Bryan Coe

I was just updating the news section on my companies website, (Blackbird e-Solutions) and I came across a series of articles on Wired.com. They ran a poll for the most important BIZ/TECH trends for 2007. The top six are as follows:

The Power of Peer Production
Video Unlimited
Made to Order
Carbon Killers
M&A as R&D
The Open Everything Economy

There’s some very interesting stuff in these articles.

5. Ever hear of “6 Degrees of Separation?”
4. You can reconnect with former colleagues/friends/college classmates.
3. To make new business contacts.
2. To promote yourself and/or business.

And the #1 reason to join LinkedIn.com

Life truly is about who you know!

My Profile

What is LinkedIn.com?
It’s a networking site geared towards helping people make business contacts. For example: Let’s say I’m looking to hire someone that is an expert web developer. Now, I have a friend/colleague named John and we are connected in LinkedIn John knows a guy that he used to work with named Frank, he has just the skills I need. Since I’m connected with John I can see who he is connected with. So I ask him to introduce me, and presto! I already have a candidate who is recommended by someone I trust. Simple networking, but this is location and time independent.

Check out the link below for a short video that details a little-known Canadian experiment highlighting the affects that various drugs have on the behavior of spiders. … it’s actually very interesting.

The Affect of Drugs on Spiders

#8 Life is sexually transmitted.

#7 Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.

#6 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks.

#5 Some people are like a slinky… not really good for anything, but you still can’t help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

#4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

#3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars, and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents???

#2 In the 60’s, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

# 1 THOUGHT FOR 2007: We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America; but we haven’t a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of U.S. immigration.

If you remember my boss had an idea that I would be going back to Germany for a while to work on a project on a US Airforce base in Germany, and therefor would need security clearance. Actually, the reason they wanted me to go is because they suddenly realized that they need a US citizen with security clearance to be able to do anything with our software once it is installed at the base. But, it seems that my company and particularly those running the project have been dragging their feet about getting me over there. I don’t think they understand what it takes to get the security clearance. I mean it’s not like going to the DMV to get your driver’s license. 😉 I’m figuring that they are going to call me up some day and want me to come over right away and expect the security clearance to either already have been acquired or that it will happen in a couple of days. But, no one seems to be able to give me a definite answer on what my function is supposed to be. It’s pretty hard to apply for security clearance when I don’t even know what I’ll be doing. Anyway, I’m not optimistic that it’s going to happen.

So, other than that I’m still in the US, for now ;), working and doing some of my own stuff on the side, and getting geared up for 2007. I think it is going to be a big year!

Well, hope everyone is having a great holiday period and Happy New Year!