sales Quota Gadget pipes current information for quarter sales pipelines, target for the quarter and the quota achieved to date for Siebel CRM users.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sales gadgets are pre-built with integration with Oracle Contact Center On Demand, so that users can make phone calls and capture the call information directly into the CRM system, providing analysis for sales managers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The gadgets, &lt;a rel="nofollow" title="Oracle" href="http://www.oracle.com/applications/socialcrm/index.html"&gt;available now as free downloads to existing Oracle CRM customers&lt;/a&gt;, will work on any desktop operating system or any Web browser. The tools also support Oracle's Siebel CRM (7.7 and above) and Oracle CRM On Demand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While the new gadgets are rooted in the desktop, Woollen said future releases of the gadgets will include browser-based capabilities and Oracle programmers are building an SDK to allow customers to build Internet gadgets of their own."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Além disso, tem as novidades do pacote Siebel 8.1.1. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre class="releasenews"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;-- Today Oracle announced the next version of Oracle's Siebel CRM 8.1.1, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;providing industry-specific solutions for Self Service and robust customer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;loyalty management enabling cost savings through use of open standards &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;-- As the second major release of Siebel CRM in the last two years under &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;the "Applications Unlimited" Program, Oracle has updated Siebel Self-Service,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;including Siebel eSupport and Siebel eCommerce applications, with Java-based &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;J2EE applications built on Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware that extends Siebel's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;CRM product to the Web channel enabling a more compelling user experience and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;improved total cost of ownership.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;-- Siebel CRM 8.1.1 now provides industry-specific customer self-service &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;for communications and the public sector, as well as enhanced use of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;multi-channel applications with Siebel Chat and deeper, more comprehensive &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;search capability.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;-- New features in Siebel Loyalty for version 8.1.1 support the entire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;customer loyalty program lifecycle by providing membership enrollment and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;management, including loyalty points accrual and redemption, member services, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;partner management and promotion management.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;-- New features in Siebel Marketing for version 8.1.1 provide a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;closed-loop solution that uniquely empowers all members of the marketing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;organization with actionable insight by automating processes across the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;marketing function, from strategy and planning to multi-channel response and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;lead management execution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;-- Siebel Sales 8.1.1 offers an enhanced user interface for a more &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;intuitive, easier user experience.  Sales forecasting capabilities have been&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;extended to give sales teams the flexibility to manage and share forecasting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;in cross-functional teams and to perform ad hoc adjustments that help improve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;sales quota attainment.  Siebel CRM 8.1.1 includes new deal registration &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;capability to provide improved visibility into channel partner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;deals-ultimately enabling increased sales effectives of the partner channel&lt;span style="font-family:monospace;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1131466281441017572?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1131466281441017572/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1131466281441017572' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1131466281441017572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1131466281441017572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/novidades-na-rea-de-crm-oracle.html' title='Novidades na área de CRM - Oracle'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3448155067890884444</id><published>2008-11-12T20:10:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T20:13:06.541-02:00</updated><title type='text'>O que voce sabe de Creative Commons?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pra entender Creative Comons, veja a &lt;a href="http://carosamigos.terra.com.br/do_site/sonosite/entrev_jul06_ronaldolemos.asp"&gt;entrevista&lt;/a&gt; de Ronaldo Lemos na Caros Amigos.&lt;br /&gt;Imperdível e duka!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3448155067890884444?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3448155067890884444/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3448155067890884444' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3448155067890884444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3448155067890884444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/hi-folks-pra-entender-creative-comons.html' title='O que voce sabe de Creative Commons?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-8921415344042582724</id><published>2008-11-11T22:30:00.001-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T22:31:14.098-02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uma das melhores discussões de inovação dos últimos meses, by Tim O'Reilly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/11/a-critical-choice-regarding-innovation.html"&gt;The critical path to innovation!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-8921415344042582724?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/8921415344042582724/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=8921415344042582724' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8921415344042582724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8921415344042582724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/hi-folks-uma-das-melhores-discusses-de.html' title=''/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7847112680884229961</id><published>2008-11-10T21:28:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T21:32:09.981-02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='privacidade.'/><title type='text'>A simetria da privacidade  - compartilhamento</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ZuckerBerg é o cara que inventou o &lt;a href="www.facebook.com"&gt;FaceBook&lt;/a&gt;. Mas, ele também anda inventando leis de tecnologia, a lá Gordon Moore. E é de&lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/11/zuckerbergs_sec.php"&gt; Nick Carr&lt;/a&gt; uma análise muito boa da última dele:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I would expect that next year, people will share twice as much information as they share this year, and [the] next year, they will be sharing twice as much as they did the year before."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas eu fico pensando nos motívos que me fizeram cometer orkuticídio, me fazer pensar seriamente plaxocídio e a nunca nem me animar a entrar no FaceBook: Privacidade... Só mantenho uma rede dew relacionamentos profisisonais, por causa das coisas estranhas que habitam por lá. To velho, acho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas... A perspectiva de mais pessoas shareando mais da própria vida... É a adesão expontânea ao big brother, que nem Adoux Haxley imaginava em seu admirável muito não tão novo....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De parar pra pensar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7847112680884229961?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7847112680884229961/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7847112680884229961' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7847112680884229961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7847112680884229961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/simetria-da-privacidade.html' title='A simetria da privacidade  - compartilhamento'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-771231114026514053</id><published>2008-11-08T22:52:00.001-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T22:53:32.629-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pérola das Pérolas (ou o sermão Obama)</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uma pérola incrível me recorda o momento de Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="content" --&gt;&lt;h3&gt;NUMBER ONE SPEECH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;      &lt;div id="textarea" class="text"&gt; "Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Every time a football player goes to play his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--Vince Lombardi &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-771231114026514053?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/771231114026514053/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=771231114026514053' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/771231114026514053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/771231114026514053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/prola-das-prolas-ou-o-sermo-obama.html' title='Pérola das Pérolas (ou o sermão Obama)'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-4515169785014223200</id><published>2008-11-08T20:40:00.001-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T20:41:49.098-02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A HBR lançou uma coletânea de textos interessantes sobre como sair com o nariz levantado na recessão.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/downturn/"&gt;Vale a pela, va lá!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-4515169785014223200?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/4515169785014223200/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=4515169785014223200' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4515169785014223200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4515169785014223200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/hi-folks-hbr-lanou-uma-coletnea-de.html' title=''/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-4999806510678619569</id><published>2008-11-04T21:38:00.004-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T22:39:07.782-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Entre coisas sérias... EU ODEIO WINDOWS VISTA!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Campanhas da Apple são sempre inteligentes, mas as últimas da série Get a Mac beiram o absurdo da acidez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/"&gt;Valer as risadas :) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora aqui entre nós: Eu sou usuário de microsoft desde os dourados anos 80. Sempre tinha algo melhor (como um tal de DR-DOS), mas a turminha dos pés molhados sempre deu um jeito de fazer algo decente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porém, estou com um Sony Vaio de 2.700 dólares há 3 meses. Nunca passei tanta raiva com um eletrodoméstico (como diz Banffy) como estou passando com este note. E o culpado é a porra do RUINDOWS HASTA LA VISTA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/apple_getamac_sadsong_extended_20080519_480x272.mov"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por isso, estou que nem o cachorro deste vídeo... Vejam e uivem comigo!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. Se alguem ai souber como é que se instala um Windows XP num Sony Vaio VGN-TZ250N eu agradeço a ajuda!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-4999806510678619569?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/4999806510678619569/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=4999806510678619569' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4999806510678619569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4999806510678619569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/entre-coisas-srias-eu-odeio-windows.html' title='Entre coisas sérias... EU ODEIO WINDOWS VISTA!!!!!!!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2116051362757403102</id><published>2008-11-04T20:40:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T14:28:40.848-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Caça aos talentos...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tudo começou com um&lt;a href="http://the56group.typepad.com/pgreenblog/2008/11/microsoft-makes-the-pitch-but-followthrough.html"&gt; post de Greenberg&lt;/a&gt; de férias.&lt;br /&gt;Depois veio e&lt;a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/node/1042478/print"&gt;ste artigo sobre  Mr. MS Frankenstein&lt;/a&gt;, da Fast Company.&lt;br /&gt;E acabou com &lt;a href="http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/mcgrath/2008/10/absorb-their-uncertainty-and-g.html"&gt;Rita McGrath da HBR chamando o povo à luta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A estória é a mesma. Jogo de decisão, quando a coisa aperta e a porca torce o rabo, apenas um pato safo ligeiro acha a lagoa. E no meio do tiroteio de percepções que pipocam por ai (e com mais 80 dias de Bush para atormentar nosso juízo), quem RESOLVE? Essa é a grande pergunta...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A segunda é: Ok, tem alguns que resolvem. Sozinhos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas quem realmente sabe trabalhar em TIME?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2116051362757403102?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2116051362757403102/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2116051362757403102' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2116051362757403102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2116051362757403102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/caa-aos-talentos.html' title='Caça aos talentos...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-842486591468491581</id><published>2008-11-04T11:28:00.003-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T11:30:44.014-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Globalizantes e Globalizados.</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rapidíssima: Mestre Meira lança um petardo indiscutível na questão secular colonizar ou ser colonizado. &lt;a href="http://smeira.blog.terra.com.br/2008/11/04/compras-de-ontem-iu-ma/"&gt;Vão lá ver.&lt;/a&gt; De aperitivo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"no caso m+a, um gigante mundial do agronegócio fez uma proposta boa demais para o grupo votorantim resistir. a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;monsanto comprou companhias de conhecimento, intensivas em processamento de informação, cheias de gente competente e dedicada. &lt;/span&gt;muitos esperavam que a allelyx e a canavialis fossem parte essencial do aumento da produtividade e qualidade do agronegócio nacional. e vão ser. e do agronegócio mundial. &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;só que agora, se der certo, os &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;royalties &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;serão da monsanto. é parte do mercado, parte do jogo. quem não se globaliza… é globalizado.&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-842486591468491581?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/842486591468491581/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=842486591468491581' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/842486591468491581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/842486591468491581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/globalizantes-e-globalizados.html' title='Globalizantes e Globalizados.'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6051264859254650038</id><published>2008-11-04T10:06:00.009-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T23:49:35.560-02:00</updated><title type='text'>May the FORCE.COM be with you!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Preambulâncias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ao som de Born To Be Wild, um salão de automóvel em pindorama onde um dos único&lt;a href="http://www.autopista.com.br/scripts/det_noticia.aspx?id_noticia=1370&amp;amp;id_carro=804"&gt;s 5 Pagani Zonta-F&lt;/a&gt; do mundo estavam. Entrei pra ver um Honda Fit, sai babando por um &lt;a href="http://www.subaru.com/shop/overview.jsp?model=IMPREZAWRX&amp;amp;trim=WRX&amp;amp;command=overview"&gt;Subaro Impreza WRX. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A que viemos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há uns 3 anos venho acompanhando de perto o modelo de Value Cloud desenvolvido pela &lt;a href="http://www.salesforce.com/"&gt;SalesForce.com &lt;/a&gt;e sua troupe de executivos com o "push-hard way of life" aprendido na Oracle e sua instigante e holística paranóia para crescer em "clusters". Esta semana acontece mais um DreamForce, o evento anual da empresa. Numeros:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;9 mil clientes;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;40 paises;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;250 seções e painéis. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Por isso a imprensa está babando pelas dimensões do evento. Em vários locais (&lt;a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153235/salesforcecom_links_with_amazon_and_facebook.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2008/tc2008112_515699.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_technology"&gt;ali&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://blogs.gartner.com/michael_maoz/2008/11/04/dreamforce-demonstrates-salesforcecom-innovation-in-cloud-computing/"&gt;ali também&lt;/a&gt;, etc, etc, etc. e &lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=602"&gt;acolá&lt;/a&gt;) coberturas interessantes serão feitas (uma excelente &lt;a href="http://www.intelligententerprise.com/blog/archives/2008/11/salesforcecom_c.html"&gt;é esta&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;a href="http://www.mycustomer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=134024&amp;amp;d=printdetail&amp;amp;h=printheader&amp;amp;f=printfooter"&gt;Aqui&lt;/a&gt; tem uma entrevista boa com o Mark.  Bem como os principais webcasts pode ser encontrados &lt;a href="http://www-waa-akam.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/?event_id=724b9733151ff78e4c9ed2c3e2df43e1&amp;amp;portal_id=490b5b11bea71c00458d586691c5b5f5"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love is in the air...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord Benioff abriu o evento resumindo tudo em uma palavra: AMOR. Integrando-se harmoniosamente com&lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=603"&gt; seus parceiros Google, Amazon e Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, num mashup de dar inveja de tao bem projetado, lá vamos nós aprender que SaaS não tem nada só a ver com aplicações, mas com uma orquetração (acho que á ouvi isso de Redmond há muitos anos atrás) de um ecosistema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BuzzWorld&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas, como fez questão de &lt;a href="http://blogs.gartner.com/michael_maoz/2008/11/04/dreamforce-demonstrates-salesforcecom-innovation-in-cloud-computing/"&gt;tacar gelo meu amigo do Gartner, Michael Maoz&lt;/a&gt; (o analista ranzinza de CRM, uma espécie de Diogo Mainard do crm).&lt;br /&gt;"In my core area of customer service and support applications, I have pointed out and analyzed in my published research that Salesforce still has plenty of room for improvement. The big integrators have practically no competencies around Salesforce.com for large call centers. There is very little support for core desktops in key business-to-consumer verticals such as Communications, Healthcare, Federal Government, or Banking."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em resumo, na parte "menos fashion" da coisa, ainda há muita poeira a comer... Por isso que a Oracle ainda é O líder deste mercado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The dark side of the FORCE. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Só que Outras iniciativas, &lt;a href="http://idgnow.uol.com.br/internet/2008/09/11/empresa-por-tras-do-pacote-de-aplicativos-online-zoho-chega-ao-brasil/"&gt;incluindo a Zoho&lt;/a&gt;, pipocam inclusive no Cloudspace de Pindorama e ai é onde a porca torçe o rabo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E outra para os competidores, a SalesFoce (como toda empresa de acionistas e orientada a crescer que se preza faz)  joga o que os americanos chamam de "hard ball" (mais uma daquelas coisas do baseball). &lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=533"&gt;Vejam este post&lt;/a&gt; do Denis Howlet e a estória de horror dos  "coitadinhos" da Zoho. Basicamente, ele diz que quando a Zoho se recusou a vender, a Salesforce disse que aos clientes que tentavam migrar (para o Zoho) que eles não poderiam tirar os dados do primeiro até o fim do contrato. Segundo o próprio CEO Da Zoho:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Since then (when we refuse to sell or discontinue our crm solution), Salesforce has repeatedly tried to block customers from migrating to Zoho CRM, by telling them (falsely) that they cannot take their data out of Salesforce until their contract duration is over. We have emails from customers recounting this. &lt;p&gt;Readers need to understand that Benioff comes from Oracle, a company famed for playing hardball as epitomized by its CEO, Larry Ellison. Oracle has a knack of turning out hard nosed, often successful Silicon Valley execs that are super competitive. Benioff is another in a long line of execs that include Tom Siebel (Siebel Systems), Craig Conway (PeopleSoft) and Zach Nelson (NetSuite.)&lt;/p&gt; These companies understand one thing - winning is all about lock in and with the Force.com, Salesforce.com is no different any of its predecessors."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gaiola Dourada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em resumo, toda essa estória de amor é o mesmo jogo de sempre de qualquer empresa acionária voltada para criar efeito de trava. Venham, amem-se mas não saiam daqui nem deixem de pagar mais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"As Salesforce.com gets bigger and it attracts more developers to its Force.com platform, we can expect more yapping and reminders about however much Benioff may declare his love, he is really acting like every other enterprise vendor that has gone before: locking you in while smiling benignly. In the long term, that also means higher cost as the captor squeezes as much out of its prisoners as possible."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que o diga a bosta do RuindowsHastaLaVista que sou obrigado a usar do meu maravilhoso Sony Vaio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6051264859254650038?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6051264859254650038/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6051264859254650038' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6051264859254650038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6051264859254650038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/may-forcecom-be-with-you.html' title='May the FORCE.COM be with you!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7329016354704365436</id><published>2008-11-03T09:22:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T10:40:44.321-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Vender Vender Vender!!!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sou  um bicho estranho de se definir profissionalmente. Alma de poeta, criado à base de família de professores, pai jornalista e trocentos livros à disposição. Alma apontada para o longo prazo, graças a um saudoso avô paterno fazendeiro de cacau (leva 25 anos pra estar pronto e produz por outros duzentos). Alma focada em fazer acontecer, graças a avó materna, analfabeta e sergipana desbravadora de mundos hostís nos anos 40, para criar os filhos sem maridos na terra de Jorge Amado (Itabuna, BA). Criatividade de engenheiro, forjado nos agora distantes quebra-cabeças, legos e pinos mágigos Elka. Formalismo preciso de monitor de matemática e física, nos tempos do colégio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cabei visgado pela febre de computação dos anos 80 e aos 15 já estava enfronhado com os velhos e bons programinhas de 3ra e 4rta geração. 22 anos incríveis de amor, tendinite e projetos se passaram.