I’ve blogged about this before, but I really like the Elementary Desktop Project. Since they have a real site now. I thought I spend a little attention to them again. It made me change desktop wallpaper.
Hans Reiser, developer of the ReiserFS, has been found guilty. He has actually pointed the authorities to the grave of his wife. So there is little doubt left that he is quilty.
I’m running his filesystem on my machine, that feels weird.
I never wanted to start a business, but just like everybody who has been a professional for some time I do have ideas about how to run a business. Personally I think a business is about creating a mindset in your employees. Try to think how you would like you clients to be treated and train your employees to comply to that. Me personally, I would like my supplier to learn. Never make the same mistake twice, wouldn’t that be great?
In every business you have to make decisions. Usually between money and something. Money and quality, money and people, money and … Whatever. Of course money is an important driver for your business, but there are other drivers. I think the most important one is: keep your business alive. That means: LEARN!
If you don’t learn as an entrepreneur you’ll never run a successful business. Learn from your successes, mistakes, competition, employees, friends, it doesn’t really matter: you have to watch and learn. The funny thing is I’ve had a couple of employers and they all tend to forget instead of learn. It’s probably easier to push a mistake away instead of writing it down at the top of your list of things to improve. “Human nature”?
Frustrating, but I still don’t want to be an entrepreneur. Let other people show that they can make something work. I’ll help them, and keep reminding them to learn.
My vacation is over again. After Cottbus, Zdiar, Levoca, Stola, Budapest, Zadar, Vienna and Frankfurt, I’m back in good old Amsterdam.
Tomorrow I’ll go back to work… That’s ok, no problems, there is a lot of interesting stuff to be done. But, it would be nice to have a week more.
Today is a typical end-of-vacation day: read mail, post pictures, check on finances (why does a vacation always cost more then you expect?), etc. Maybe I’ll walk through Amsterdam a bit to get used to the city again.
[update]Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloempot/2674170510/in/set-72157606197290780/
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