Comments for Zouak Consulting http://zouak.com Leadership, Philosophy and Thinking Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Mentoring Unleashes Excellence by Mr. Mo http://zouak.com/2011/08/15/mentoring-unleashes-excellence/#comment-185 Mr. Mo Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:50:12 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1977#comment-185 I must thank Mr. Driss for his mentoring; I went from shadowing to shining. I got that boost that changed my attitude and performance. I have my self-mentored some people lately. I have been able to change their entire carriers. It is this energy, that people have within but that require little sparkle to boost forever, these people will do the same will give their hands to others. It is little move, little investment, that has great return on the company but also on our society. To have that flair, to be able to sense people with potential, to be able to take moment for others is so rare, this is why true leadership is uncommon. Mr. Driss is model co-worker and model father as well I must thank Mr. Driss for his mentoring; I went from shadowing to shining. I got that boost that changed my attitude and performance. I have my self-mentored some people lately. I have been able to change their entire carriers. It is this energy, that people have within but that require little sparkle to boost forever, these people will do the same will give their hands to others. It is little move, little investment, that has great return on the company but also on our society. To have that flair, to be able to sense people with potential, to be able to take moment for others is so rare, this is why true leadership is uncommon. Mr. Driss is model co-worker and model father as well

]]> Comment on Um, iCloud + Patriot Act = Big Brother? by Driss Zouak http://zouak.com/2011/06/17/um-icloud-patriot-act-big-brother/#comment-161 Driss Zouak Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:00:26 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1928#comment-161 You're right, I didn't sufficiently tease apart the two premises. The Patriot act allows, from what I understand, the taking, copying and review of data without permission. For example I had a client whose laptop was apparently taken at the airport upon arrival and returned about a month later. In this case with iPhones and iPads having more and more corporate use, I wonder about what that means in terms of iCloud data seizure without notification. I also wonder what this means relative to the constitutional rights of Americans against unlawful seizure. You’re right, I didn’t sufficiently tease apart the two premises. The Patriot act allows, from what I understand, the taking, copying and review of data without permission. For example I had a client whose laptop was apparently taken at the airport upon arrival and returned about a month later. In this case with iPhones and iPads having more and more corporate use, I wonder about what that means in terms of iCloud data seizure without notification. I also wonder what this means relative to the constitutional rights of Americans against unlawful seizure.

]]> Comment on Um, iCloud + Patriot Act = Big Brother? by Paranoidmike http://zouak.com/2011/06/17/um-icloud-patriot-act-big-brother/#comment-160 Paranoidmike Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:45:00 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1928#comment-160 In spite of my nickname, and despite where I live, I don't know the Patriot Act well enough to know if there's any difference between their powers to access a person's data from Apple's US servers and getting that data from Google's or Microsoft's "private cloud" servers. It seems like you're conflating two related (corporate privacy vs. individual privacy) but potentially different scenarios in the same argument. Perhaps Patriot Act powers are completely equivalent; if so, then all your customers are making sound decisions and I'm being pedantic. I hope they're different somehow, but either way for my own personal paranoia, this means either (a) judicious selection of which types of content I allow into iCloud from my phone, or (b) being unnaturally careful and thoughtful about what pictures, notes, and other ephemera I capture on this here device in the first place. Or maybe I'll just opt to only use Wifi Sync with my home media computer (Mac mini). Wonder what those folks without "home IT infrastructure" will do? In spite of my nickname, and despite where I live, I don’t know the Patriot Act well enough to know if there’s any difference between their powers to access a person’s data from Apple’s US servers and getting that data from Google’s or Microsoft’s “private cloud” servers.

It seems like you’re conflating two related (corporate privacy vs. individual privacy) but potentially different scenarios in the same argument. Perhaps Patriot Act powers are completely equivalent; if so, then all your customers are making sound decisions and I’m being pedantic.

I hope they’re different somehow, but either way for my own personal paranoia, this means either (a) judicious selection of which types of content I allow into iCloud from my phone, or (b) being unnaturally careful and thoughtful about what pictures, notes, and other ephemera I capture on this here device in the first place.

Or maybe I’ll just opt to only use Wifi Sync with my home media computer (Mac mini). Wonder what those folks without “home IT infrastructure” will do?

]]> Comment on Small/Medium Business sometimes fear the Cloud but not the Hurricane by Mohamed Hachem http://zouak.com/2011/06/15/smallmedium-business-sometimes-fear-the-cloud-but-not-the-hurricane/#comment-158 Mohamed Hachem Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:29:14 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1922#comment-158 It is an interesting post, I think companies if compared to individuals tend to be laggers when it gets to innovation, this may harm their competitiveness as explained in the article. They will resist to changing what they have in hand while they would jump to a new platform that brings in more risk, I think there are two main reasons: First, this is collective decision imagine going on vacation by yourself or going on vacation with your parents, kids, and wife. You will tend to be more conservative. You will not take speed ferry even when you know, it is safe. Second, technology innovation prompt for learning curve some are steep others are smooth, most of people who are making decisions are lacking precise technical information, hence they cannot evaluate risks and therefore they take defensive turns by refusing and observing while adopting far more risky technologies as far as the core of the company is safe. Mr. Zouak is one of the few leaders & managers with an enhanced knowledge in both IT and Management Thanks It is an interesting post, I think companies if compared to individuals tend to be laggers when it gets to innovation, this may harm their competitiveness as explained in the article. They will resist to changing what they have in hand while they would jump to a new platform that brings in more risk, I think there are two main reasons:

First, this is collective decision imagine going on vacation by yourself or going on vacation with your parents, kids, and wife. You will tend to be more conservative. You will not take speed ferry even when you know, it is safe.