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas, fui visgado, aos poucos, pela área de vendas (a verdadeira, não aquela confundida com a mais antiga profissão do mundo ou com a origem das progenitoras dos vendedores)! Tudo começou com um italiano bigodudo que parecia aquela morsa dos desenhos do pica-pau (achou que ia ficar sem apelido, heim!!) chamado Roberto Regente Sr. Quem assiste Orange County Choppers e conhece o Paul Sr., é igualzinho. Ele dizia que o motor, o oxigênio e a sobrevivência da empresa está na área de vendas. Ele estava certo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.terra.com.br/istoedinheiro/edicoes/579/artigo114095-1.htm"&gt;Nesta matéria da Istoé Dinheiro,&lt;/a&gt; estórias de empolgar de grandes vendedores que salvaram a pátria, em tempos de crise ou não. Vale a pena ler, algo inspirador no meio de uma tempestade. Ou, da ilusão de tempestade :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7329016354704365436?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7329016354704365436/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7329016354704365436' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7329016354704365436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7329016354704365436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/11/vender-vender-vender.html' title='Vender Vender Vender!!!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-4447927651429799566</id><published>2008-10-31T21:48:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T21:50:21.207-02:00</updated><title type='text'>VRM  – Virtual Relationship Management</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exelente matéria da Risoleta, da &lt;a href="http://www.brandsgroup.com.br/"&gt;BrandsGroup&lt;/a&gt; (só cobra-criada). Tao boa que salvei inteira por aqui :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Inked Brand Generation&lt;/h2&gt;        &lt;div class="olho"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Será que a sua marca está pronta para ser a 'tattoo' do seu consumidor? Por Risoletta Miranda&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;                                Quanto mais mergulhamos nos novos caminhos de formatos e conceitos de uso do meio digital mais vou me certificando que entender a relação íntima que o consumidor deseja com suas marcas é o que define o sucesso ou fracasso do que virá por aí em termos de produto e respectiva comunicação. Todo dia aprendo vendo clientes dos nossos clientes reagirem e agirem no mundo digital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estive obsservando recentes campanhas que fizemos para três clientes, todos focados na Geração Y e que a cada dia me mostram que precisam de uma renomeação: estamos efetivamente vivendo a era da Inked Brand Generation. Uma turma que está por aí com o comportamento cada vez mais estabelecido e diferenciado. Diga-se, cito as campanhas mais recentes, mas esse é um comportamento que vem se afirmando há algum tempo. Só que está ficando mais e mais claro. E cabe a nós, que, além de atuar nesse mercado ajudando nossos clientes com suas estratégias sociais, também ficar atentos para levantar o pensamento um pouco além das conversões. Precisamos refletir para achar algumas respostas porque a mudança é radical e rápida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não entender a Inked Brand Generation pode dar tempo demasiado para a concorrência e, mais do que isso, pode deixar o seu cliente decepcionado. Não é um bom sentimento a ser despertado nele, definitivamente. Da concorrência você até corre atrás. O cliente Inked Brand já é mais complicado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O contexto é o do usuário criando seu conteúdo, divulgando e praticamente “tatuando” sua marca na pele. Mas isso a gente já ouviu falar por aí. O que nos importa saber e entender agora é o que significa “tatuar” a marca de um cliente na própria “pele”, nesse processo “work in progress” que vivemos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já conhecemos a geração apaixonada por marcas cults como a Harley Davidson, que efetivamente tatuam no corpo a lendária marca. Aqui me refiro, por analogia, ao processo de identidade e deconstrução que os meios digitais proporcionam ao consumidor e que o fazem buscar na marca algo mais do que sabor, cheiro e/ou qualquer tipo de funcionalidade. Carros velozes, chocolates deliciosos, roupas românticas, aparelhos multifuncionais, refrigerantes refrescantes e biscoitos torradinhos não são mais argumentos que garantem a uma empresa a liderança do mercado ou, mais precisamente, não serão, a curto e médio prazo, a garantia de que terão um lugar na “pele” do seu consumidor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Inked Brand Generation está situada, na “antropologia da web”, no local do reconhecimento da capacidade que a marca tem de expressar para o consumidor uma cumplicidade existencial. Consumidores não querem mais produtos. O produto como o conhecemos, por sua funcionalidade, acabou mesmo. Consumidores querem atestados de credibilidade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há um contexto histórico, tecnológico e cultural para isso. O histórico está relacionado ao caminho do descrédito da palavra, dos escândalos da Enron, do mensalão. Uma história recente, com paisagem de pouca verdade e muito cinismo. A dimensão tecnológica é situada no contexto dos ambientes digitais que nos permitem dialogar de forma profunda, rápida e complexa com amigos, marcas e, até, com nós mesmos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na linha do cultural temos um retorno à busca por “ser uma pessoa melhor”. E o que se quer hoje é ser uma pessoa melhor. Todos querem ser vistos como alguém que se preocupa com o planeta derretendo, com a violência urbana, com os animais em extinção. Enfim, ser melhor é ser mais comunitário, mais solidário, mais participativo dos grandes dramas globais, ainda que, teoricamente, incubado na sua bolha/desktop. Só que não basta fazer isso sozinho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Inked Brand Generation quer olhar para o lado e se sentir bem acompanhada. Quer ver suas marcas agindo dessa forma. Não porque isso fica bonito nos relatórios de sustentabilidade que apresentam em seus sites no final de ano. E sim, porque, efetivamente o são: transparentes, éticas, inovadoras, honestas. Se elas assim o são conseguem um lugarzinho na minha “pele” de consumidor. Eu posso “tatuar”. Não porque ela me sacia um desejo de consumo apenas. Mas porque ela sacia meu desejo de ser alguém melhor e ser a companheira que me entende nessa postura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu tenho uma tatuagem (falo das tradicionais... rs) que representa minha origem indígena, fala do significado do meu nome e aponta para um sentimento que eu aprecio em mim e sempre espero achar nas pessoas. Eu só fiz essa tatuagem porque isso é algo que eu quero lembrar para sempre (seja lá o que significa ser “para sempre”) e assim eu a carrego no meu corpo em um patamar acima da mensagem. Ela ali como um símbolo. Ela comunica algo fundamental na minha vida. Pois é dessa forma que ando vendo os clientes dos nossos clientes se comportarem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Será que a sua marca está pronta para ser a “tattoo” do seu consumidor? Será que ela traduz os símbolos que ele deseja endossar? Sua marca pode ser uma “Inked Brand”? Você sabe o que uma marca precisa ser para ter essa natureza? Volto o assunto. Mas o fato é que o sabor virou acessório na era da Inked Brand Generation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Risoletta Miranda&lt;/b&gt; é sócia e Diretora da Addcomm (www.addcomm.com.br), formada em jornalismo, MBA Marketing COPPEAD/UFRJ, especializada em Planejamento Estratégico de Marketing e Comunicação On Line e uma das criadoras do Conceito de VRM  – Virtual Relationship Management  – Addcomm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="link-mailto"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:rizzo@addcomm.com.br"&gt;rizzo@addcomm.com.br&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; .&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-4447927651429799566?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/4447927651429799566/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=4447927651429799566' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4447927651429799566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4447927651429799566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/vrm-virtual-relationship-management.html' title='VRM  – Virtual Relationship Management'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3304759442615154130</id><published>2008-10-31T21:04:00.003-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T21:20:12.230-02:00</updated><title type='text'>No meio da crise... As redes sociais vão salvar o mundo!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Duas pesquisas fundamentais sobre o mundo de Web 2.o.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/By_Industry/Media_and_Entertainment/ContentStudy2008.htm?c=cht_mecontentpr1_0508&amp;amp;n=pr1-1"&gt;Uma da Accenture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais formalzinho, quadradinho, beeemmmm formato consultoria. Muitos dados bonitinhos e nada muito consistente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;"The Accenture Global Content Study, now in its third year, surveyed more than 100 leaders and decision-makers in the media and entertainment industry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Key findings of this year's study include:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consensus about the direction in which digital market is developing, where the opportunities lie and what will drive revenue of the next five years. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;63 percent of companies are pursuing a multi-platform distribution strategy.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Over one-third of the respondents expect to see significant revenues from social media and user-generated content within three years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;84 percent of respondents expect mobile rich media to become mass market, representing the largest growth opportunity for media and entertainment firms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Half of those interviewed see digital advertising eclipsing traditional advertising within 5 years.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;However, the rate of change is slower than originally anticipated. While there's general consensus on which direction to go the speed of getting there has been slow for most organizations. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goingsocialnow.com/2008/10/razorfish-report-studies-consu.html"&gt;Outra da RazorFish.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta, bem porradeira, com um artigo interessantíssimo sobre o twitter (que eu detesto, btw).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Not surprisingly, our recent &lt;a href="http://feed.razorfish.com/"&gt;Razorfish Consumer Report&lt;/a&gt; uncovers that social media directly influences purchasing decisions. And not just that but "connected consumers" are comfortable with seeing advertising on social networks and &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;4 out of 10 made purchasing decisions based on the social advertising&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;76% welcome advertising on social networks&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These findings are probably welcome news for the many social media platforms in the marketplace. With the slowing economy, many platforms including the social media ad networks are getting worried that fewer ad dollars will come their way. These findings tell a different story - &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a story about consumers pay attention to ads in social networks&lt;/span&gt; (even if they are not always clicking on them) and more importantly make purchasing decisions based off of what they see. Big news.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What's also interesting in the findings is that 7&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; out of 10 connected consumers are embracing social media&lt;/span&gt; like nothing before. 7 out of 10 have customized their home pages with content feeds, scheduled updates and other features. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; startling 60 percent use widgets on websites.&lt;/span&gt; Little did we know how pervasive widgets were. It just shows much marketers need to pay attention to them. Other findings show that consumers value personalization and loyalty programs in purchasing environments - they definitely influence purchasing decisions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another interesting finding is that the social web has become the mainstream web. Regardless of which social media property consumers choose, they have spent a massive amount of time interacting with each other. The majority of them &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(75%) spend at least one hour a week on these properties with 19% spending more than seven hours a week on them&lt;/span&gt;. The report which also explored peer and anonymous influence showed that peer recommendations are playing a much larger role than ever before in purchasing decisions."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3304759442615154130?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3304759442615154130/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3304759442615154130' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3304759442615154130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3304759442615154130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/hi-folks-duas-pesquisas-fundamentais.html' title='No meio da crise... As redes sociais vão salvar o mundo!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1760911917048419196</id><published>2008-10-29T11:18:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T11:24:28.365-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Porque não materializamos os sonhos?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Momento musical. Porquer não lutamos pelos sonhos?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ilusión  (Julieta Vilegas).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre&gt;Uma vez eu tive uma ilusão&lt;br /&gt;E não soube o que fazer&lt;br /&gt;Não soube o que fazer&lt;br /&gt;Com ela&lt;br /&gt;Não soube o que fazer&lt;br /&gt;E ela se foi&lt;br /&gt;Porque eu a deixei&lt;br /&gt;Por que eu a deixei?&lt;br /&gt;Não sei&lt;br /&gt;Eu só sei que ela se foi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi corazón desde entonces&lt;br /&gt;La llora diario&lt;br /&gt;No portão&lt;br /&gt;Por ella&lt;br /&gt;no supe que hacer&lt;br /&gt;y se me fue&lt;br /&gt;Porque la deje&lt;br /&gt;¿Por que la deje?&lt;br /&gt;No sé&lt;br /&gt;Solo sé que se me fue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sei que tudo o que eu queria&lt;br /&gt;Deixei tudo o que eu queria&lt;br /&gt;Porque não me deixei tentar&lt;br /&gt;Vivê-la feliz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É a ilusão de que volte&lt;br /&gt;O que me faça feliz&lt;br /&gt;Faça viver&lt;br /&gt;Por ella no supe que hacer&lt;br /&gt;Y se me fue&lt;br /&gt;Porque la deje&lt;br /&gt;¿Por que la deje?&lt;br /&gt;No sé&lt;br /&gt;Solo sé que se me fue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sei que tudo o que eu queria&lt;br /&gt;Deixei tudo o que eu queria&lt;br /&gt;Porque não me deixei tentar&lt;br /&gt;Vivê-la feliz&lt;br /&gt;Sei que tudo o que eu queria&lt;br /&gt;Deixei tudo o que eu queria&lt;br /&gt;Porque no me dejo&lt;br /&gt;Tratar de ser la feliz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porque la deje&lt;br /&gt;¿Por que la deje?&lt;br /&gt;No sé&lt;br /&gt;Solo sé que se me fue&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1760911917048419196?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1760911917048419196/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1760911917048419196' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1760911917048419196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1760911917048419196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/porque-no-materializamos-os-sonhos.html' title='Porque não materializamos os sonhos?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1674424384362978227</id><published>2008-10-28T21:31:00.005-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T21:58:56.317-02:00</updated><title type='text'>PARE TUDO O QUE ESTÁ FAZENDO E LEIA ISTO!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imediatamente, acompanhem o pega-pá-capá entre Nick Carr e Tim O'Reilly!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004638.html"&gt;O post de McLoud que fez Tim escrever um outro post... &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/web-20-and-cloud-computing.html"&gt;O post de Tim que deu origem à série.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/10/further_thought.php"&gt;Primeira resposta de Nick.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/network-effects-in-data.html"&gt;Último post de Tim sobre o assunto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/10/further_thought.php"&gt;E o último post de Nick, respondendo a Tim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/10/a_typology_of_n.php"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E mais um post de Nick, tripudiando a já tripudiada. &lt;/a&gt;(este último também muito didático)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim aparentemente desistiu, mas aguardem cenas dos próximos capítulos :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MBA em alguns posts... Eu guardei tudo no micro, por desencargo de consciência!&lt;br /&gt;De explicações acadêmicas sobre o que são as &lt;a href="http://www.utdallas.edu/%7Eliebowit/palgrave/network.html"&gt;leis econômicas de efeitos de rede&lt;/a&gt;, até uma entrevista rápida com o economista chefe com o google, rola de tudo nestes posts! Leitura essencial!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Complementando, hoje achei &lt;a href="http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/10/redefining-innovation-incremental-side-effect-transformational.html"&gt;um outro post na Occan's Razor &lt;/a&gt;sobre tipos de inovação, falando também do Google e de Google Analytics. Vale a pena ler!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1674424384362978227?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1674424384362978227/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1674424384362978227' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1674424384362978227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1674424384362978227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/pare-tudo-o-que-est-fazendo-e-leia-isto.html' title='PARE TUDO O QUE ESTÁ FAZENDO E LEIA ISTO!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-868948281839156242</id><published>2008-10-24T14:00:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T21:21:05.476-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Porque a SAP investiu no LinkedIn?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algo me intriga ultimamente... Porque a SAP investiu uma senhora grana no LinkedIn ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E é a única rede que mantenho tudo atualizado...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009632o-2000561249b,00.htm"&gt;Hummmm... &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-868948281839156242?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/868948281839156242/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=868948281839156242' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/868948281839156242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/868948281839156242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/porque-sap-investiu-no-linkedin.html' title='Porque a SAP investiu no LinkedIn?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2849399534073302870</id><published>2008-10-22T21:28:00.006-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T21:46:38.790-02:00</updated><title type='text'>A suma-competência  da Gen XYZen - CRIAR VALOR!!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Trilha: My Wway, versão Ramones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A competência essencial é CRIAR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2006: O ano do Six New Ways. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2006/08/from_design_to_.html"&gt;Este post é intraduzível &lt;/a&gt;e o melhor de tudo é comprar os dois livros (o do Pink e o do próprio Garry). Mas, seis novos talentos e seis novas maneiras de apresentar são essenciais para essa nova competência.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;O "desespero" da Nokia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Segundo matéria paga da &lt;a href="http://veja.abril.com.br/291008/p_126.shtml"&gt;Veja (precisa de senha pra ler&lt;/a&gt;), a fabricante de empresas de advertising Finlandesa está correndo atrás do próprio rabo para ser a próxima susidiária da Microsoft, copiando tudo o que a Apple faz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Crise, que crise???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.terra.com.br/istoedinheiro/edicoes/577/artigo112229-1.htm"&gt;Como crescer na Crise, da Isto é Dinheiro.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mentalidade certa: Resolver problemas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porque amo os hackers ou como trabalhar produtivamente para resolver problemas, &lt;a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/thoughts-on-financial-crisis.html"&gt;Tim O'Reilly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dose extra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Honda inovou em um comercial mandando ver esta:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z8aJduZeAFk&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z8aJduZeAFk&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas, vejam só, a idéia original veio da DINAMARCA. Chama Asphaltophone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ou-Xy5OI1kc&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ou-Xy5OI1kc&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2849399534073302870?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2849399534073302870/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2849399534073302870' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2849399534073302870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2849399534073302870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/suma-competncia-da-gen-xyzen-criar.html' title='A suma-competência  da Gen XYZen - CRIAR VALOR!!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7202036403708511039</id><published>2008-10-22T20:57:00.005-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T22:12:58.442-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Vai ser BOM assim na NeXT que o pariu!!! :)</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2008/10/steve-jobs-at-the-whiteboard-c-1991.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bom, tem coisas que não se podem descaradamente copiar, portanto, pedi licença ao Reynolds para traduzir e colocar meus próprios pitacos em um post dele para o português&lt;/a&gt;, só pra ter o gostinho de também poder dizer algo sobre como é um verdadeiro EVANGELISTA de vendas de soluções de tecnologia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Magic Jobs mandou tudo em dois vídeos de "treinamento" sobre a coisas mais básica de tudo:&lt;br /&gt;- Quem somos? Porque existimos?&lt;br /&gt;- Onde estamos ?&lt;br /&gt;- Para onde vamos?&lt;br /&gt;- Porque vamos?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Traduzindo:&lt;br /&gt;- Quem são nossos clientes?&lt;br /&gt;- Em que mercados estamos inseridos? Como ele funciona? Quem são os players que estão lá? Como eles nos veem?&lt;br /&gt;- Como é que vamos entrar e jogar esse jogo?&lt;br /&gt;- Porque nossos clientes vão pensar em nós e não nos nossos competidores?&lt;br /&gt;- Vamos sozinhos ou com aliados (parceiros, canais, etc) ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E o mais importante:&lt;br /&gt;- Como CRIAR um novo mercado (e o tal do oceano azul também não havia sido nem pensado)&lt;br /&gt;(a frase OUR GUT INSTINCTS é sonoramente deliciosa!!)&lt;br /&gt;- Como alavancar a força dos próprios competidores a favor de nós mesmos (o episódio de como a Sun iria educar os novos consumidores para a própria Apple e depois iria ser derrotada pelas próprias fraquezas é inequívoco!)&lt;br /&gt;- Como, porque (e o melhor, segundo a visão do CLIENTE) eles iriam derrotar a LIDER do mercado (com 80% de market share);&lt;br /&gt;- O que seria a RAZÃO MATADORA que faria os clientes mudarem de plataforma (da maior, as workstations da Sun e das menores, os pcs da Apple,  para as novas máquinas NeXT) ? Aplicações específicas... E ai, Voilá! O trunfo era o&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Objects_Framework"&gt; AMBIENTE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO&lt;/a&gt; novo (SOFTWARE). Mais um movimento revolucionário... Começou como OpenStep, passou para Enterprise Objects e finalmente virou WebObjects Server  (pra quem não lembra eu desenvolvi nesse ambiente e era ANIMAL. Depois ele foi copiado/clonado e virou algo como Visual Studio).&lt;br /&gt;- A segunda razão matadora (e para um segundo público a principal) eram as ... APLICAÇÕES DE PRODUTIVIDADE! (wordperfect, adobe illustrator, etc etc.). Outro filme que nasceu lá... e Virou história nas mãos de outrém...