Do CEOs of major companies sit down at their computer, call up Google
and do a little ego surfing? Of course they do... but they mostly
seem unwilling to tell USA Today about it (probably because they
decided to call it the especially corny "CEgO surfing"), meaning that
USA Today had to do it for them. Basically, they
went around and looked up the names of various CEOs to see what they
would see, if they did do the searches themselves. There is, of
course, a mixture of good and bad -- but the article recommends that
CEOs spend a bit of time every once in a while to check out what their
names reveal. The article notes that Ford's CEO refuses to ego surf,
claiming it's "too depressing," which makes you wonder how he would
know that... unless he ego surfed.
Discover What Photographers, Scientists, Artists, Collectors, and Enthusiasts Already Know - That ArcherPro is the Best Way to Sort Images on Your Macintosh OS X Computer
Sort lists in AppleScript using the Unix sort command
Sort lists in AppleScript using the Unix sort command05/17/2004 12:11 PM To sort a list in AppleScript, try using text item delimiters and the
shell command sort, like this:
set the_list to {"c", "b", "e", "a", "d"}
set old_delims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item ...
CEOs Still Raking It In
CEOs Still Raking It In04/19/2004 09:38 AM Are CEOs really 301 times more valuable than rank-and-file employees?
100 Conversations with 100 CEOs05/17/2004 01:22 PM This week Red Herring is hosting 100 Conversations with 100 CEOs from
the Red Herring 100 on 100 Socialtext Weblogs -- an unprecedented
opportunity for direct conversation with leading private companies.
Socialtext is facilitating an Eventspace for Red Herring...
Whose Busienss Is It When CEOs Get Sick?08/09/2004 08:23 PM "You don't make a disclosure every time someone gets a gallbladder
surgery. But cancer is a highly charged illness in our society." By
Benjamin Pimentel, MacNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu)
Offshoring pays...CEOs
Offshoring pays...CEOs08/31/2004 03:08 PM Study finds that CEOs at 50 leaders in sending U.S. jobs overseas got
a 46 percent raise. CEOs in general got 9 percent.
For CEOs, offshoring pays
For CEOs, offshoring pays08/31/2004 05:07 PM U.S. companies that send the most jobs overseas handsomely reward
their CEOs, a new study says.
Keeping CEOs and Chairmen Apart
Keeping CEOs and Chairmen Apart05/13/2004 12:27 PM Inherent conflicts of interest point to the need for two distinct
positions.
Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're being portrayed
CEOs to Convene in Redmond05/18/2004 08:53 AM Chairman Bill Gates will address 100+ of his closest CEO pals this
week at the company's eighth annual CEO Summit.
Forensic discover with MACtimes
Forensic discover with MACtimes01/04/2005 04:33 AM At times knowing when something happened is more valuable than knowing
what took place. There are two ways to get time data: by observing
activity directly and by observing that activity's secondary effects
on its environment. In this article, we focus on the latter.
Micorosft, AOL Discover That The Internet Isn't TV
Micorosft, AOL Discover That The Internet Isn't TV04/11/2005 11:42 PM While some in the media and tech worlds are trying to turn
the internet into television so they'd have more control, it
appears that Microsoft and AOL are finally realizing that the two act
quite differently. While both companies should have realized this
years ago, it only cost them a few million dollars each to realize
that there's absolutely no
benefit to signing deals with Major League Baseball to allow MLB
content to be streamed on their sites. Apparently both have cut short
multi-million deals with MLB Online after realizing that most people
simply went straight to the mlb.com site anyway, and there was almost
no benefit at all to paying millions of dollars to have the identical
content hosted within their own gardens since surfers don't
distinguish. They know they can go wherever they want online, so why
would they look for MLB content on AOL or MSN rather than just going
straight to MLB? Apparently ESPN (owned by Disney) hasn't realized
this, because they're about to make the same mistake and shell out
millions to MLB for the privilege of mirroring the same content.
Meanwhile, AOL is recognizing that their money and effort is better
spent building up baseball fantasy league offerings where users
actually participate, communicate and interact with each other (what
the internet is good for!). Of course, what's unclear is whether or
not the folks at MLB.com (the same people who said they owned
all data and facts associated with MLB games) realize this,
because if this sort of cash is part of their expected revenues going
forward, someone may want to inform their poten
tial investors of trouble ahead.
CEOs urged to take control of cybersecurity04/12/2004 04:52 PM An industry task force says CEOs and boards of directors need to take
responsibility for the security of their companies' computer networks
if protection of the U.S. critical infrastructure is to improve.
Gates Fetes America's Top CEOs
Gates Fetes America's Top CEOs05/21/2004 05:30 AM In his annual schmoozefest with top American CEOs, Microsoft chairman
Bill Gates says technology still has a long way to go in improving
productivity. The CEOs politely listen, then go about networking.
Cydney Gillis reports from Seattle.
Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're being portrayed (USATODAY.com)
Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're being portrayed (USATODAY.com)12/28/2004 07:22 AM USATODAY.com - The first thing Pete's Wicked Ale founder Pete Slosberg
does when he gets to work is to type his own name into the Google
Internet search engine to see if anything is being said about him or
his new company, Cocoa Pete's Chocolate Adventures.
CEOs Fail Candor Test
CEOs Fail Candor Test07/21/2004 10:51 AM Companies with CEOs who are up front with shareholders may outperform
others.
Companies Change the Way CEOs Are Paid (AP)05/01/2004 09:31 PM AP - Last year, Steve Jobs received a pay package worth nearly $75
million. But the Apple Computer CEO's pay had a catch — all but
$1 was in stock that he can't touch until 2006. There's been a big
shift in the way America's top executives are being paid, as
once-ubiquitous stock options are replaced by restricted stock and
other forms of pay.
CEOs confident in continued growth03/29/2005 02:20 PM Chief executive officers of the fastest-growing technology companies
in the U.S. and Canada are confident that their companies will
continue to expand, according to a Deloitte & Touch LLP survey.
China's Men Discover 'Self Beauty' (AP)06/30/2004 02:23 PM AP - Pop music wafts through the Extraordinary Space Spa as Su Xin
sinks into a chair, skin glowing and mood mellow after a facial and
aromatherapy massage scented with lavender and sandalwood.
Scientists Claim to Discover New Fish (AP)
Scientists Claim to Discover New Fish (AP)06/17/2004 10:23 PM AP - Brazilian scientists claimed to have found a new fish species
believed to have lurked deep in the south Atlantic Ocean for over 150
million years. The fish, of the Chimaera genus, is about 12-16 inches
long and is found at depths of 1,300 to 2,000 feet, scientists said
Thursday.
Warez spammers discover Linux
Warez spammers discover Linux08/12/2004 09:25 AM We Linux users have probably gotten a collective total of at least 32
trillion pieces of spam email trying to sell us Windows warez. But
until now, we were always frozen out of these bargains. Unless we ran
CrossOver Office, what did we need with a pirated copy of Photoshop or
Microsoft Office? (Not only that, most of us use free, open source
alternatives anyway.) But now we have arrived. There is finally enough
commercial software for Linux that the pirates and warez spammers want
our business, too.
2005 New Sales for Sentient Discover
2005 New Sales for Sentient Discover03/23/2005 03:56 AM Boston College, the University of York and the University of Bath have
selected Sentient Discover - the leading resource management system
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