Second, technology innovation prompt for learning curve some are steep others are smooth, most of people who are making decisions are lacking precise technical information, hence they cannot evaluate risks and therefore they take defensive turns by refusing and observing while adopting far more risky technologies as far as the core of the company is safe.

Mr. Zouak is one of the few leaders & managers with an enhanced knowledge in both IT and Management
Thanks

]]> Comment on QuickStyle Background Shortcode by Andrew Walker http://zouak.com/2011/04/03/quickstyle-background-shortcode/#comment-152 Andrew Walker Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:52:56 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1360#comment-152 Hello again Jennifer No joy so far with the new shortcode in a single post - it changes the whole site background as before. I will look into the other two more complex methods today Andrew Hello again Jennifer
No joy so far with the new shortcode in a single post – it changes the whole site background as before. I will look into the other two more complex methods today
Andrew

]]> Comment on QuickStyle Background Shortcode by jenniferzouak http://zouak.com/2011/04/03/quickstyle-background-shortcode/#comment-150 jenniferzouak Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:57:21 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1360#comment-150 There is a new version released for this plugin. It now allows you to add colour to just a single post or paragraph. There is a new version released for this plugin. It now allows you to add colour to just a single post or paragraph.

]]> Comment on Review of Motorola Xoom & Android Honeycomb by Driss Zouak http://zouak.com/2011/05/09/review-of-motorola-xoom-android-honeycomb/#comment-136 Driss Zouak Mon, 09 May 2011 16:24:00 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1586#comment-136 My MS statement was more a statement of possibility, but I know that only on Earth #51 was Microsoft able to release a kickbutt first party tablet, and it was called the X-Tab, and it was part of the Xbox family. It ran all software as virtualized, could offload processing in part to a PC providing the classic Unix-style "Display here, process there" model, and had a certification process for apps instead of a singular App Store. Cool stuff, shame we live in another universe all together. I could go on, but why get our hopes up here? Did I mention that Ballmer left in 2002 in that universe, and they never acquired Groove Networks? My MS statement was more a statement of possibility, but I know that only on Earth #51 was Microsoft able to release a kickbutt first party tablet, and it was called the X-Tab, and it was part of the Xbox family. It ran all software as virtualized, could offload processing in part to a PC providing the classic Unix-style “Display here, process there” model, and had a certification process for apps instead of a singular App Store. Cool stuff, shame we live in another universe all together. I could go on, but why get our hopes up here? Did I mention that Ballmer left in 2002 in that universe, and they never acquired Groove Networks?

]]> Comment on Review of Motorola Xoom & Android Honeycomb by Mike Lonergan http://zouak.com/2011/05/09/review-of-motorola-xoom-android-honeycomb/#comment-135 Mike Lonergan Mon, 09 May 2011 15:38:07 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1586#comment-135 Totally with you on the hype vs reality differential btw iPad & Android. Geeks just want so badly to believe in something other than the no-compromises UX of iOS - prolly reminds them too much of "we built it in our closed/alternate universe of expectations" world of Windows. Which makes me wonder why you still believe that Microsoft could *ever* unmire itself from their own inability (hell, almost a deliberate desire) to really listen to end customers. Totally with you on the hype vs reality differential btw iPad & Android. Geeks just want so badly to believe in something other than the no-compromises UX of iOS – prolly reminds them too much of “we built it in our closed/alternate universe of expectations” world of Windows. Which makes me wonder why you still believe that Microsoft could *ever* unmire itself from their own inability (hell, almost a deliberate desire) to really listen to end customers.

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]]> Comment on Domino Effect – Unintended Consequences by Jennifer Zouak http://zouak.com/2011/03/30/domino-effect-unintended-consequences/#comment-127 Jennifer Zouak Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:41:04 +0000 http://zouak.com/?p=1348#comment-127 I just read this now and a part of it resonated with my day. <blockquote>I think the worst thing that can happen in one’s career is that you have no effect on others, that your lessons learned and that your wisdom goes nowhere. </blockquote> Coming back from a leave at work only to find that the main thing I had worked upon for the previous year was shelved. This part I expected. The unexpected part was that my replacement during my absence was not brought up to speed on this and seeing, from his perspective, that no work had been done... began to reproduce it. Ouch. Seeing red! In addition to any sort of ego-body-slam, inefficiency or rather, redundancy in software realm is one of my pet peaves. I find it physically painful. One of the developers felt the need to pull me aside later and, basically, apologize. Its not their fault. Really. They just don't get managed or lead. I just read this now and a part of it resonated with my day.

I think the worst thing that can happen in one’s career is that you have no effect on others, that your lessons learned and that your wisdom goes nowhere.

Coming back from a leave at work only to find that the main thing I had worked upon for the previous year was shelved. This part I expected. The unexpected part was that my replacement during my absence was not brought up to speed on this and seeing, from his perspective, that no work had been done… began to reproduce it. Ouch. Seeing red!
In addition to any sort of ego-body-slam, inefficiency or rather, redundancy in software realm is one of my pet peaves. I find it physically painful. One of the developers felt the need to pull me aside later and, basically, apologize. Its not their fault. Really. They just don’t get managed or lead.

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