&lt;br /&gt;-Finalmente, pra não dizer que não falei das flores, lá nos idos de 91, o cabra tava falando de .. Interpesonal  Computing, ou IPC ... Sem ICQ, Msn, Wiki.. HEY! SEM WEB!!!&lt;br /&gt;- Tirando o tecniniquês... Regis McKenna e... O melhor marketing é a EDUCAÇÃO... "Vamos educar os clientes que nós somos a referência em inovação, porque hoje eles pensam em ligar pra concorrência, mas queremos que eles liguem também para nós". Amém!&lt;br /&gt;- Mas.. Também o mapa de guerra dos competidores (repetindo as vantagens, mas comparando com a Sun)... Basicamente, a Sun não poderia competir nas 3 coisas que o mercado mais queria... e a NeXT era a MELHOR nestas três coisas.  Degustação (traga os MELHORES devs dos clientes para nossa casa e vamos mostrar para eles), ROI (3 x mais rápido, etc), temos não só as MELHORES applicações mas temos as MAIS IMPOIRTANTES E MATADORAS delas (Lotus, WordPerfect, etc.), temos um vídeotape muito bom de demo (hilário, mas hey, 1991... ) com as features de multi-midia, interface gráfica (essa já tinha sido roubada mesmo... Mas a do NeXT era duka!). Motivação via fatos contundentes de superioridade. Quer coisa melhor pra estimular as tropas?&lt;br /&gt;- Finalmente, o chamado: Aprender juntos, nós e os clientes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vídeo de 1991... Onde o mosaic era só mais um base na cabeça do Mark... Dai o hilario das maiores vantagens:&lt;br /&gt;- Advanced IP Networking features;&lt;br /&gt;- Advanced development enviroment;&lt;br /&gt;- Database Conectivity;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E o mais pirante: pra quem não lembra, foi num &lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextstep"&gt;NeXT&lt;/a&gt; que o Sir Tim inventou o protocolo HTTP e o hipertexto, o Doom foi criado e mais um monte de coisas. Vai la ver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quem sabe faz, quem não sabe... É por isso que sigo fielmente a Lei de Feldmann:&lt;br /&gt;"Selling is 98 percent understanding human beings and 2  percent product knowledge". Pode trocar selling por building killer products e aprender com esses vídeos todos. AMÉM!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Parte 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p9dmcRbuTMY&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p9dmcRbuTMY&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Parte 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dn3Ex-5dPAo&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dn3Ex-5dPAo&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;O info-demoware-comercial da NeXT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bom, lá em cima está a PREPARAÇÃO do time. Abaixo, a DEMONSTRAÇÃO orquestrada de tudo o que foi explicado... Mágico. Mágico.&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parte 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-1wYy5qvA24&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-1wYy5qvA24&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parte 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtY2le6P6_Q&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtY2le6P6_Q&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parte 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NOPI-TMVdAo&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NOPI-TMVdAo&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parte 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aOQ7U_jC1t0&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aOQ7U_jC1t0&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7202036403708511039?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7202036403708511039/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7202036403708511039' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7202036403708511039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7202036403708511039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/vai-ser-bom.html' title='Vai ser BOM assim na NeXT que o pariu!!! :)'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-4835816150473586803</id><published>2008-10-22T20:46:00.003-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T20:56:13.373-02:00</updated><title type='text'>De tempos em tempos...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gestação&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Parto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tammy Eriksson mandou um &lt;a href="http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/erickson/2008/10/why_the_financial_crisis_is_mo.html"&gt;petardo muito interessante na HBR&lt;/a&gt; sobre porque a crise  é muito boa pra tal geração Y.&lt;br /&gt;Um dos capítulos do KK-OOC &lt;a href="http://www.kk.org/outofcontrol/ch24-a.html"&gt;chama-se as 9 leis de deus&lt;/a&gt;. Acho que se 1% dos Y pensarem assim, Tammy tá bem certa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A dor vem primeiro do próprio ar que nos dá a vida. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este capítulo é TÃO absurdamente porradeiro, no seu sentido filosófico que por si só justifica o livro inteiro. E a cópia descarada de um pedaço dele aqui (mas vá le o resto online E compre a versão impressa do livro para ler quando achar que voce entendeu tudo):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt; "Out of nothing, &lt;/b&gt; nature makes something.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   First there is hard rock planet; then there is life, lots of it. First barren hills; then brooks with fish and cattails and red-winged blackbirds. First an acorn; then an oak tree forest.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   I'd like to be able to do that. First a hunk of metal; then a robot. First some wires; then a mind. First some old genes; then a dinosaur.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   How do you make something from nothing? Although nature knows this trick, we haven't learned much just by watching her. We have learned more by our failures in creating complexity and by combining these lessons with small successes in imitating and understanding natural systems. So from the frontiers of computer science, and the edges of biological research, and the odd corners of interdisciplinary experimentation, I have compiled The Nine Laws of God governing the incubation of somethings from nothing: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Distribute being &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Control from the bottom up &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Cultivate increasing returns &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Grow by chunking &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Maximize the fringes &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Honor your errors &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Pursue no optima; have multiple goals &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Seek persistent disequilibrium &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Change changes itself. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;p&gt;    These nine laws are the organizing principles that can be found operating in systems as diverse as biological evolution and SimCity. Of course I am not suggesting that they are the only laws needed to make something from nothing; but out of the many observations accumulating in the science of complexity, these principles are the broadest, crispest, and most representative generalities. I believe that one can go pretty far as a god while sticking to these nine rules.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Distribute being.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The spirit of a beehive, the behavior of an economy, the thinking of a supercomputer, and the life in me are distributed over a multitude of smaller units (which themselves may be distributed). When the sum of the parts can add up to more than the parts, then that extra being (that something from nothing) is distributed among the parts. Whenever we find something from nothing, we find it arising from a field of many interacting smaller pieces. All the mysteries we find most interesting -- life, intelligence, evolution -- are found in the soil of large distributed systems. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Control from the bottom up.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; When everything is connected to everything in a distributed network, everything happens at once. When everything happens at once, wide and fast moving problems simply route around any central authority. Therefore overall governance must arise from the most humble interdependent acts done locally in parallel, and not from a central command. A mob can steer itself, and in the territory of rapid, massive, and  heterogeneous change, only a mob can steer. To get something from nothing, control must rest at the bottom within simplicity.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cultivate increasing returns. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Each time you use an idea, a language, or a skill you strengthen it, reinforce it, and make it more likely to be used again. That's known as positive feedback or snowballing. Success breeds success. In the Gospels, this principle of social dynamics is known as "To those who have, more will be given." Anything which alters its environment to increase production of itself is playing the game of increasing returns. And all large, sustaining systems play the game. The law operates in economics, biology, computer science, and human psychology. Life on Earth alters Earth to beget more life. Confidence builds confidence. Order generates more order. Them that has, gets. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Grow by chunking.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The only way to make a complex system that works is to begin with a simple system that works. Attempts to instantly install highly complex organization -- such as intelligence or a market economy -- without growing it, inevitably lead to failure. To assemble a prairie takes time -- even if you have all the pieces. Time is needed to let each part test itself against all the others. Complexity is created, then, by assembling it incrementally from simple modules that can operate independently.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Maximize the fringes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; In heterogeneity is creation of the world. A uniform entity must adapt to the world by occasional earth-shattering revolutions, one of which is sure to kill it. A diverse heterogeneous entity, on the other hand, can adapt to the world in a thousand daily minirevolutions, staying in a state of permanent, but never fatal, churning. Diversity favors remote  borders, the outskirts, hidden corners, moments of chaos, and isolated clusters. In economic, ecological, evolutionary, and institutional models, a healthy fringe speeds adaptation, increases resilience, and is almost always the source of innovations.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Honor your errors.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; A trick will only work for a while, until everyone else is doing it. To advance from the ordinary requires a new game, or a new territory. But the process of going outside the conventional method, game, or territory is indistinguishable from error. Even the most brilliant act of human genius, in the final analysis, is an act of trial and error. "To be  an Error and to be Cast out is a part of God's Design," wrote the visionary poet William Blake. Error, whether random or deliberate, must become  an integral part of any process of creation. Evolution can be thought of as systematic error management.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pursue no optima; have multiple goals.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Simple machines can be efficient, but complex adaptive machinery cannot be. A complicated structure has many masters and none of them can be served exclusively. Rather than strive  for optimization of any function, a large system can only survive by "satisficing" (making "good enough") a multitude of functions. For instance, an adaptive system must trade off between exploiting a known path of success (optimizing a current strategy), or diverting resources to exploring new paths (thereby wasting energy trying less efficient methods). So vast are  the mingled drives in any complex entity that it is impossible to unravel the actual causes of its survival. Survival is a many-pointed goal. Most living organisms are so many-pointed they are blunt variations that happen to work, rather than precise renditions of proteins, genes, and organs. In creating something from nothing, forget elegance; if it works, it's beautiful.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Seek persistent disequilibrium.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Neither constancy nor relentless change will support a creation. A good creation, like good jazz, must balance the stable formula with frequent out-of-kilter notes. Equilibrium is death. Yet unless a system stabilizes to an equilibrium point, it is no better than an explosion and just as soon dead. A Nothing, then, is both equilibrium and disequilibrium. A Something is persistent disequilibrium -- a continuous state of surfing forever on the edge between never stopping but never falling. Homing in on that liquid threshold is the still mysterious holy grail of creation and the quest of all amateur gods.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Change changes itself.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Change can be structured. This is what large complex systems do: they coordinate change. When extremely large systems are built up out of complicated systems, then each system begins to influence and ultimately change the organizations of other systems. That is, if the rules of the game are composed from the bottom up, then it is likely that interacting forces at the bottom level will alter the rules of the game as it progresses. Over time, the rules for change get changed themselves. Evolution -- as used in everyday speech -- is about how an entity is changed over time. Deeper evolution -- as it might be formally defined -- is about how the rules for changing entities over time change over time. To get the most out of nothing, you need to have self-changing rules.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt; These nine principles &lt;/b&gt; underpin the awesome workings of prairies, flamingoes, cedar forests, eyeballs, natural selection in geological time,  and the unfolding of a baby elephant from a tiny seed of elephant sperm and egg.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   These same principles of bio-logic are now being implanted in computer chips, electronic communication networks, robot modules, pharmaceutical searches, software design, and corporate management, in order that these artificial systems may overcome their own complexity.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   When the Technos is enlivened by Bios we get artifacts that can adapt, learn, and evolve. When our technology adapts, learns, and evolves then we will have a neo-biological civilization.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   All complex things taken together form an unbroken continuum between the extremes of stark clockwork gears and ornate natural wilderness. The hallmark of the industrial age has been its exaltation of mechanical design. The hallmark of a neo-biological civilization is that it returns the designs of its creations toward the organic, again. But unlike earlier human societies that relied on found biological solutions -- herbal medicines, animal proteins, natural dyes, and the like -- neo-biological culture welds engineered technology and unrestrained nature until the two become indistinguishable, as unimaginable as that may first seem.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   The intensely biological nature of the coming culture derives from five influences:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Despite the increasing technization of our world, organic life -- both wild and domesticated -- will continue to be the prime infrastructure of human experience on the global scale. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Machines will become more biological in character. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Technological networks will make human culture even more ecological and evolutionary. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Engineered biology and biotechnology will eclipse the importance of mechanical technology. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Biological ways will be revered as ideal ways. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;p&gt;   In the coming neo-biological era, all that we both rely on and fear will be more born than made. We now have computer viruses, neural networks, Biosphere 2, gene therapy, and smart cards -- all humanly constructed artifacts that bind mechanical and biological processes. Future bionic hybrids will be more confusing, more pervasive, and more powerful. I imagine there might be a world of mutating buildings, living silicon polymers, software programs evolving offline, adaptable cars, rooms stuffed with coevolutionary furniture, gnatbots for cleaning, manufactured biological viruses that cure your illnesses, neural jacks, cyborgian body parts, designer food crops, simulated personalities, and a vast ecology of computing devices in constant flux.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   The river of life -- at least its liquid logic -- flows through it all.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   We should not be surprised that life, having subjugated the bulk of inert matter on Earth, would go on to subjugate technology, and bring it also under its reign of constant evolution, perpetual novelty, and an agenda out of our control. Even without the control we must surrender, a neo-biological technology is far more rewarding than a world of clocks, gears, and predictable simplicity.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   As complex as things are today, everything will be more complex tomorrow. The scientists and projects reported here have been concerned with harnessing the laws of design so that order can emerge from chaos, so that organized complexity can be kept from unraveling into unorganized complications, and so that something can be made from nothing." &lt;a href="http://www.kk.org/outofcontrol/contents.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kevin Kelly, Out of Control.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-4835816150473586803?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/4835816150473586803/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=4835816150473586803' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4835816150473586803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4835816150473586803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/de-tempos-em-tempos.html' title='De tempos em tempos...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-5257067054151699115</id><published>2008-10-22T19:11:00.003-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T11:39:35.425-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Desespero de Calça...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De acordo com &lt;a href="http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228837/netsuite-goes-salesforce-com"&gt;Phil, do site VNumNet&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a href="http://www.netsuite.com/portal/home.shtml"&gt;Netsuite&lt;/a&gt; está atacando vorazmente os clientes da SalesForce.com com uma &lt;a href="https://forms.netsuite.com/app/site/crm/externalleadpage.nl;jsessionid=0a01014f1f43dff96c00570d439c93878f5bccdc1628.e34OaheTa38NbO0Lbh0Mch0MchiRe0?compid=NLCORP&amp;amp;formid=866&amp;amp;h=baf27b2b55631396323e&amp;amp;redirect_count=1&amp;amp;did_javascript_redirect=T"&gt;promoção venha que te dou desconto &lt;/a&gt;(de 50% sobre a SF, bytheway).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Customers switching to NetSuite will also benefit from a greater breadth of functionality, including cross-selling and up-selling automation, sales order generation and integrated email marketing, according to Toby Davidson, director of professional services at NetSuite."Every business will currently be looking at ways to maximise efficiency, drive down costs and increase productivity by removing inefficient processes or applications they have in their infrastructure," he said. "We are talking about opening up our functionality at a cost they can afford, against a product that does not necessarily have the same breadth of functionality. "Davidson added that NetSuite would also throw in 100 hours of professional services to help firms make the switch more easily."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já vimos essa briga antes, aqui e lá fora. Em tempos de crise, não é a criatividade que mostra primeiro suas novas acrobacias, mas a mediocridade e o medo, que usam velhíssimas táticas suicídas, fratricidadas e de prostituição do mercado...  E lá se vai valor ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-5257067054151699115?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/5257067054151699115/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=5257067054151699115' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5257067054151699115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5257067054151699115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/desespero-de-cala.html' title='Desespero de Calça...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-8111839935546579058</id><published>2008-10-21T22:31:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T22:37:09.775-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Singularity University - URGENT!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nick Carr contou de uma tal de Singularity University, algo envolvendo Nasa, Google, IBM e algumas coisas mais intrigantes. Depois ele declarou que todos os participantes foram convidados a fechar o bico e deletar coisas de seus blogs.&lt;br /&gt;Mesmo o Blogger sendo do Google, vou copiar tudo aqui também antes que tudo desapareça, mas pode ser mais um OAX estranho andando por ai...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na dúvida, copiei tudo! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was all very hush-hush. On Saturday, September 20, 2008, a carefully selected group of the tech world's best and brightest assembled in a windowless conference room at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley - barely a mile from the Googleplex as the rocket flies - to discuss preparations for our impending post-human future. This was the founding meeting of Singularity University, an academic institution whose mission, as founder Dr. Peter Diamandis told the elite audience, would be "to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies (bio, nano, info, etc); and to apply, focus and guide these to the best benefit of humanity and its environment."&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Also speaking that day were Ames Research Center Director Dr. S. Pete Worden, inventor and chief singularitarian Dr. Ray Kurzweil, Google founder and co-president Larry Page, Dr. Aubrey de Grey of the Methuselah Foundation, Dr. Larry Smarr of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (his slides, misdated by a day, are &lt;a href="http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/presentations/lsmarr/2008/html/Singularity_091908_final_files/v3_document.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;), Director of Cisco Systems Space and Intelligence Initiatives Rick Sanford, Dr. Dharmendra S. Modha of IBM's Cognitive Computing Group, leading nanotechnologist Dr. Ralph Merkle, and artificial intelligence impresarios Bruce Klein and Susan Fonseca-Klein. Among the few dozen in the audience were Second Life's Philip Rosedale, Powerset's Barney Pell, and Wired editor Chris Anderson. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;A photograph of the group - it kind of looks like the New Age wing of the military-industrial complex - has found its way into my hands, but for God's sake don't tell anyone you saw it here:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roughtype.com/images/su.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="su.jpg" src="http://www.roughtype.com/images/su-thumb.jpg" width="480" height="311" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The day after the meeting, IBM's Modha wrote a brief post about the event, but his words were quickly &lt;a href="http://p9.hostingprod.com/@modha.org/blog/2008/09/founding_meeting_for_singulari_1.html"&gt;erased&lt;/a&gt; from his web site - not, however, before they were &lt;a href="http://mindbroker.de/wiki/SingularityUniversity"&gt;copied&lt;/a&gt; to the MindBroker site. "All in all," wrote Modha, "a weekend day well spent in company of brilliant and sincere people trying to make a positive impact on the world!"