The archive

Every piece I've published — 236 essays, field notes, and dispatches.

Technology·

HP expands into IT governance space

Below is a recent article that I stumbled upon on the product that I am currently working on. It's well written and some very interesting data points about…

Renato J. Mascardo·5 min read
HP expands into IT governance space
Technology·

HP to Acquire Opsware Inc.

Very interesting news this morning hit my HP inbox and the newswire. Another big acquisition by HP to follow up with the Mercury acquisition (where I came…

Renato J. Mascardo·1 min read
HP to Acquire Opsware Inc.
Technology·

Companies Going Carbon Neutral

The latest buzz for companies these days is going "Carbon Neutral". Yahoo, Salesforce.com, and others have announced their commitment to become carbon…

Renato J. Mascardo·3 min read
Companies Going Carbon Neutral
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Conan O'Brian Goes to ILM

I really got a kick out of this clip from Conan O'Brian. He was in San Francisco a few weeks back and visited the ILM campus. It reminded me of those clips…

Renato J. Mascardo·1 min read
Conan O'Brian Goes to ILM
Technology·

Google Search History is Evil!

I finally got around to checking out the "Search History" link at the top of my Google homepage and I soon found out that Google has been checking me out…

Renato J. Mascardo·2 min read
Google Search History is Evil!
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IBM to Fire 150,000 Employees?

I'm pretty new to the world of hyper-large corporate companies. Hewlett-Packard is the largest company that I have worked for with about ~150,000 employees…

Renato J. Mascardo·2 min read
IBM to Fire 150,000 Employees?
Technology·

Sam Wo's on Conan O'Brian!

Back in the day during the dot com boom, my wife and I were living in San Francisco and working long hours at a technology consulting firm called Scient.…

Renato J. Mascardo·1 min read
Sam Wo's on Conan O'Brian!
Technology·

Loopster is Useless

If you can't beat them, aggregate them! Loopster.com is a new social networking website that helps you manage all of your social networking website accounts.…

Renato J. Mascardo·2 min read
Loopster is Useless
Technology·

Web 2.0 Conference Lacks Value

I was able to take day to attend the O'Reilly Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco this Monday. Overall, not only did the conference lack value but it also…

Renato J. Mascardo·2 min read
Web 2.0 Conference Lacks Value
Technology·

Social Networking Is Everywhere

Earlier this week, Mozilla Labs announced that they will be embedding social networking in the Mozilla browser (sucks for Flock but they must has seen that…

Renato J. Mascardo·1 min read
Social Networking Is Everywhere
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Joost Is Pretty Cool

I finally got my beta account on Joost and was able to spend some time on it today. I must say that its a pretty sweet experience. The setup was painless and…

Renato J. Mascardo·2 min read
Joost Is Pretty Cool
Technology·

I Don't Understand Twitter

"Dude, check my twitter out. I've just updated it and it says that I'm telling you about Twitter. Now, I just updated it again that I'm done."

Renato J. Mascardo·1 min read
I Don't Understand Twitter
Technology·

Jott Could Save My Life

I live about 42 miles from the Mercury Interactive software campus and it will get further when we move to the HP offices in Cupertino in June. It takes me…

Renato J. Mascardo·1 min read
Jott Could Save My Life
Technology·

Competition for Largest Yahoo Mailbox

Today, Yahoo has announced that it will provide its Yahoo mail accounts unlimited storage. The media is reporting this move in preparation for the release of…

Renato J. Mascardo·1 min read
Competition for Largest Yahoo Mailbox