&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Modha's post is one of the few public clues to the existence of Singularity University. (Another person who posted news of Singularity University was, he &lt;a href="http://en.technocracynet.eu/index.php?option=com_fireboard&amp;amp;Itemid=63&amp;amp;func=view&amp;amp;id=8838&amp;amp;catid=14"&gt;reports&lt;/a&gt;, "immediately contacted by people involved with the SU launch and asked [nicely and as a favor, nothing like cease and desist] to remove the post from the web archive, the reason being that the web sources quoted [not available anymore on the web, but still in Google cache and some blogs] had been posted without authorization and in breach of confidentiality.") Attendees of the Ames meeting were asked to keep their lips zipped: "The Singularity University founding meeting and the details around the Singularity University are being held confidential until a public announcement is officially made. Please do not discuss or share this information publicly. Thank you in advance for your cooperation." The last thing you want to do is frighten the humans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/presentations/lsmarr/2008/html/Singularity_091908_final_files/v3_document.htm"&gt;Vejam isso antes que suma:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Founding Meeting for Singularity University&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre&gt;via Dharmendra S Modha's Cognitive Computing Blog von dsmodha am 21.09.08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On September 20, 2008, I was invited by Ray Kurzweil (Co-founder, Kurzweil Technologies),&lt;br /&gt;Peter Diamandis (Chairman/CEO X PRIZE Foundation), and Dr. Pete Worden (Director, NASA&lt;br /&gt;Ames Research Center) to attend a discussion on possible creation of Singularity University&lt;br /&gt;at NASA Ames.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The meeting was beautifully organized and run. Ray Kurzweil made an amazing presentation.&lt;br /&gt;I also made a presentation on Cognitive Computing. Larry Page said that he evaluates projects&lt;br /&gt;on a simple binary metric: "whether, if successful, it can change the world?" Bob Richards&lt;br /&gt;said that in any educational endeavor "peole are the product".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a chance to meet and discuss with Larry Page (Founder, Google), Nobelist George Smoot&lt;br /&gt;(Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Larry Smarr (Founding Director of the California Institute&lt;br /&gt;for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UCSD), Tim Draper (VC, Draper Fisher&lt;br /&gt;Jurvetson), Stephanie Langhoff (Chief Scientist, NASA Ames), Ralph Merkle (Institute for&lt;br /&gt;Molecular Manufacturing), Michael Simpson (President, International Space University), Bob&lt;br /&gt;Richards (Founder &amp;amp; CEO, Odyssey Moon), Moses Znaimer (ideaCity), Ramez Naam (Microsoft),&lt;br /&gt;and many other distinguished people in different spheres of science, technology, business,&lt;br /&gt;art, and media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all, a weekend day well spent in company of brilliant and sincere people trying to&lt;br /&gt;make a positive impact on the world! As an added bonus, I ran into an old high school friend,&lt;br /&gt;Deep Nishar (Director of Wireless Products at Google)."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/presentations/lsmarr/2008/html/Singularity_091908_final_files/v3_document.htm"&gt;E também essa apresentação!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-8111839935546579058?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/8111839935546579058/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=8111839935546579058' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8111839935546579058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8111839935546579058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/singularity-university-urgent.html' title='Singularity University - URGENT!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-5719940152493745842</id><published>2008-10-20T14:36:00.007-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T20:46:25.655-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sensibilidade versus guturalidade - Social CRM</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flertes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em ritmo ada &lt;a href="http://www.kissfm.com.br/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kiss FM SP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (neste momento, algo mágico. Kashimir, do Led, tocada pelo Angra), lembrei que um antigo ditado dizia que "quem não tem competência não se estabelece"... El Gato de Madeira que o diga:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FZ1st1Vw2kY&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FZ1st1Vw2kY&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ao sugo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tudo isto é pra dizer que no último CRM Summit da Oracle, lá na Zorópia, um cara do Dresdner me forneceu a maior sacada dos últimos segundos, como se pode ler &lt;a href="http://www.bankingtech.com/bankingtech/article.do?articleid=20000129104"&gt;neste post cobrindo o evento.&lt;/a&gt; Em resumo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Martin Nitsche, head of CRM for private and corporate clients at Dresdner Bank has likened marketing over the last 10 years to "trying to attract a girl's attention by jumping on a piano, taking off your clothes and screaming." He suggested that a more measured approach would be more likely to succeed if banks didn't wish their customer relationships to simply be a one-night stand. "If you simply go up and talk to her you are much more likely to develop a long lasting relationship."&lt;p&gt;Uma cobertura &lt;a href="http://www.mycustomer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=133983"&gt;completa dos principais achados tá nesse artigo aqui&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Inconsciente Coletivo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E já que estamos falando de Social CRM, Mr. Dr. God. montou um wiki bem interessante (Do qual faço parte ) aqui, o &lt;a href="http://crm20.pbwiki.com/"&gt;Social CRM 2.0 Wiki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Out of Control&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enquanto isso, uma ótima explicação para tudo isso vem do Kevin Kelly em seu livro "Out of Control" &lt;a href="http://www.kk.org/outofcontrol/contents.php"&gt;que pode ser lido por aqui&lt;/a&gt;, online.  E, pra quem quer realmente conhecer alguém, recomendo extremamante o blog do mesmo KK, &lt;a href="http://www.kk.org/quantifiedself/"&gt;The Quantified Self.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Responda rápido:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De que cor é um camaleão num espelho?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-5719940152493745842?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/5719940152493745842/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=5719940152493745842' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5719940152493745842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5719940152493745842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/sensibilidade-versus-guturalidade.html' title='Sensibilidade versus guturalidade - Social CRM'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-29332753389754330</id><published>2008-10-17T15:40:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T19:36:21.448-02:00</updated><title type='text'>O Efeito Mateus (Mateus, 25, 28-29)</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;áCumá ? (vá em Itabuna e pergunte o que é isso..)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O célebre efeito Mateus remonta da parábola bíblica do senhor que chamou os seu servos, dando a um 5 talentos, a outro 2 e ao terceiro 1 talento e recomendando que os fizessem frutificar.&lt;br /&gt;O que recebeu 5, trabalhou e conseguiu outros 5. O que recebeu 2 agiu do mesmo modo e conseguiu 4. O que recebeu 1, com medo que o roubassem foi escondê-lo debaixo da terra.&lt;br /&gt;O senhor regressou, chamou os servos e pediu-lhes contas pelos talentos dados. O que tinha recebido 5 apresentou 10; o que tinha recebido 2 apresentou 4; o que recebera 1 apresentou-o e devolveu-o.&lt;br /&gt;E então o senhor louvou os que  tinham duplicado os talentos. E pegou no talento que tinha estado enterrado e  ordenou:&lt;br /&gt;– Tirai--lhe o talento e dai-o ao que tem dez. Porque, a todo aquele que tem, será dado mais, e terá em abundância. Mas ao que não tem, até o que tem lhe será tirado. (Mateus, 25, 28-29).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essa estória toda tem a ver com uma nova jihad que Phil abriu este mês na internet..&lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=590"&gt;. Será que os talibãs da Zoho conseguem fazer sombra na toda-poderosa-estabelecida Salesfore.com ? &lt;/a&gt;Tem de ler o post com cuidado pra saber...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tomou? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como virou paródia depois dos bichinhos da parmalat, gostaria de mostrar um pequeno exemplo disto em um singelo vídeo do bichano-madeira.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qHGcAEJiLcU&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qHGcAEJiLcU&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tudo isto é para dizer que... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estive conversando com um grande amigo e mais um dos muitos gurus que a vida me deu a honra e a imensa sorte de poder conviver, sobre o mercado de software no Brasil. Entra asno, sai asno e nada de uma política pública sobre o assunto...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enquanto isto, em BrahmaLand, o povo já aprendeu a mandar foguete pra lua.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;E nóis, ó!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nós estamos aqui felizes da vida, criando muito de cultura nacional pra esportar... Olha que maravilha, já imaginou isso traduzido pra vários idiomas, que líndhíu?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqCgZZyimhE&amp;hl=pt-br&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqCgZZyimhE&amp;hl=pt-br&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-29332753389754330?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/29332753389754330/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=29332753389754330' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/29332753389754330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/29332753389754330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/o-efeito-mateus-mateus-25-28-29.html' title='O Efeito Mateus (Mateus, 25, 28-29)'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3636661917964560384</id><published>2008-10-17T15:38:00.010-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T19:24:57.191-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Enxergar ao longe...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lambidas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como disse Nietzsche, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="210581117-03102008"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;E aqueles que foram vistos dançando foram  julgados insanos por aqueles que não podiam ouvir a música."&lt;/span&gt; E como disse sei-lá-quem-eu, em mais uma lenda urbana, a um grupo de estudantes do segundo grau:&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;A vida não é fácil — acostume-se com  isso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;O mundo não está preocupado com a sua auto-estima. O  mundo espera que você faça alguma coisa útil por ele ANTES de sentir-se bem com  você mesmo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Você não ganhará R$50.000 por mês assim que sair da  escola. Você não será vice-presidente de uma empresa com carro e telefone à  disposição antes que você tenha conseguido comprar seu próprio carro e  telefone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Se você acha seu professor rude, espere até ter um  chefe. Ele não terá pena de você.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Vender &lt;span class="088444121-18102008"&gt;fazer  bico&lt;/span&gt; ou trabalhar durante as férias não está abaixo da sua posição  social. Seus avós têm uma palavra diferente para isso: eles chamam de&lt;span class="088444121-18102008"&gt; opoerunidade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Se você fracassar, não é culpa de seus pais. Então  não lamente seus erros, aprenda com eles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Antes de você nascer, seus pais não eram tão  críticos como agora. Eles só ficaram assim por pagar as suas contas, lavar suas  roupas e ouvir você dizer que eles são “ridículos”. Então antes de salvar o  planeta para a próxima geração querendo consertar os erros da geração dos seus  pais, tente limpar seu próprio quarto&lt;span class="088444121-18102008"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Sua escola pode ter eliminado a distinção entre&lt;span class="088444121-18102008"&gt; vencedores &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;e  perdedores, mas a vida não é assim. Em algumas escolas você não repete mais de  ano e tem quantas chances precisar até acertar. Isto não se parece com  absolutamente NADA na vida real. Se pisar na bola, está despedido… RUA!!! Faça  certo da primeira vez!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;A vida não é dividida em semestres. Você não terá  sempre os verões livres e é pouco provável que outros empregados o ajudem a  cumprir suas tarefas no fim de cada período.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Televisão NÃO é vida real. Na vida real,  as&lt;span class="088444121-18102008"&gt; pessoas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;têm que deixar o barzinho ou a boate e ir trabalhar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Seja legal com os CDFs (aqueles estudantes que  os demais julgam que são uns babacas). Existe uma grande probabilidade de você  vir a trabalhar PARA um deles&lt;span class="088444121-18102008"&gt; num futuro não  muito distante. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alguém deveria ter dito isso a alguns yuppies loucos  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Onde Estamos?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No mesmo lugar de sempre. Em um mercado contrito para alguns bens, em expansão violenta para outros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Para onde caminharemos doravante?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para o mesmo lugar de sempre. Alguns mercados se expandindo, outros desaparecendo, alguns fazendo fortuna, outros empobrecendo e algumas milhões de crianças morrendo de fome todo ano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Qual a melhor atitude na "nova" jornada? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como diz a Nike... Just do it. Tiger woods tem uma boa receita...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CkdhIh4OKqI&amp;hl=pt-br&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CkdhIh4OKqI&amp;hl=pt-br&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Caminhando e cantando e seguindo a canção...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quem sabe faz a hora, não espera acontecer.&lt;br /&gt;Quem não sabe, rouba de quem fez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="210581117-03102008"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3636661917964560384?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3636661917964560384/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3636661917964560384' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3636661917964560384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3636661917964560384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/enxergar-ao-longe.html' title='Enxergar ao longe...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1521491901883735550</id><published>2008-10-17T15:36:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T18:37:37.122-03:00</updated><title type='text'>E como se gerenciam idéias de negócio em Value Clouds?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Helman's Travelling...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No meio da "crise", duas pérolas. &lt;a href="http://the56group.typepad.com/pgreenblog/2008/10/crm-the-economy.html"&gt;A primeira delas, de Paul Greenberg &lt;/a&gt;(o cara que me convenceu, usando apenas 700 páginas, que definitivamente não vale mais a pena escrever um livro de CRM) levanta o ego da minha área (Customer Driven Innovation, ou seja, tudo o que realmente importa).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outra, mais Pindorâmica e muito mais instigante, vem da IstoÉDinheiro desta semana. &lt;a href="http://www.terra.com.br/istoedinheiro/edicoes/577/como-crescer-na-criseas-tormentas-economicas-podem-representar-o-salto-112229-1.htm"&gt;Matéria de capa. Crescer na crise.&lt;/a&gt; Cases, exemplos de sucesso, estórias inspiradoras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vamos aos Frascos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depois de ler este  &lt;a href="http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews093008?pg=all"&gt;artigo da Strategy&amp;amp;Business&lt;/a&gt;, que afirma que "&lt;span class="articletext"&gt;&lt;span class="AWC-532"&gt;With the right support and judgment, the corporate “heretics” of today could become tomorrow’s most effective leaders", algunas idéias começaram a me incomodar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isto me inspirou a encher os pacumãs dos meus rascunhos em busca de uma antiga dialética com um amante do mundo opensource, que um dia definiu que isso era um &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"modelo socio-economico de desenvolvimento de bens intelectuais onde os recursos sao compartilhados" (By Ricardo Banffy). &lt;a href="http://myventurepad.com/MVP/"&gt;E esbarrei com uma comunidade que  não sei porque me cadastrei outro dia&lt;/a&gt;. Intrigante foi achar no site uma sub-comunidade do Seth Godin, &lt;a href="http://myventurepad.com/MVP/38533"&gt;falando do seu novo livro&lt;/a&gt; e de um eBook que uma comunidade SOBRE o livro fez. (que é algumas dezenas de páginas a mais que o próprio livro, e notávelmente, &lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/files/CurrentTribesCasebook.pdf"&gt;vale a pena ler&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wikis, fluffers, colective minds, whatever...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meditando sobre o assunto... Idéias de idéias simples. Idéias com cifrões logo após o ponto final. Hmmm....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afinal, &lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee"&gt;Sir Tim&lt;/a&gt; não é &lt;a href="www.GNNTDC.org"&gt;Lord Gates&lt;/a&gt;. Ou é?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. Trilha musical insana. Um petado em forma de Zepellin de Chumbo, alternando com outro direto de Soterópolis. E assim foi banhado este post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1521491901883735550?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1521491901883735550/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1521491901883735550' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1521491901883735550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1521491901883735550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/e-como-se-gerenciam-idias-de-negcio-em.html' title='E como se gerenciam idéias de negócio em Value Clouds?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6151960999964415838</id><published>2008-10-17T15:35:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T17:55:34.048-03:00</updated><title type='text'>O que muda para um engenheiro de soluções no mundo Value Cloud?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Digressões preambulares...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em mais uma digressão causada&lt;a href="http://www.dieblinkenlights.com/artigos_pt/alem-do-x86"&gt; por mais um dos  artigos de Ricardo Banffy,&lt;/a&gt; de ex-quase-nerd-confesso-e-tarado-por-tecnologia tenho uma confissão: Tenho alma de engenheiro, adoro tecnologia, mas sou um homem de negócios. Meu negócio é o ovo do pato macho!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre Jobs e Welch, fico com Steve Balmer, que além de tudo consegue gritar, suar, espernear e parecer um líder sério. E vender adubo como se fosse tecnologia. É de tirar o chapéu o que esse fabricante de Ladas fez num mundo de reluzentes Ferraris, Porsches e até de modestos Lexus.  Que me perdoem meus amigos da MS, mas estou confinado num MuiRuiWindows HastaLaVista Performance há um mês e nada me alegraria mais que ter meu velho, bom, rápido e inseguro XP de volta... Mas, como disse, sou fã do Balmer e nessa putaria velha de forçar fabricantes a nos empurrar adubo, quero dizer, bugs, quer dizer malware, quer dizer... Xá pra lá!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Por isso tudo... O mundo é dos NETS! (é mesmo?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A primeira coisa que muda é que num futuro não muito distante acho (aprendi com o Toffler o uso do verbo "I Think... ") que algumas coisas banais, como as que faço agora (bloggar) e que nos ocupam 90% do tempo serão completamente ignorantes ao tipo de maldição que carreguemos no micro (se é que carregaremos um micro)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por isso, todo novo player (novo mesmo) que se preze fornece tudo em modelo Saas, com plataformas de desenvolvimento, comunidades de aplicativos complementares, hosting, datacente e sla. &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/zdnet/SAAS/%7E3/410683375/"&gt;PW que o diga. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;O fim das Engenheiricitricidades...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alma de engenheiro adora conhecimento. Quanto mais melhor e é o é o mesmo pensamento que qualquer ambicioso teria. É simplesmente ultra-viciante ter tudo ao seu dispor na net. E... Com nosso ciclo autofágico de 98232094724097492 novas plataformas, linguagens, processadores, etc (e isso só pra ficar em TI), criou-se a cultura do acúmulo hyper-acelerado de... Coisas inúteis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu chamo isso de sindrome da crise de abstinência do conhecimento ansioso. Mesmo que não utilizado, por se viver num mundo onde a impressão sistemica permeou todos os aspectos da vida social (que diacho eu tenho a ver com a os caminhões que levam produtos pra Groenlândia todo ano? Sei lá... Mas dediquei um tempo a ver um episódio de uma série do canal sei-lá que mostrava a vida dos caras. Nuca se sabe né?), isso virou uma enorme bola de neve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E ai vem o ciclo de produção dos engenheiros. Apreender uma técnica/tecnologia. Resolver um problema complexo e aparentemente insolvível antes da dita. Construir coisas com isso. Regozigar o ego. Volta tudo novamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas... Grandes projetos atualmente lidam com cultura. E, muito provavelmente, com side-effects muito mais desconhecidos e descontrolados que antes. Coisas humanas voltaram à pauta. E ai?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há uma lenda que engenheiros não sabem lidar com soft-skills muito bem. Essas coisas de grupo, teias sociais, gestão de mudança, cultura organizacional, etc. Falácia. Só acho que pessoas muito inteligentes viram rebeldes muito fácil. Hipocrisia e canalhice organizacional não não são artes muito apreciadas (pelo menos no universo de engenheiros que eu conheço). A não ser por uns psicopatas que servem para provar a regra (Sendo exceção).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nunca vi um grupo com maior senso de pertencimento, dedicação, orgulho e principalmente combatividade que um bando de engenheiros atacando um problema. Isso sim é alta performance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wikitecture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/wikitecture-radical-collabor.html"&gt;Sejá lá o que o povo da O'Reilly queira dizer com isso&lt;/a&gt;, mas tenho de concordar que desenhar uma coisa (Seja lá o que for essa coisa) nao vai ser mais nem no estilo DaVinci (euquipe) nem no estilo Jobs (mimi-ultra-smart-teams). Vai ser no estilo Ning. Ou spore. Ou, carnaval da bahia. Ao som do Chiclete. Na praça Castro Alves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vai lá pra ver e entender! Enquanto isso... Uma babinha...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/znIc5OG_u68&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/znIc5OG_u68&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Colaboração.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tudo, realmente tudo, será feito em time. Com vários chefes (AKA Clientes). Com vários prazos apertados. Com desafios gigantescamente crescentes quanto à criatividade. E como fã da baianada, olha só o que é criatividade e espírito de time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M4i3vzJgX-E&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M4i3vzJgX-E&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Diversidade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essa é a mais dura de lidar. Eu adoro gente diferente. Mas, como se ve nos&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/the_sun.html"&gt; comentários dessa matéria (vale a pena ler, fotos incríveis do sol)&lt;/a&gt;, se o ser humano pode divergir tanto entre encantado e revoltado com simples fotos da natureza, que o dirá entre temas tão apelativos ao ego quanto "qual-a-feature-é-melhor-neste-produto" ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É... Por hoje é só pessoal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6151960999964415838?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6151960999964415838/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6151960999964415838' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6151960999964415838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6151960999964415838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/o-que-muda-para-um-engenheiro-de-solues.html' title='O que muda para um engenheiro de soluções no mundo Value Cloud?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2057659913403469313</id><published>2008-10-17T15:34:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T16:32:08.219-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GenXYZen'/><title type='text'>Gerações X, Y, Z, Zen... Que tipo de pessoas gera valor em nuven?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fui olhar um post e dei de cara com: "&lt;span style="font-family:Times;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" no flyer randômico do Nietzche que tem no meu blog. Portanto....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Devaneios iniciais&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minha amiga Milene criou um &lt;a href="http://comportamentomoderno.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog interessante sobre comportament&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://comportamentomoderno.blogspot.com/"&gt;o&lt;/a&gt; humano e eu acompanho um outro da &lt;a href="http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/erickson/"&gt;HBR, da Tammy Ericsson, chamado Aross the Ages. &lt;/a&gt;Finalmente, na HSM deste bimestre, também saiu uma matéria sobre as gerações X, Y e W (&lt;a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/"&gt;what the bleep&lt;/a&gt;)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em mais um dos milhões de presentes intelectuais que &lt;a href="http://www.dieblinkenlights.com/blog_pt"&gt;Banffy&lt;/a&gt; já me apresentou na vida, estou me deliciando (novamene) com o universalmente famosou &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006624?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=valuclou-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0596006624%22%3EHackers%20and%20Painters:%20Big%20Ideas%20from%20the%20Computer%20Age%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=valuclou-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0596006624%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E"&gt;Harckers &amp;amp; Painters&lt;/a&gt; novamente...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E depois &lt;a href="http://www.dieblinkenlights.com/blog_pt/blogueiro-celebridade-e-windows-fanboy-se-expoe-ao-ridiculo"&gt;deste post&lt;/a&gt;, me intriguei a tentar teçer algo sobre uma nova geração de...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The New New New.. HitchHikers!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não tem como classificar essa mistura de intelectual, filósofo, bandeirante, empreendedor, hacker (&lt;a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html"&gt;no ótimo sentido da frase)&lt;/a&gt;, artista, arquiteto, revolucionário, mendigo e monge asceta que é um ser que se atreve a criar (e depois viver) em uma Value Cloud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando o mundo era quadrado (os mais jovens não devem se lembrar, mas teve uma época que a santa igreja definiu que o mundo era um quadrado. Pouco depois levaram esse mundo pra Trancoso, Bahia) voce era o que nascia. Depois ele ficou redondo e voce era o que fazia. Ai a aldeia entornou e voce era o que fazia os outros acreditarem que voce era, com pedaços de papel enquadrados na parede.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoje, basicamente uma boa parte da população instruída, sortuda e que não vive nem em uma guerrilha (urbana ou não) e não está por ai morrendo de fome, pode ser o que quiser, por um bom tempo (até que a geração AA reescreva tudo). Ai fica o paradoxo: O que fazer da vida?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E é respondendo essa pergunta que esta turma se envolve em "Nuvens de Valor"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Quando eu começei a sonhar...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Decididamente, tenho alma de hacker. E artista. E consultor. E vendedor. Então, o que sou?&lt;br /&gt;Antes, inclassificável. Hoje... &lt;a href="http://bizrevolution.typepad.com/"&gt;Evangelista! &lt;/a&gt;Lá nos idos dos anos 80, mudar o mundo era surfar, programar computadores, ser gênio de estatística ou qualquer outra profissão estranha (ou hobby estranho também)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoje, signfica criar a próxima trapizonga 2.o ad-remunered e ultra-mega-popular do mundo. E é isso que meu sobrinho de 14 anos está fazendo... (ou pelo menos acha que está fazendo).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Geração XYZ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essa turma toda misturada hoje, não tem idade, não tem credo religioso (ou tem, mas isso não quer dizer apartheid religioso), não tá muito ai pra esse lançe de nacionalidade (porque o mundo é um lugar legal de mais pra ter fronteiras) e principalmente, tem mais amigos do outro lado do mundo que no condomínio onde mora. Sem faixa etária. Leia &lt;a href="http://cryo.plugin.com.br/gouvea/Archives/Desejos%20Contempor%C3%A2neos%20-%20preview.pdf"&gt;Desejos Contemporâneos&lt;/a&gt; se voce não acredita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu me considero XYZ. Estou blogando, sou socialnetworkadamente engajado, tecnologia me dá salivação, tenho hiperatividade e estou ligado em 440 pra fazer um monte de coisas acontecerem em casa, no trabalho e no mundo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E dai?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Se voce entender esse vídeo...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se voce entender isso vai ver o que é o abismo do momento. Comunicação. E não é a falta dela, é o EXCESSO dela. Prestem atenção nos cartazes e um deles conta a charada...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gYwjwZJqjdEh" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="244"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se não entendeu, &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517226952?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=valuclou-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0517226952%22%3EThe%20Ultimate%20Hitchhiker%27s%20Guide:%20Five%20Complete%20Novels%20and%20One%20Story%20%28Deluxe%20Edition%29%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=valuclou-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0517226952%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E"&gt;vá ler a trilogia de 5 livros do hitchhikers guide to the galaxy!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517226952?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=valuclou-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0517226952%22%3EThe%20Ultimate%20Hitchhiker%27s%20Guide:%20Five%20Complete%20Novels%20and%20One%20Story%20%28Deluxe%20Edition%29%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=valuclou-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0517226952%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;(ou não).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na prática, todo mundo é publisher, é o mídia, é superstar, é famoso, é a ótima cocada. Mas, na real, ta todo mundo só gerando ruído. Todo mundo se comunicando em ... Small Talk! (sorry Banffy hehee).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faltam algumas coisas...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PRINCIPIOS - Hackering, Paixão, Persistência, Disciplina, Meritocracia e Competência. E guerras tribais! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/"&gt;Paul Grahan&lt;/a&gt; descreve em seu livro um comportamento curioso: O que era importante para hackers da geração dele (e da minha) nos anos 80. Simplesmente saber como as coisas funcionavam... Todo o resto simplesmente não era cool.&lt;br /&gt;Será que hoje as coisas se inverteram? Vejo meu sobrinho preocupado em saber se sua página no facebook pode linkar com a do myspace e com a do orkut porque ele quer ganhar o concurso de mais amigos do prédio... (urgh).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ao mesmo tempo,&lt;a href="http://www.dieblinkenlights.com/blog_pt/blogueiro-celebridade-e-windows-fanboy-se-expoe-ao-ridiculo"&gt; roubando mais um post do Banffy&lt;/a&gt;, as guerras tribais continuam (só que agora por religiões tecnológicas). E eles não tem nem stock options da MSFT e muito menos da REDHAT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Uma nova Lealdade .  A si mesmo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu sei o que sou. Sei pra onde estou indo e o que faço por aqui. Tenho um enorme senso de pertencimento, como pessoa, cidadão, profissional, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas, basicamente, me divirto muito com o meu trabalho, lá se vão 25 anos... Sou extremamente leal a aprender e crescer no que faço, pois isso me define para mim mesmo. Modestamente, fiquei muito feliz quando &lt;a href="http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2008/01/tigersecrets?printable=true"&gt;lí uma entrevista do Tiger a mesma realização&lt;/a&gt;. E principalmente quando alguns meses depois o mundo viu do que ele é capaz no US Open deste ano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E... Quem se aventura a criar algo no mundo das valueclouds tem de ter exatamente a mesma lealdade consigo mesmo, porque as batalhas são de deixar qualquer jedi tonto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Senso de realização pela construção da perenidade. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalmente, com toda essa filosofança, o que falta?&lt;br /&gt;O instindo básico de CONSTRUÇÃO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Akashi-Kaikyo"&gt;A ponte akashi-kaykyo no Japão&lt;/a&gt; éum projeto de 30 anos. O novo site da mais nova comunidade-mashup-mingau de micro-espirros de doninhas tanzanianas levou um dia pra ser montado. E foi abandonado no dia seguinte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.salesforce.com/company/milestones/"&gt;A salesforce.com levou bem menos tempo&lt;/a&gt;, mas é uma jornada que fazem 10 anos ano que vem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A realização vem em ritmo (e desafio) de maratona. E pra qualquer um que corra maratonas, sabe da dificuldade que estou falando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Geração XYZen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somos nós.  Eai, praonde mesmo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2057659913403469313?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2057659913403469313/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2057659913403469313' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2057659913403469313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2057659913403469313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/geraes-x-y-z-zen-que-tipo-de-pessoas.html' title='Gerações X, Y, Z, Zen... Que tipo de pessoas gera valor em nuven?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-137861734613570522</id><published>2008-10-16T10:48:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T14:51:51.111-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FUD'/><title type='text'>Balmer sepulta Google na Época Negócios</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;Tem uma &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://epocanegocios.globo.com/Revista/Epocanegocios/0,,EDG84707-8380-20,00-A+MICROSOFT+ESTA+DE+OLHO+NA+CLASSE+C.html"&gt;entrevista na Época Negócios com Steve Balmer.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt; De tirar o chapéu!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;É impressionante como todos os big shots gringos tem sempre uma mega maneira natural de passar suas mais pesadas artilharias contra os concorrentes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;Algumas pérolas:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sobre Buscas: "&lt;/span&gt;Temos uma boa estratégia: fazer muita pesquisa para sermos cada vez mais relevantes, nos diferenciarmos em áreas importantes para os consumidores, mesmo que o Google nos alcance depois, e inovar no modelo de negócios, algo que o Google negligencia já que obtém tanta receita pela forma como opera hoje.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alfinetadas à parte, brilhante é o fato de declarar despretenciosamente "mesmo que o Google nos alcançe depois... " hehehehe.. os caras estão ANOS LUZ atrás do google (e de muita gente no quisito internet), mas o big boss nao perde a compostura nem a oportunidade para marketear...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sobre o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Google:&lt;/span&gt; "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" &gt;Como vamos competir com o Google? Temos de perguntar como o Google vai competir com a gente. Eles têm um processador de texto e um programa de tabelas inferiores e um mensageiro básico. E nada é de graça. O Google tem custos básicos, precisa de receita e um plano para apresentar aos acionistas. Eles já cobram de clientes corporativos. Os nossos produtos têm preços atrativos. Não há como pensar que não é um bom investimento pagar uma vez por um produto que você vai usar por três anos durante 20 horas por semanas. Veja o Google Chrome: é um navegador medíocre, grande, que leva muito tempo para baixar e deve alguns atributos de privacidade que não seriam úteis ao negócio de propaganda deles. Eles têm um bom produto de busca, mas há desafios também. Nós não dependemos da coleta de informações de usuários tanto quanto eles, algo que tem seu futuro muito atrelado à decisão de agências reguladoras. Em termos de busca, estamos na casa deles. Em navegadores e programas de produtividade, eles estão na nossa. Não sei se eles estão prontos para competir, mas nós estamos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again: "Nós contra o google? Eles que se apavorem contra nós!" :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" &gt;Sobre p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;ropaganda e propaganda online: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" &gt;A propaganda está sendo afetada pela crise econômica. Esse é o lugar mais fácil de cortar investimentos. A longo prazo, a transição para o digital irá afetar esse negócio profundamente. Daqui a dez anos, todos os veículos serão fornecidos pela rede. Quando isso acontecer, acho que veremos menos propagandas, mas elas serão mais relevantes. Mas não serão os anúncios que custearão a maioria das plataformas de software e serviços. Para o consumidor, talvez. Para clientes corporativos, pagamentos únicos e mensalidades serão a base. Economizar um pouco em troca da exposição de seus funcionários a uma série de anúncios e ao rastreio de suas atividades não me parece ser uma boa proposta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fenômeno muito usado pelo marketing comercial de biscoitos da Microsoft: FUD. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. "Mídia online vai desaparecer como forma de custear as plataformas, todos devem manter compras e mensalidades, olha o medo da exposição e ao rastreio das atividades", etc, etc, etc..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Realmente, é de impressionar o cálculo milimétrico de cada palavra dita, o impacto desejado e principalmente,  a imagem residual (e religiosa) que fica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palmas para Mr. "I love this fukcing company"  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-137861734613570522?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/137861734613570522/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=137861734613570522' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/137861734613570522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/137861734613570522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/balmer-sepulta-google-na-poca-negcios.html' title='Balmer sepulta Google na Época Negócios'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6173610710816538010</id><published>2008-10-14T16:55:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T16:58:57.480-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Privacidade dos dados na rede (google Chrome)</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já tinham algumas estórias de privacidade aqui e alí... E como parte integrande do modelo de rentabilização das Value Clouds envolve publicidade atômica e situacionalmente dirigida, achei interessante publicar um artigo do El País que trata do tema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" id="a18bb"&gt;&lt;span id="marromtit"&gt;Adeus à privacidade na rede&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;script&gt; subtitulo = 'Google Chrome dá mais um passo no acúmulo de dados dos usuários'; if (subtitulo.length &gt; 2) { document.write ('&lt;span id="a13bb"&gt;'+subtitulo+'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;') }; &lt;/script&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" id="a13bb"&gt;Google Chrome dá mais um passo no acúmulo de dados dos usuários&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span id="v10bb"&gt;Paloma Llaneza&lt;br /&gt;Em Madri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O lançamento do Chrome, o navegador da Google, reabriu o debate sobre a privacidade na Internet no que parece ser a última volta do parafuso na integração de serviços de coleta de dados de seus numerosos usuários.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A apresentação à sociedade do Chrome, concorrente direto do Firefox (também apadrinhado pela Google através da fundação Mozilla), foi acompanhada em partes iguais de elogios quanto às melhoras de utilização e de críticas sobre sua política de conteúdos e de proteção de dados. Enquanto a primeira, que dava à Google direitos sobre os conteúdos, foi suprimida, a relativa à proteção de dados continua remetendo o usuário ao seu Centro de Privacidade, onde se estabelecem condições genéricas e pouco claras do que a Google ou as empresas de seu grupo fazem ou podem fazer com nossos dados mais que pessoais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não importa se o usuário está abrindo um canto no Blogger, enviando um vídeo para o YouTube, usando um editor de textos no Google Docs, armazenando seu histórico médico no Google Health ou instalando o Chrome, todos acabam no porto californiano que é esse centro de privacidade que só reconhece a jurisdição de Mountain View, EUA, e onde não se sabe muito bem o que se faz com os dados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O negócio dos dados é muito mais rentável do que um usuário pouco informado possa imaginar. Um dado isolado não vale nada; os dados que um usuário gera ao usar todos esses serviços não têm preço. Seu cruzamento permite saber o que ele busca, quando e de onde se conecta, com quem fala e sobre o quê, onde passará as férias ou se vai assassinar seu cônjuge, como no caso de Melanie McGuire, descoberta e condenada à prisão perpétua por ter cometido o deslize de procurar no Google "veneno indetectável".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quanto mais dados se cruzam, mais preciso é nosso retrato digital. Por isso a legislação espanhola e da Comunidade Européia, que a Google não aplica a seus usuários espanhóis, proíbe a cessão de dados entre empresas do mesmo grupo sem consentimento, obriga as companhias a dizer que informação tem de seus usuários e para que a usa, cancelando-a quando não é mais necessária. Tudo isso para que o dono desse retrato holográfico decida o que permite que se faça ou não com seus dados.&lt;br /&gt;Essa queixas sobre a política de privacidade da Google não são novas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já em julho de 2007 a ONG britânica Privacy International elaborou uma classificação mundial e colocou a Google à frente das empresas pouco respeitosas, que qualificou de "hostis" à privacidade. Identificou a Google como a menos respeitosa entre nomes conhecidos como Amazon, Microsoft, eBay, Myspace e BBC. Observou várias possíveis infrações, como a retenção de dados de usuários durante longos períodos de tempo sem a possibilidade de cancelá-los ou apagá-los, ou a de não informar sobre o uso que dá aos mesmos. O relatório afirmava que a Google retém não só dados de busca dos últimos 24 meses ou os de navegação quando se utiliza a Google Toolbar (a barra de buscas que pode ser instalada em qualquer navegador), como os facilitados pelo próprio usuário voluntariamente - ao entrar em algum serviço - ou involuntariamente - através dos logs (registros) de buscas que permitem identificar pessoalmente o usuário. O relatório a censura por descumprir a própria norma americana de privacidade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas o jogo com os dados privados na Internet não é exclusivo da Google. Poucos usuários do Blogger, dos que colocam suas fotos em Flick e vídeos no YouTube ou falam com seus amigos através de Facebook ou Twitter leram as condições de uso desses serviços. A maior parte delas, incluindo as relativas ao tratamento de dados de caráter pessoal, está em inglês e sujeita à legislação americana. As traduções em castelhano, como indicam no Facebook, são oferecidas somente a "título informativo". Precisamente, o Information Commissioner's Office do Reino Unido iniciou antes do verão uma investigação devido à queixa de um usuário do Facebook, de que foi incapaz de apagar suas informações apesar de ter cancelado a conta. As queixas sobre o Facebook também afirmam que ele colhe informação delicada sobre seus usuários e a compartilha com outros sem sua autorização.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proteger-nos e compartilhar informação só com quem desejamos é difícil, mas não impossível. O International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications [Grupo de Trabalho Internacional sobre Proteção de Dados nas Telecomunicações] publicou recomendações para que o usuário de redes sociais tente proteger sua privacidade sem morrer tentando. Parafraseando o slogan da Google: "Don't be fool, be informed" (Não seja bobo, informe-se).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="v10nb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tradução:&lt;/b&gt; Luiz Roberto Mendes Gonçalves&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;!-- robots index="no" --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6173610710816538010?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6173610710816538010/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6173610710816538010' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6173610710816538010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6173610710816538010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/privacidade-dos-dados-na-rede-google.html' title='Privacidade dos dados na rede (google Chrome)'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1529677283221151707</id><published>2008-10-07T13:33:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T13:41:18.766-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bio-Economics'/><title type='text'>Flashes de Oportunidades...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como voce achar que uma espécie chamada "organização" que foi criada nos últimos 400 anos para ser gerida de maneira auto-centrica pode evoluir para ser um modelo de células, como a AlQaeda, para aproveitar os tais "flashes" de oportunidades ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esse é o novo dawrinismo das organizações. Em uma nuvem de valor, a nova "organização" provê apenas a "plataforma" de condições básicas e indivíduos, baseados em grupos menores e pequenos, criam as sementes de novas idéias, que serão aproveitadas no grupo maior de maneira rápida e mais rapidamente ainda descartadas, como bolhas de reações em cadeia distintas em uma sopa química bastante diversa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O ecosissitema maior é auto-mantido por "sobras" destas reações e pela própria confluência de seus atores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um exemplo biológico é a floresta amazônica com sua gigante amplitude biodiversa e sua frágil dependencia da mesma amplitude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O outro exemplo são as redes sociais baseadas em meios (vídeos, fotos) ou em micro-cosmos (sub-comunidades) que mantém o "agito"  por meio de "ondas" de novidades. O vídeo do dia do YouTube, por exemplo, provê audiência suficiente para que o modelo se sustente com a "sobra": Advertising promovido a este mesmo tráfego de pessoas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É a mesma coisa que uma bola de borracha que ficou famosa nos anos 70. Se jogada suavemente, quicava normalmente. Mas se atida com força, quicava 10x mais. Uma comunidade, se controlada, não gera impuxo suficiente para explodir em várias reações virais. Mas se lançada sem "controle" efetivo e com o apelo de ofertar um recurso necessário às várias tribos que a alavancarão, explodem e de maneira quase sempre imprevisível.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1529677283221151707?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1529677283221151707/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1529677283221151707' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1529677283221151707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1529677283221151707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/flashes-de-oportunidades.html' title='Flashes de Oportunidades...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6097447096894447364</id><published>2008-10-06T16:51:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T14:16:51.300-03:00</updated><title type='text'>"it's no measure of health to be... "</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cabei de receber um link do Negrini falando de um filme pra lá de intrigante, o ZeitGeist.&lt;br /&gt;O mais intrigante é que ele só tem em vídeo no Google, por enquanto.. quem tiver paciencia de assistir online... &lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2282183016528882906"&gt;É só vir aqui e ver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2282183016528882906"&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; (com legendas em português).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É uma maneira interessante de olhar para o atual sistema atual de crenças do mundo, uma revisão de longuissimo prazo do sistemas de crenças e pensamentos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um dos adenduns do filme faz um &lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912"&gt;apanhado no modelo econômico e suas bases&lt;/a&gt; (débido monetarista, em especial). O intrigante é que o filme foi feito em 2007... Premonitóriamente à nossa contemporânea crise agora em 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society"&lt;/span&gt; Khrisnamurti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6097447096894447364?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6097447096894447364/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6097447096894447364' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6097447096894447364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6097447096894447364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-no-measure-of-heath-to-be.html' title='&quot;it&apos;s no measure of health to be... &quot;'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1166892674046810890</id><published>2008-10-04T10:22:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T14:17:34.227-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Como diria meu amado guru Nizan....</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da &lt;a href="http://www,epocanegocios.com.br/"&gt;Epoca Negócios&lt;/a&gt; deste mes, palavras de gente que faz...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="materiaTitulo" id="materiaTitulo"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;“Diga ao dinheiro  quem é o dono de quem”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="materiaAutor"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Eu acho que, na vida, se você não aprende,  você está mal. &lt;/strong&gt;Se você não ouve as lições que o mundo lhe dá  diariamente, ou a sabedoria que vem da boca das pessoas, você está mal. Eu sou  apaixonado por gente. Gosto de gente inteligente, gosto de insights das  pessoas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div id="paginaMateria"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Algumas das melhores idéias que eu já tive vieram simplesmente  porque eu soube ouvir os outros. &lt;/strong&gt;Desde ouvir o cliente, até a mãe, o  pai, a tia, a avó. Quem não ouve os outros, não é escutado. Os insights que o  consumidor me dá sobre produtos são incríveis.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** O mundo conversa com a gente o tempo todo. &lt;/strong&gt;Ele te passa  pito, te mostra o caminho, te avisa quais são as pessoas legais e as que não  são. São sentimentos animais.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Muitas vezes eu ouço as pessoas dizendo: “Você tem que gostar do  que faz”. &lt;/strong&gt;É verdade, mas, mesmo gostando do que faz, tem um monte de  coisa no seu trabalho de que você não gosta. Existe gente que quer sucesso e não  quer estresse, não quer o ônus inerente a todo tipo de sucesso. Que é trabalho,  trabalho, trabalho e trabalho.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Tem uma frase do Juscelino da qual eu aprendi a gostar muito:  “Com o erro não há compromisso.” &lt;/strong&gt;Eu tinha um motorista com quem aprendi  muito. Ele não desviava quando estava com a razão. Então, ele vinha dirigindo e,  se um sujeito viesse na contramão, ele não desviava, porque estava com a razão.  Eu disse: “Escuta, nós vamos morrer com a razão.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Eu acho que, quando Deus deu a família, ele deu a você uma  constante oportunidade de renovação. &lt;/strong&gt;Por isso que eu acho muito ruim  você não fazer programa com as crianças. Eu não tenho muita paciência para fazer  programa de criança, então eu levo as crianças para fazer programa de  adulto.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Eu era criativo, mas não tinha parâmetros. Trabalhar com Beto  Sicupira [um dos sócios da InBev], Antônio Bonchristiano e Fersen Lambranho  [ambos da GP Investimentos]... Aí você vê que não é nada. &lt;/strong&gt;Aí você tem  um parâmetro. É muito bom aprender com outras indústrias que não a sua, porque  elas podem estar fazendo coisas muito mais avançadas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Eu aprendi a copiar. &lt;/strong&gt;A criatividade é um instrumento,  mas às vezes ela pode ser uma arma. Em boa parte dos casos, é melhor não  inventar a roda. Olhe o que alguém está fazendo e copie, copie, copie,  copie.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Eu aprendi a não me meter em política&lt;/strong&gt;. Eu sou  empresário, não quero ter lado. A lógica empresarial é completamente  diferente&lt;strong&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Eu estava entrando muito profundamente no grupo de risco.  &lt;/strong&gt;Cento e quarenta quilos, um pai que morreu de enfarte, quase 50 anos de  idade, estresse... Aí não dá. Meu corpo não estava combinando com meus planos.  Quero crescer, quero ser dinâmico, quero trabalhar muito. Isso não combina com  ter 140 quilos. Não bate. Essa é uma operação [de redução do estômago] que  sempre tem risco, dói, você tem que reaprender a se alimentar. São coisas  completamente novas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Meu avô era comunista; minha mãe foi da UNE. &lt;/strong&gt;Foi uma  mulher visionária. Hoje ela tem Alzeihmer. Ela se formou em engenharia em 1957.  Meu pai morreu muito cedo. Eu tinha 20 anos.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** O fato de nós termos ido morar na Inglaterra, eu com oito anos,  fez com que eu tivesse intimidade com o mundo. &lt;/strong&gt;Morei lá até os dez  anos. Nesse sentido, eles [meus pais] me fizeram cidadão do mundo. Eu aprendi  inglês rapidamente, ganhei meu primeiro prêmio, de poesia, na escola, perdi o  medo do mundo.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Toda generalização é burra&lt;/strong&gt;. Eu trabalho com empresas de  todos os tipos e posso lhe dizer que ego não é privilégio de ninguém. Existem  publicitários e publicitários, engenheiros e engenheiros. O que acontece é que a  publicidade tem muito acesso à imprensa, e a imprensa tem muito acesso à  publicidade. Então, uma vaidade desse ou daquele se exacerba. Como já há uma  generalização, tudo o que você faz de vaidoso - e todos nós temos um componente  de vaidade - é sublinhado. É como dizer que baiano não gosta de trabalhar.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** Eu morei na Bahia até os 25 anos, só que a Bahia continua morando  em mim. &lt;/strong&gt;Eu odeio passar Carnaval fora da Bahia. Adoro o Carnaval do Rio  de Janeiro. O que eu busco sempre é conciliar os dois. Gosto de passar Reveillon  na Bahia. Eu só fui uma vez à praia em São Paulo. Moro aqui há 25 anos e fui à  praia uma vez. Nós também temos direito de ter preconceitos. Todo preconceito é  burro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*** São Paulo faz a gente pensar grande. &lt;/strong&gt;E o Rio faz  a gente pensar no Brasil. Não que São Paulo não pense no Brasil, mas o Rio tem  nossas raízes. Já existe uma ponte-aérea. Tinha que haver uma ponte econômica.  Eu não quero ter que optar entre Rio e São Paulo, eu quero ter os dois. Santos  Dumont me deu essa possibilidade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1166892674046810890?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1166892674046810890/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1166892674046810890' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1166892674046810890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1166892674046810890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/como-diria-meu-amado-guro-nizan.html' title='Como diria meu amado guru Nizan....'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-1757170714421092684</id><published>2008-10-04T10:17:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T10:22:43.842-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CEM'/><title type='text'>O resumo dos conselhos de apresentações de vendas...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meditando e lendo os 8 livros de vendas de idéias, achei nos &lt;a href="http://aisapereira.blogspot.com/2008/10/o-foco-o-do-cliente.html"&gt;rss da Aísa&lt;/a&gt; o resumo de tudo. Melhor que isso, só com o &lt;a href="http://www.kegsistemas.com.br/"&gt;Enio Klein&lt;/a&gt; pra discutir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Olhe através dos olhos do cliente. Comece dizendo brevemente quem é você e sua empresa e que &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;benefícios seus clientes já estão tendo&lt;/span&gt; com o uso do seu software. Mostre &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;métricas reais de resultado &lt;/span&gt;e liste &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;clientes seus, de referência&lt;/span&gt;, que espelham aquele com quem você está falando. Mostre que você entende do mercado "dele", entende as &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;causas e consequências dos problemas ou oportunidades&lt;/span&gt; que ele tem hoje."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E finalmente, deixe ele PERGUNTAR do produto.  O resto é estofo de linguiça...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-1757170714421092684?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/1757170714421092684/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=1757170714421092684' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1757170714421092684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/1757170714421092684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/o-resumo-dos-conselhos-de-apresentaes.html' title='O resumo dos conselhos de apresentações de vendas...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6235506214447586795</id><published>2008-10-04T08:25:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T08:27:36.088-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CEM'/><title type='text'>O cliente em... Último lugar??</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saiu na Exame desta quinzena uma notinha que deve ter passado batida por todo mundo, já que só se fala na mega crise: O cliente é o último bastião do mercado a ser conquistado: O CLIENTE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abaixo, a matéria pra quem não foi na banca, folheou e pegou a tal palavra-chave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;O cliente (ainda) não é rei&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;h6&gt; | 02.10.2008&lt;/h6&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Que aspecto da gestão dos negócios até hoje não recebeu a devida atenção?  (Pedro Cezar Dantas Neto, São Paulo, Brasil)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Por Jack Welch com Suzy Welch&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="inicioTexto" style="visibility: visible; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9px; line-height: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;EXAME &lt;/span&gt;Não é a  inovação — disso temos certeza. Esse é um tema que está na mente de todo mundo  hoje em dia. O mesmo vale para a tecnologia, a globalização e a participação do  empregado no dia-a-dia da empresa. A qualidade já não chama tanto a atenção como  no passado, mas isso se deve, provavelmente, ao fato de ser algo já incorporado  pela maioria das corporações. E a estratégia? Bem, no mundo de hoje, onde as  coisas caminham à velocidade da luz, as pessoas parecem estar dando a ela a  atenção merecida.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sabe o que ainda é tratado de forma negligente? O relacionamento com o  cliente. Apesar de esse tema já estar entre nós há algum tempo — com nomes como  “retenção do cliente” e “lealdade” —, ele ainda não foi capaz de deixar os  executivos tão obcecados quanto deveriam. O que é um problema, já que esse tipo  de relacionamento pode virar o jogo. Ele faz com que uma empresa deixe de ter um  modelo com base apenas em transações comerciais e adote outro mais duradouro e  mutuamente benéfico, em que ela melhora a receita e as margens ao melhorar a  competitividade do cliente.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Na verdade, o único problema desse tipo de relacionamento é que ele não é  nada fácil de criar. Contudo, pedimos licença para sugerir algumas maneiras de  obtê-lo.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Em primeiro lugar, esse relacionamento depende da boa e velha qualidade do  serviço — algo que provavelmente não é uma grande revelação para você. O que  chama a atenção, entretanto, é o grau de excepcionalidade, de consistência e de  inventividade que a prestação de serviços deve ter para se destacar hoje. Veja o  caso da Mitchell’s, uma cadeia de roupas de Connecticut, nos Estados Unidos. Sua  administração tem por objetivo ultrapassar a concorrência no disputado mercado  de classe média de Nova York. Para isso, oferece “adicionais” como ajustes nas  roupas no mesmo dia e entrega da mercadoria em domicílio. Numa escala bem mais  ampla, a rede de hotéis Four Seasons conquista corações e carteiras no  congestionado mercado de hotéis de luxo, proporcionando, invariavelmente,  experiências ininterruptas de alta qualidade.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Em se tratando de fábricas, o serviço ao cliente tem importância ainda maior  — e pode resultar em ganho ainda mais significativo para os dois lados. Para  isso, é preciso passar de um enfoque centrado apenas no produto para outro  centrado também na prestação de serviços de longo prazo, assegurando aos  clientes ganhos de produtividade. Uma fabricante de máquinas, por exemplo, deve  estimular seus engenheiros a construir equipamentos cada vez mais rápidos e  poderosos. Deve apostar no talento deles para projetar e produzir atualizações  que gerem aumentos de produtividade para seus clientes no decorrer dos anos. Não  é um desafio pequeno, mas, se a coisa certa for feita, haverá um ganho enorme  para todos os envolvidos.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Outra opção para as fábricas, principalmente para as que lidam com  commodities, é usar seus recursos para liberar o capital do cliente. Companhias  fornecedoras de gases especiais, por exemplo, conquistam contratos de longo  prazo erguendo usinas próximas de seus clientes, fornecendo a eles  matérias-primas a preço mais baixo e sem as dificuldades habituais de entrega.  Do mesmo modo, há fabricantes de plásticos que constroem silos para seus  clientes, garantindo dessa forma um fornecimento constante a um custo  competitivo. Os clientes retornam o “favor” jamais se afastando deles.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Outra maneira de estreitar a relação com os clientes é compartilhar  conhecimento. Convide seus clientes para conhecer seu setor de pesquisa e  desenvolvimento, deixando claro para eles que “meu laboratório é seu  laboratório”. Eles vão adorar conhecer em primeira mão novos projetos de  embalagem ou os produtos incríveis que serão lançados em breve. Se sua  especialidade for recursos humanos, você pode oferecer treinamento aos  executivos de empresas clientes em áreas como contratação, coaching, avaliação  etc. Muitas empresas em estágio avançado de funcionamento do Seis Sigma, por  exemplo, mandam seus Black Belts (os profissionais mais bem treinados no método)  para as empresas dos clientes. Esse compartilhamento de experiências pode gerar  uma afinidade verdadeira que, em geral, rende dividendos durante anos a fio.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Não pretendemos aqui inventar a roda. Sabemos que nas empresas mais completas  todas essas estratégias, ou ao menos algumas delas, são conhecidas. No entanto,  muitas vezes a coisa pára por aí. A verdade é que qualquer uma dessas  estratégias requer uma mudança substancial de cultura e de mentalidade, em que a  administração compromete seu tempo e dinheiro e está disposta a aceitar certo  grau de risco. Basicamente, a empresa precisa enxergar o mundo como o cliente o  enxerga. Caso contrário, a tal “lealdade” dos clientes jamais será  alcançada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;var enviaAmigo = new EnviaAmigo();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6235506214447586795?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6235506214447586795/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6235506214447586795' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6235506214447586795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6235506214447586795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/o-cliente-em-ltimo-lugar.html' title='O cliente em... Último lugar??'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7369821612100603437</id><published>2008-10-04T08:02:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T12:55:46.691-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Max Gehringer diz que vendedores / marketeiros sao burros?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ESsa foi hilllaaaaaaaaaaaarrria...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI14003-15230,00-COMO+EVITAR+QUE+PUXEM+SEU+TAPETE.html"&gt;Max Gehringer, Revista Época, sobre o Q.I.:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Meu Q.I. é 142. Se eu colocar essa informação no currículo, qual será  o efeito?&lt;/strong&gt; – &lt;em&gt;M.M.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Boa pergunta. Falei com cinco responsáveis por RH em grandes empresas. Duas  não usam mais testes de Q.I. Uma usa apenas em áreas que privilegiam o  raciocínio lógico (para candidatos a Vendas e Marketing, o teste não é  aplicado). As outras duas aplicam testes de Q.I. apenas a candidatos iniciantes,  mas ambas fizeram a ressalva de que os resultados não são eliminatórios nem  conclusivos, apenas indicativos. Nas duas, uma dinâmica de grupo tem mais peso  que o Q.I."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Em marketing e vendas o QI não é importante ? Hummmmm....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7369821612100603437?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7369821612100603437/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7369821612100603437' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7369821612100603437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7369821612100603437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/hi-folks-essa-foi-hilllaaaaaaaaaaaarrri.html' title='Max Gehringer diz que vendedores / marketeiros sao burros?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3890058693563514129</id><published>2008-10-03T14:18:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T13:11:32.745-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Value Clouds'/><title type='text'>O que compõe o modelo bio-econômico das Value Cluds?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vou tentar definir em alguns artigos a serem melhorados com o tempo alguns tópicos interessantes do modelo de negócios em nuvem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E a primeira definição é de&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioeconomics"&gt; bio-economia... &lt;/a&gt;Ao invés de fatores isolados e aparentemente antagônicos, a Bio-Economia pode ser definida usando alguns modelos conhecidos de física, economia e biologia. Coisas como leis da termodinâmica aplicada a ecosistemas não fazem sentido num mundo puramente capitalista (onde um ganha e outro perde), mas com um contexto mais "clsuter". Nisso, apareceu uma especialização&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_economics"&gt;, a economia evolucionária&lt;/a&gt;, mais afeita a Darwin que a Adam Smith :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algumas empresas desenvolveram aspectos desta atividade econômica mais interligada e hoje são casos de estudo. Vou citar dois marcos que considero bem didáticos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;O modelo Dell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Dell, lá nos idos de 1990 (século passado) inovou ao construir uma cadeia de valor totalmente orientada a um evento prosáico: O pedido de compras do cliente. Aqui no Brasil a Fiat fez a mesma coisa para lançar o Uno (pouca gente lembra do monte o seu Fiat, mas foi a causa de sucesso do Uno versos o Corsinha, que vinha com um enorme ágio na época).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foi um excelente modelo durante muitos anos e agora (claro, &lt;a href="www.thisistrue.com/dellhell.html"&gt;depois do dell hell&lt;/a&gt;) eles entraram num estágio mais profundo, deixando o consumidor discutir e planejar produtos, na &lt;a href="http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/"&gt;comunidade Dell&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um ótimo modelo de colaboração orientada ao cliente direcionando e orquestrando tudo na organização e nos seus parceiros de negócio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;O modelo Toyota&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Toyota, quando começou a desenvolver o que hoje já chamamos de "Toyota Way of Conquer the World" chamou de &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System"&gt;TPS, ou Toyota Production System&lt;/a&gt;.  Acontece que esse "system" é tão complexo e intrincado que parece mais a floresta amazônica (recomendo seguir todos os links da wiki para estudar).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eles simplesmente criaram uma cultura quase (eu aposto que 100%) incopiável, pois foi construida por anos, com vários elementos (esses, copiáveis, como lean, kanban, etc) incrustrados em uma cultura de auto-superação diária.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A partir do modelo de produção, a mesma filosofia foi aplicada a pessoas, vendas&amp;amp;marketing, etc. e sabe mais onde vão parar (espero que não parem, sou muito fã da empresa).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Organismos, sincronia, holismo e ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.spore.com/ftl"&gt;Spore &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Bio-economia está engatilhando assim como a compreensão total do efeito estufa na produção global de caspas (sorry, não podia perder essa).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas qualquer um que já criou uma comunidade (Sejam as pre-históricas do Orkut ou as avançadinhas do Ning), ou que já jogou SimCity, Spore ou criou uma fazenda de formigas sabe o que são reações em cadeia. Provocadas intencionalmente ou não.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Value Clouds são comoplantar uma semente desconhecida. Voce sabe mais ou menos que está no processo de semear algo. Mas nunca sabe se isso vira um pé de jaca ou uma laranjeira.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3890058693563514129?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3890058693563514129/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3890058693563514129' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3890058693563514129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3890058693563514129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/10/o-que-compe-o-modelo-bio-econmico-das.html' title='O que compõe o modelo bio-econômico das Value Cluds?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7766598766627442936</id><published>2008-09-29T22:46:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T14:17:55.364-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Como tratar bem os clientes belicosos...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alguém perguntou num evento como tratar clientes belicosos. E ai, nada melhor q um vídeo para ilustrar :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="322"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.30"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt;&lt;param name="flashVars" value="id=1797274&amp;amp;vid=1266&amp;amp;lang=en-us&amp;amp;intl=us&amp;amp;thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sch/cn/v/v0/w3/1266_158_111.jpeg&amp;amp;embed=1&amp;amp;ap=butterfinger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.30" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="id=1797274&amp;amp;vid=1266&amp;amp;lang=en-us&amp;amp;intl=us&amp;amp;thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sch/cn/v/v0/w3/1266_158_111.jpeg&amp;amp;embed=1&amp;amp;ap=butterfinger" width="512" height="322"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1266/1797274"&gt;Cat Massages Dog&lt;/a&gt; @ &lt;a href="http://video.yahoo.com/"&gt;Yahoo! Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7766598766627442936?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7766598766627442936/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7766598766627442936' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7766598766627442936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7766598766627442936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/como-tratar-bem-os-clientes-belicosos.html' title='Como tratar bem os clientes belicosos...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-5484110493477562793</id><published>2008-09-29T22:37:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T22:42:41.527-03:00</updated><title type='text'>SENTAPUA na Guitarra!!</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cabei de ver um japinha pra lá de animador, nessa black slump monday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enquanto os wild-bulls estão fazendo hyper-turmoils, vamos acreditar no futuro do mundo, enquanto as CRIANÇAS forem nos dando exemplos como esses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="512" height="322"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.30"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt;&lt;param name="flashVars" value="id=9651778&amp;amp;vid=3465561&amp;amp;lang=en-us&amp;amp;intl=us&amp;amp;thumbUrl=&amp;amp;embed=1"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.30" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="id=9651778&amp;amp;vid=3465561&amp;amp;lang=en-us&amp;amp;intl=us&amp;amp;thumbUrl=&amp;amp;embed=1" width="512" height="322"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3465561/9651778"&gt;8 Year Old Shredder&lt;/a&gt; @ &lt;a href="http://video.yahoo.com/"&gt;Yahoo! Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yuto miyazawa.. .guarda esse nome q dai vem chumbo grosso!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. Pra entender o sucesso do vídeo, tentem fazer alguns desses solos em casa :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-5484110493477562793?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/5484110493477562793/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=5484110493477562793' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5484110493477562793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5484110493477562793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/sentapua-na-guitarra.html' title='SENTAPUA na Guitarra!!'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6246759079152105308</id><published>2008-09-24T21:35:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T21:38:11.234-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Value Clouds'/><title type='text'>Mais um exemplo de Value Cloud...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Google continua fazenod buzz-mouth-marketing, agora com seu Project 10-2-100th (algo como 10 à centéseima potência)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acompanhem cenas &lt;a href="http://www.project10tothe100.com/how_it_works.html"&gt;aqui no site do projeto&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E, MANDEM SUAS IDÉIAS! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6246759079152105308?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6246759079152105308/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6246759079152105308' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6246759079152105308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6246759079152105308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/mais-um-exemplo-de-value-cloud.html' title='Mais um exemplo de Value Cloud...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7281245377794095326</id><published>2008-09-17T22:00:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T22:01:45.521-03:00</updated><title type='text'>O que vem a ser um "Value Cloud Service" ?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infotainsocialment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pura e simplesmente algo como ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt; &lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt; &lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1211060&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1"&gt; &lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1211060&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/1211060?pg=embed&amp;amp;sec=1211060"&gt;Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user484313?pg=embed&amp;amp;sec=1211060"&gt;Matthew Harding&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/?pg=embed&amp;amp;sec=1211060"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se voces nunca viram esse vídeo,&lt;a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2008/09/where-the-hell-is-matt-presentation-ignite-style.html"&gt; aqui no presentation zen tem a estória&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7281245377794095326?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7281245377794095326/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7281245377794095326' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7281245377794095326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7281245377794095326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/o-que-vem-ser-um-value-cloud-service.html' title='O que vem a ser um &quot;Value Cloud Service&quot; ?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-239955213860292620</id><published>2008-09-14T16:50:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-14T16:52:11.260-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Mangas arregaçadas, projeto II</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enquanto o questionável livro de questões está se auto-redefinindo a várias mãos (dois autores, 71041491404794794092 amigos pitaqueiros, família e tudo o mais), o segundo projeto vai ganhar foco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É um modelo de maturidade para gestão de Customer Experience nas empresas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aguardem.. mais cenas...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-239955213860292620?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/239955213860292620/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=239955213860292620' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/239955213860292620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/239955213860292620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/mangas-arregaadas-projeto-ii.html' title='Mangas arregaçadas, projeto II'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6910780799357100511</id><published>2008-09-12T21:53:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-14T16:48:12.685-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CEM'/><title type='text'>Será que tudo já foi inventado ?? E agora?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É só ter uma idéia original, google/amazon/whatever e vc descobre que alguém já teve a mesma idéia (ou parecida) muito tempo atrás.  Acabou de acontecer com um dos livros que eu e um grande amigo estamos remoendo pra dar a luz (na verdade a idéia é dele, eu entrei depois, mas agora é nossa).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E ai, o q fazer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desistir, diriam uns... Já tem gente que fez...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas ai vem a estória e prova que... Uma ratoeira melhor que a melhor ratoeira é a mola-mestra do empreendedorismo! E criatividade e inventividade SEMPRE valeram mais que conhecimento acumulado, experiênia e know-how ... Dúvidas?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apenas um lugar-comum-mais-que-batido: Walkman X iPod. Ai vem um cínico dizer que viu no jornal da gloob que o inventor do iPod tá pobre... E venho eu dizer que o MAESTRO do iPod tá vivo e mandando ver mais ainda (Steve iCan Jobs) ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pois bem, vamos dar tratos à bola e ver se conseguimos "livrar"  o livro do limbo, dando uma guinada em algum dos seus elementos (lá vem Oceano Azul por ai).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aguardem mais cenas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Só pra ter uma "idéia" da comparação, olha os benchmarks...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Kids' Book of Questions: Revised for the New Century (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Gregory Stock (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Book-Questions-Revised-Century/dp/0761135952/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1221262664&amp;amp;sr=8-1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Book of Questions (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Gregory Stock (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Book-Questions-Gregory-Stock/dp/0894803204/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1221262664&amp;amp;sr=8-11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Book of Questions: Business, Politics, and Ethics (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Gregory Stock (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Book-Questions-Business-Politics-Ethics/dp/156305034X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1221262664&amp;amp;sr=8-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If..., (Questions For The Game of Life) (Hardcover)&lt;br /&gt;by James Saywell (Author), Evelyn Mcfarlane (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/If-Questions-Game-James-Saywell/dp/0679445358/ref=pd_sim_b_4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If..., Volume 2: (500 New Questions for the Game of Life) (Hardcover)&lt;br /&gt;by Evelyn McFarlane (Author), James Saywell (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/If-500-Questions-Game-Life/dp/0679452869/ref=pd_sim_b_6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If..., Volume 3: (Questions for the Game of Love) (Hardcover)&lt;br /&gt;by Evelyn McFarlane (Author), James Saywell (Author) "&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/If-3-Questions-Game-Love/dp/0679456376/ref=pd_sim_b_2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If... Questions for the Soul (Hardcover)&lt;br /&gt;by Evelyn McFarlane (Author), James Saywell (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/If-Questions-Soul-Evelyn-McFarlane/dp/0679456368/ref=pd_sim_b_6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF... Questions for Teens (Hardcover)&lt;br /&gt;by Evelyn Mcfarlane (Author), James Saywell (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/IF-Questions-Teens-Evelyn-Mcfarlane/dp/0375505555/ref=pd_sim_b_12 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Complete Book of Questions: 1001 Conversation Starters for Any Occasion (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Garry Poole (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Questions-Conversation-Starters/dp/031024420X/ref=pd_sim_b_3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would You?: Questions to Challenge Your Beliefs (Hardcover)&lt;br /&gt;by Evelyn McFarlane (Author), James Saywell (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Would-You-Questions-Challenge-Beliefs/dp/0375502432/ref=pd_sim_b_5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Book of Fabulous Questions: Great Conversation Starters About Love, Sex and Other Personal Stuff (Mass Market Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Penelope Frohart (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Book-Fabulous-Questions-Conversation-Starters/dp/0966114469/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How Far Will You Go?: Questions to Test Your Limits (Hardcover)&lt;br /&gt;by Evelyn McFarlane (Author), James Saywell (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/How-Far-Will-You-Questions/dp/0375502424/ref=pd_sim_b_6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intellectual Foreplay: A Book of Questions for Lovers and Lovers-to-Be (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Eve Eschner Hogan (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Foreplay-Questions-Lovers-Be/dp/0897932773/ref=pd_sim_b_4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would You Rather : Over 200 Absolutely Absurd Dilemmas to Ponder (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by David Gomberg (Author), Justin Heimberg (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Would-You-Rather-Absolutely-Dilemmas/dp/0452278511/ref=pd_sim_b_13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would You Rather...? 2: Electric Boogaloo: Over 300 More Absolutely Absurd Dilemmas to Ponder (Would You Rather...?) (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Justin Heimberg (Author), David Gomberg&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Would-You-Rather-Electric-Absolutely/dp/0974043931/ref=pd_sim_b_35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would You Rather...?: Pop Culture Edition: Over 300 Preposterous Pop Culture Dilemmas to Ponder (Would You Rather...?) (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Justin Heimberg (Author), David Gomberg (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Would-You-Rather-Preposterous-Dilemmas/dp/0974043974/ref=pd_sim_b_18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More Would You Rather? (Paperback)&lt;br /&gt;by Doug Fields (Author)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.com/More-Would-Rather-Doug-Fields/dp/0310264588/ref=pd_sim_b_36&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6910780799357100511?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6910780799357100511/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6910780799357100511' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6910780799357100511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6910780799357100511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/ser-que-tudo-j-foi-inventado-e-agora.html' title='Será que tudo já foi inventado ?? E agora?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6577340405309325129</id><published>2008-09-12T20:05:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T20:05:36.155-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CEM'/><title type='text'>Ironic (alanis)</title><content type='html'>An old man turned ninety-eight&lt;br /&gt;He won the lottery and died the next day&lt;br /&gt;It's a black fly in your Chardonnay&lt;br /&gt;It's a death row pardon two minutes too late&lt;br /&gt;Isn't it ironic... don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(chorus)&lt;br /&gt;It's like rain on your wedding day&lt;br /&gt;It's a free ride when you've already paid&lt;br /&gt;It's the good advice that you just didn't take&lt;br /&gt;Who would've thought... it figures&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly&lt;br /&gt;He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye&lt;br /&gt;He waited his whole damn life to take that flight&lt;br /&gt;And as the plane crashed down he thought&lt;br /&gt;"Well, isn't this nice."&lt;br /&gt;And isn't it ironic ... don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(repeat chorus)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you&lt;br /&gt;When you think everything's okay and everything's going right&lt;br /&gt;And life has a funny way of helping you out when&lt;br /&gt;You think everything's gone wrong and everthing blows up&lt;br /&gt;In your face&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A traffic jam when you're already late&lt;br /&gt;A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break&lt;br /&gt;It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife&lt;br /&gt;It's meeting the man of my dreams&lt;br /&gt;And then meeting his beautiful wife&lt;br /&gt;And isn't it ironic... don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;A little too ironic.. and yeah I really do think...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(repeat chorus)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you&lt;br /&gt;And life has a funny, funny way of helping you out&lt;br /&gt;Helping you out&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-6577340405309325129?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/6577340405309325129/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=6577340405309325129' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6577340405309325129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/6577340405309325129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/ironic-alanis.html' title='Ironic (alanis)'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-391096325188969885</id><published>2008-09-12T19:49:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T19:50:13.431-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CEM'/><title type='text'>Tente outra vez...</title><content type='html'>Raulzito no rádio!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Veja!&lt;br /&gt;Não diga que a canção&lt;br /&gt;Está perdida&lt;br /&gt;Tenha em fé em Deus&lt;br /&gt;Tenha fé na vida&lt;br /&gt;Tente outra vez!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beba! (Beba!)&lt;br /&gt;Pois a água viva&lt;br /&gt;Ainda tá na fonte&lt;br /&gt;(Tente outra vez!)&lt;br /&gt;Você tem dois pés&lt;br /&gt;Para cruzar a ponte&lt;br /&gt;Nada acabou!&lt;br /&gt;Não! Não! Não!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!&lt;br /&gt;Tente!&lt;br /&gt;Levante sua mão sedenta&lt;br /&gt;E recomece a andar&lt;br /&gt;Não pense&lt;br /&gt;Que a cabeça agüenta&lt;br /&gt;Se você parar&lt;br /&gt;Não! Não! Não!&lt;br /&gt;Não! Não! Não!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há uma voz que canta&lt;br /&gt;Uma voz que dança&lt;br /&gt;Uma voz que gira&lt;br /&gt;(Gira!)&lt;br /&gt;Bailando no ar&lt;br /&gt;Uh! Uh! Uh!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queira! (Queira!)&lt;br /&gt;Basta ser sincero&lt;br /&gt;E desejar profundo&lt;br /&gt;Você será capaz&lt;br /&gt;De sacudir o mundo&lt;br /&gt;Vai!&lt;br /&gt;Tente outra vez!&lt;br /&gt;Humrum!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tente! (Tente!)&lt;br /&gt;E não diga&lt;br /&gt;Que a vitória está perdida&lt;br /&gt;Se é de batalhas&lt;br /&gt;Que se vive a vida&lt;br /&gt;Han!&lt;br /&gt;Tente outra vez!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-391096325188969885?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/391096325188969885/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=391096325188969885' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/391096325188969885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/391096325188969885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/tente-outra-vez.html' title='Tente outra vez...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-3494937693568144055</id><published>2008-09-12T19:38:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T19:39:40.954-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CEM'/><title type='text'>e mais um livro na cabeça...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como é que se dá a luz a um livro?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já tem uns 4 em gestação, mas nenhum deles nem perto de sair da incubadora...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desta vez,  peguei um mais ligado aos incendios do dia-a-dia... Será que rola?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aguardem cenas dos próximos capítulos, aqui neste blog!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-3494937693568144055?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/3494937693568144055/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=3494937693568144055' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3494937693568144055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/3494937693568144055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/e-mais-um-livro-na-cabea.html' title='e mais um livro na cabeça...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-8327978312426838249</id><published>2008-09-12T18:56:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T18:57:31.315-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Vento No Litoral ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;h4&gt;Legiao Urbana&lt;br /&gt;Vento No Litoral&lt;/h4&gt;De tarde quero descansar, chegar até a praia&lt;br /&gt;Ver se o vento ainda está forte&lt;br /&gt;E vai ser bom subir nas pedras&lt;br /&gt;Sei que faço isso pra esquecer&lt;br /&gt;Eu deixo a onda me acertar&lt;br /&gt;E o vento vai levando tudo embora&lt;br /&gt;Agora está tão longe&lt;br /&gt;Vê, a linha do horizonte me distrai&lt;br /&gt;Dos nossos planos é que tenho mais saudade&lt;br /&gt;Quando olhávamos juntos na mesma direção&lt;br /&gt;Aonde está você agora&lt;br /&gt;Além de aqui dentro de mim?&lt;br /&gt;Agimos certo sem querer&lt;br /&gt;Foi só o tempo que errou&lt;br /&gt;Vai ser difícil sem você&lt;br /&gt;Porque você está comigo o tempo todo&lt;br /&gt;Quando vejo o mar&lt;br /&gt;Existe algo que diz:&lt;br /&gt;- A vida continua e se entregar é uma bobagem&lt;br /&gt;Já que você não está aqui&lt;br /&gt;O que posso fazer é cuidar de mim&lt;br /&gt;Quero ser feliz ao menos&lt;br /&gt;Lembra que o plano era ficarmos bem?&lt;br /&gt;- Ei, olha só o que eu achei: cavalos marinhos&lt;br /&gt;Sei que faço isso pra esquecer&lt;br /&gt;Eu deixo a onda me acertar&lt;br /&gt;E o vento vai levando tudo embora&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-8327978312426838249?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/8327978312426838249/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=8327978312426838249' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8327978312426838249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/8327978312426838249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/vento-no-litoral.html' title='Vento No Litoral ...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-4655140926081715417</id><published>2008-09-02T16:24:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T16:27:15.566-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Musical phase... So..</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stairway to Heaven&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Theres a lady whos sure&lt;br /&gt;All that glitters is gold&lt;br /&gt;And shes buying a stairway to heaven.&lt;br /&gt;When she gets there she knows&lt;br /&gt;If the stores are all closed&lt;br /&gt;With a word she can get what she came for.&lt;br /&gt;Ooh, ooh, and shes buying a stairway to heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Theres a sign on the wall&lt;br /&gt;But she wants to be sure&lt;br /&gt;cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.&lt;br /&gt;In a tree by the brook&lt;br /&gt;Theres a songbird who sings,&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.&lt;br /&gt;Ooh, it makes me wonder,&lt;br /&gt;Ooh, it makes me wonder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Theres a feeling I get&lt;br /&gt;When I look to the west,&lt;br /&gt;And my spirit is crying for leaving.&lt;br /&gt;In my thoughts I have seen&lt;br /&gt;Rings of smoke through the trees,&lt;br /&gt;And the voices of those who standing looking.&lt;br /&gt;Ooh, it makes me wonder,&lt;br /&gt;Ooh, it really makes me wonder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And its whispered that soon&lt;br /&gt;If we all call the tune&lt;br /&gt;Then the piper will lead us to reason.&lt;br /&gt;And a new day will dawn&lt;br /&gt;For those who stand long&lt;br /&gt;And the forests will echo with laughter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If theres a bustle in your hedgerow&lt;br /&gt;Dont be alarmed now,&lt;br /&gt;Its just a spring clean for the may queen.&lt;br /&gt;Yes, there are two paths you can go by&lt;br /&gt;But in the long run&lt;br /&gt;Theres still time to change the road youre on.&lt;br /&gt;And it makes me wonder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your head is humming and it wont go&lt;br /&gt;In case you dont know,&lt;br /&gt;The pipers calling you to join him,&lt;br /&gt;Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,&lt;br /&gt;And did you know&lt;br /&gt;Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as we wind on down the road&lt;br /&gt;Our shadows taller than our soul.&lt;br /&gt;There walks a lady we all know&lt;br /&gt;Who shines white light and wants to show&lt;br /&gt;How evrything still turns to gold.&lt;br /&gt;And if you listen very hard&lt;br /&gt;The tune will come to you at last.&lt;br /&gt;When all are one and one is all&lt;br /&gt;To be a rock and not to roll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And shes buying a stairway to heaven...  Uhhh... &lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-4655140926081715417?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/4655140926081715417/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=4655140926081715417' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4655140926081715417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/4655140926081715417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/musical-phase-so.html' title='Musical phase... So..'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2478825492043741770</id><published>2008-09-02T16:21:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T16:22:38.316-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Life has strange paths to flow...</title><content type='html'>I still haven't found what I'm looking for...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have climbed highest mountain&lt;br /&gt;I have run through the fields&lt;br /&gt;Only to be with you&lt;br /&gt;Only to be with you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have run&lt;br /&gt;I have crawled&lt;br /&gt;I have scaled these city walls&lt;br /&gt;These city walls&lt;br /&gt;Only to be with you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have kissed honey lips&lt;br /&gt;Felt the healing in her fingertips&lt;br /&gt;It burned like fire&lt;br /&gt;This burning desire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have spoke with the tongue of angels&lt;br /&gt;I have held the hand of a devil&lt;br /&gt;It was warm in the night&lt;br /&gt;I was cold as a stone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe in the kingdom come&lt;br /&gt;Then all the colors will bleed into one&lt;br /&gt;Bleed into one&lt;br /&gt;Well yes Im still running&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You broke the bonds and you&lt;br /&gt;Loosed the chains&lt;br /&gt;Carried the cross&lt;br /&gt;Of my shame&lt;br /&gt;Of my shame&lt;br /&gt;You know I believed it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for&lt;br /&gt;But I still havent found what Im looking for...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2478825492043741770?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2478825492043741770/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2478825492043741770' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2478825492043741770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2478825492043741770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/09/life-has-strange-paths-to-flow.html' title='Life has strange paths to flow...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-2954140748952265436</id><published>2008-07-17T14:06:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T12:01:33.382-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Comming from a long dip...</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite my pro life is now like an mexican soap opera, we all had our light messengers working and... JK Rowlling Commencement Address at HBS this year and Tiger's victory just bring more light to our lifes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Invest few moments of your life &lt;a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/go/jkrowling.html"&gt;to see and read this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And what does it have in Value Cloud Business? Ask Facebook, Salesforce.com and any sucessfull entrapreneur (or yourself and your inner dreams).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-2954140748952265436?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/2954140748952265436/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=2954140748952265436' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2954140748952265436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/2954140748952265436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/07/comming-from-long-dip.html' title='Comming from a long dip...'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-5976861875878357275</id><published>2008-06-19T22:04:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T12:02:07.592-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf tiger woods sucess resilience'/><title type='text'>What dows it take to be the TIGER number one??</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a golf addicted, lover, passionate, enthusiast, etc. etc. etc. ans "whatsoever"...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, I'm a human nature lover, as much as can. Always.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Monday, I've had a prove of what can a being achieve when it has the right combination of focus, love, aptitudes, training, motivation and guts. SIR Eldrick Woods (AKA Stripped-Malasian-Huge-Cat &amp;amp; Big-Trees) has made all of us think about how mediocre we can be in not pursuing our deepest dreams and realize our minimum talents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/oreilly/radar/atom/%7E3/315735072/what-a-tiger-can-do.html"&gt;O'Reilly Blogs&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/opinion/17brooks.html?_r=1&amp;amp;hp"&gt;NYT&lt;/a&gt;, zilions of posts about trillions of aspects of his super-hyper-duper heroism, and bla bla bla bla...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just one sigle note: We are all the same and the (HUUUUGEE) difference is to work on our inner potential.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's what put apart start-ups (zillions) from success companies (a bunch of few). And as Seth said in his little masterpiece about dips... When it came to be the best, the chasm is only the old infinite love to a dream and the equivalent hard work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don't ever came back with grimmings: Tha man had a destroyed knee and a broken leg, for God!! and WON the toughest tournament this year! And did it in 5 days and 2 extra holes! DAMMMMMMMMMMMM WONDERFUL!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AKA, Faith &amp;amp; Pursuing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Place your bets, the game is always open. To you. Each one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-5976861875878357275?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/5976861875878357275/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=5976861875878357275' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5976861875878357275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5976861875878357275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-dows-it-take-to-be-tiger-number.html' title='What dows it take to be the TIGER number one??'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-5634898319384105367</id><published>2008-05-15T20:48:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T21:01:01.667-03:00</updated><title type='text'>IS Gen X really unhappy??</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've just&lt;a href="http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/erickson/2008/05/ten_reasons_why_the_relationsh.html"&gt; checked a post at H-Blogs&lt;/a&gt;, about the "unhappiness" of Gen X. OHA! I'm a X-Gen myself and I'm REALLY happy with my lifes (work, personal, country, world, etc)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dunno if yankees are resented by their dummy president, or their dummies-funniest candidates-to (com'on, a cheated wife, a former insane religious-and-racist-buble-boy and a even-worst-than-bushes old guard idiot??? What a choice, hum?) or else, but, here in real world, X-Genners are in their best moment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's check professor Tammy Erickson's  points:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"1. &lt;strong&gt;X’ers’ corporate careers got off to a slow start&lt;/strong&gt; and many are still feeling the pain. You graduated when the economy was slow and the huge bulge of Boomers had already grabbed most of the key jobs. As an article in the May, 1985 issue of Fortune said: “[T]hese pioneers of the baby-bust generation are finding life on the career frontier harsher than ever . . . they’re snarled in a demographic traffic jam . . . stuck behind all those surplus graduates of the past decade.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;When you were teens, X’ers witnessed adults in your lives being laid off from large corporations&lt;/strong&gt;, as re-engineering swept through the business lexicon. This engendered in most X’ers a lack of trust in large institutions and a strong desire for a life filled with back-up plans, just in case. Many of the adults you saw laid off and then struggling to reintegrate were in their 40’s – about the age X’ers are reaching today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Most corporate career paths “narrow” at the top &lt;/strong&gt;– the perceived range of options diminishes as individuals become increasingly specialized in specific functions or roles. X’ers crave options, which assuage your concerns about being backed into a corner, laid off from one path. The sense of narrowing career paths and increased vulnerability is often most palpable at the transition from middle to upper management – just where many of you are today. This step also often brings demands for relocation and separation from established social networks – an additional assault on your sense of self-reliance.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;4. &lt;strong&gt;Just your luck – the economy was slow when you entered the workforce&lt;/strong&gt; and now its slowing once again – just as you are standing at the threshold of senior management. Stepping into leadership roles right now looks more difficult and the roles themselves, more vulnerable than they have at any point in the past decade.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;5. &lt;strong&gt;And then there are those pesky Gen Y’s.&lt;/strong&gt; Many X’ers are charged with “managing” Y’s which – let’s face it – is an impossible task, at least if you define “manage” as controlling their channels of communication. While vying for promotions and trying to look good, many of you feel that Y’s are doing an end run around.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;6. &lt;strong&gt;X’ers are, in fact, surrounded by a love fest – and not feeling the love&lt;/strong&gt;. As I wrote in l&lt;a href="http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/erickson/2008/04/the_boomery_love_fest.html"&gt;ast week’s post&lt;/a&gt; (very interesting to check), Boomers and Y’s are learning from each other – and enjoying their interactions. It’s easy to feel left out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;7. &lt;strong&gt;X’ers are the most conservative cohort in today’s workforce&lt;/strong&gt; – and you’re surrounded by “shake ‘em up” types on both sides. In your personal lives, X’ers are not particularly keen on rules, but you had to follow them in the workplace – and you resent it when others now don’t. It seems unfair to be rewriting corporate etiquette when you’ve had to toe the line for so long.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;8. &lt;strong&gt;Many X’ers’ are guarding a closely held secret:&lt;/strong&gt; you’re not all as comfortable with the technology that is changing the way things are done as everyone seems to think you are. While it’s perfectly acceptable for Boomers to feign ignorance and ask for help, it’s embarrassing for X’ers to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;9. And if&lt;strong&gt; Boomer colleagues are annoying,&lt;/strong&gt; the Boomer parents of your Y reports are down-right over-the-top. X’ers can’t believe the frequency of Y-parent interactions and are deeply turned off by parents who make their presence felt in the workplace.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;10. Finally, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;your own parenting pressures are at a peak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;. You’re deeply committed to spending more time with your kids than your parents did or were able to spend with you, but juggling is getting more and more difficult."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone want's to answer one-by-one?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-5634898319384105367?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/5634898319384105367/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=5634898319384105367' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5634898319384105367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/5634898319384105367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-gen-x-really-unhappy.html' title='IS Gen X really unhappy??'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-7130730426379045129</id><published>2008-05-15T19:50:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T19:56:33.101-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mind Drugs'/><title type='text'>Cafeine plus plus 4.0 ?</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was reading a lot of articles about the new "hyper ultra giga smart dummies" drug, also made for ultra-seniors with arcoleptics in the seventies, called Provigil. Well... In a huge flash back, Banffy &lt;a href="http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=1298"&gt;had sent to me an article&lt;/a&gt;, kindo "The doors of Perception". John Hari told us a interesting history. But he concludes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I paced and agonised  and finally concluded that taking narcolepsy drugs when you don’t have  narcolepsy is just stupid. Our lack of knowledge about what it does to your  brain was, in the end, a deal-breaker for me. Perhaps in sixty years we’ll know  for sure it’s safe, and I will have spent my life at only sixty percent  brain-capacity – but I’d rather risk that than brain damage&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone is trying it here, on Brazil. I'll wait and see... If, in ten years, he didn't become a moron,  I ll try my shots and take the laziness... Until there, keep using my own and old methods: Chess, Açaí and old, black and warm caffeine :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENTAPUA! E vamos à luta, Filhos da Pátria!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12844206-7130730426379045129?l=valueclouds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/feeds/7130730426379045129/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12844206&amp;postID=7130730426379045129' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7130730426379045129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12844206/posts/default/7130730426379045129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valueclouds.blogspot.com/2008/05/cafeine-plus-plus-40.html' title='Cafeine plus plus 4.0 ?'/><author><name>Courtnay "OB1" Guimarães</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320093865703030434</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844206.post-6633505927076200019</id><published>2008-04-01T09:37:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T09:39:11.007-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human rights'/><title type='text'>O fim dos direitos humanos estaria próximo???</title><content type='html'>Hi Folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assunto Grave:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 class="title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iheu.org/node/3123"&gt;Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Right&lt;/a&gt;s&lt;/h1&gt;                                                 &lt;span class="submitted"&gt;Submitted by admin on 30 March, 2008 - 08:32.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="taxonomy"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; &lt;p&gt;For the past eleven years the organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), representing the 57 Islamic States, has been tightening its grip on the throat of the Universal Declaration of &lt;a class="glossary-term" href="http://www.iheu.org/glossary/term/248"&gt;&lt;acronym title="human rights: Universal rights to which every person is entitled because they are justified by a moral standard that stands above the laws of any individual nation; best enunciated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948"&gt;Human Rights&lt;/acronym&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Yesterday, 28 March 2008, they finally killed it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;With the support of their allies including China, Russia and Cuba (none well-known for their defence of human rights) the Islamic States succeeded in forcing through an amendment to a resolution on Freedom of Expression that has turned the entire concept on its head. The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression will now be required to report on the “abuse” of this most cherished freedom by anyone who, for example, dares speak out against Sharia laws that require women to be stoned to death for adultery or young men to be hanged for being gay, or against the marriage of girls as young as nine, as in Iran. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan saw the writing on the wall three years ago when he spoke of the old &lt;a class="glossary-term" href="http://www.iheu.org/glossary/term/420"&gt;&lt;acronym title="Commission on Human Rights: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, composed of 53 States, met annually in Geneva. Over 3,000 delegates from member and observer States and from non-governmental organizations participated. In 2006, the Commission was replaced by a new UN Human Rights Council."&gt;Commission on Human Rights&lt;/acronym&gt;&lt;/a&gt; having “become too selective and too political in its work”. Piecemeal reform would not be enough. The old system needed to be swept away and replaced by something better. The &lt;a class="glossary-term" href="http://www.iheu.org/glossary/term/418"&gt;&lt;acronym title="Human Rights Council: Created in 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations and in international human rights laws and treaties. The mandate includes preventing human rights violations, securing respect for all human rights and promoting international cooperation to protect human rights."&gt;Human Rights Council&lt;/acronym&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was supposed to be that new start, a Council whose members genuinely supported, and were prepared to defend, the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Yet since its inception in June 2006, the Human Rights Council has failed to condemn the most egregious examples of human rights abuse in the Sudan, Byelorussia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China and elsewhere, whilst repeatedly condemning Israel and Israel alone. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Three years later Annan’s dream lies shattered, and the Human Rights Council stands exposed as incapable of fulfilling its central role: the promotion and protection of human rights. The Council died yesterday in Geneva, and with it the Universal Declaration of Human Rights whose 60th anniversary we were actually celebrating this year. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There has been a seismic shift in the balance of power in the UN system. For over a decade the Islamic States have been flexing their muscles. Yesterday they struck. There can no longer be any pretence that the Human Rights Council can defend human rights. The moral leadership of the UN system has moved from the States who created the UN in the aftermath of the Second World War, committed to the concepts of equality, individual freedom and the rule of law, to the Islamic States, whose allegiance is to a narrow, medieval worldview defined exclusively in terms of man’s duties towards Allah, and to their fellow-travellers, the States who see their future economic and political interests as being best served by their alliances with the Islamic States.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Yesterday’s attack by the Islamists, led by Pakistan, had the subtlety of a thin-bladed knife slipped silently under the ribs of the Human Rights Council. At first reading the amendment to the resolution to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression might seem reasonable. It requires the Special Rapporteur: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; “To report on instances in which the abuse of the right of freedom of expression constitutes an act of racial or religious discrimination …” &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For Canada, who had fought long and hard as main sponsor of this resolution to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, this was too much. The internationally agreed limits to Freedom of Expression are detailed in article 19 of the legally binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and are already referred to in the preamble to the resolution. If abuse of freedom of expression infringed anyone’s freedom of religion, for example, it would fall within the scope of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion. To add it here was unnecessary duplication, and “Requesting the Special Rapporteur to report on abuses of [this right] would turn the mandate on its head. Instead of promoting freedom of expression the Special Rapporteur would be policing its exercise … If this amendment is adopted, Canada will withdraw its sponsorship from the main resolution.” &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Canada’s position was echoed by several delegations including India, who objected to the change of focus from protecting to limiting freedom of expression. The European Union, the United Kingdom (speaking for Australia and the United States), India, Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala and Switzerland all withdrew their sponsorship of the main resolution when the amendment was passed. In total, more than 20 of the original 53 co-sponsors of the resolution withdrew their support. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On the vote, the amendment was adopted by 27 votes to 15 against, with three abstentions.&lt;br /&gt;The Sri Lankan delegate explained clearly his reasons for supporting the amendment:&lt;br /&gt;“.. if we regulate certain things ‘minimally’ we may be able to prevent them from being enacted violently on the streets of our towns and cities.” &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In other words: Don’t exercise your right to freedom of expression because your opponents may become violent. For the first time in the 60 year history of UN Human Rights bodies, a fundamental human right has been limited simply because of the possible violent reaction by the enemies of human rights. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The violence we have seen played out in reaction to the Danish cartoons is thus excused by the Council – it was the cartoonists whose freedom of expression needed to be regulated. And Theo van Gogh can be deemed responsible for his own death.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Freedom of expression is that right which – uniquely – enables us to expose, communicate and condemn abuse of all our other rights. Without freedom of expression and freedom of the press we give the green light to tyranny and make it impossible to expose corruption, incompetence, injustice and oppression.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But however important freedom of expression may be for us who live in the West, its overwhelming importance for those who live under the tyranny of Islamic law was highlighted by a courageous group of 21 &lt;a class="glossary-term" href="http://www.iheu.org/glossary/term/251"&gt;&lt;acronym title="NGO: Non-Governmental Organization; any organization that is not a part of national or local government"&gt;NGO&lt;/acronym&gt;&lt;/a&gt;s from the Islamic States who issued a statement yesterday appealing to delegations to oppose the amendment.  See &lt;a href="http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/petition-hrc.pdf"&gt;http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/petition-hrc.pdf&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Incredibly, following the vote on the amendment, the Council descended even further into chaos. At the very last moment, Cuba introduced an oral amendment – clearly against the rules of procedure. When Canada objected they were overruled by the President. When Slovenia – on behalf of the European Union – tried to intervene on a point of order and ask for a ten-minute adjournment, they were ignored. When they tried to protest in another point of order their right to do so was challenged by Egypt, and the Egyptian objection was upheld.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The main resolution was then put to the vote and was adopted by 32 votes in favour, none against, with 15 abstentions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The NGO community now needs to think carefully about what purpose can any longer be served by continuing our engagement with the Human Rights Council, and by fighting for values that are no longer accepted within the UN system. I have personally been involved with the &lt;a class="glossary-term" href="http://www.iheu.org/glossary/term/417"&gt;&lt;acronym title="Human Rights Commission: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, composed of 53 States, met annually in Geneva. Over 3,000 delegates from member and observer States and from non-governmental organizations participated. In 2006, the Commission was replaced by a new UN Human Rights Council."&gt;Human Rights Commission&lt;/acronym&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and Council for the past five years and can see little benefit in continuing. Our well-argued position papers are ignored, our speeches are interrupted with repeated and irrelevant points of order, and we are not even supported in our efforts by the western delegations who, shockingly, did not even vote against today’s travesty, but abstained. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Universal Declaration of Human Rights died yesterday.  Who knows when, or if, it can ever be revived.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I used to wonder what States who felt it necessary to kill people because they change their religion thought they were doing in the Human Rights Council. Now I know. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The wafer-thin sham of an international consensus on the promotion and protection of human rights has finally been exposed for what it was – a sham. The fragmentation of human rights now appears inevitable. The proposed Islamic Charter on Human Rights (read “Duties towards Allah”) will certainly go ahead, as will the creation of a parallel Islamic Council on Human Rights. But the OIC will nevertheless continue to attend and dominate the UN Human Rights Council, thereby ensuring its continuing emasculation and descent into total irrelevance.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Just five months before he and more than 20 of his colleagues were killed by a terrorist bomb in Baghdad, the then High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, wrote:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; “Membership of the Commission on Hu
