http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ The personal, unremarkable but provacative musings of Therese Padilla en-us therese@aipmm.com 2007-09-23T14:30:42-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000243.php It's only 2 days until the next PMEC East. This is our 6th PMEC, and the Hotel Sofitel is really cool. We are really excited. 243@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ AIPMM - Where I Work 2007-09-23T14:30:42-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000242.php Our good friend, sponsor and fellow Certified Product Manager, Brian Lawley has launched his new toolkit bundles, The Product Management Office Professional and the Product Management Office Standard. This collection of great tools are available for download. Brian has gone all out with his launch, too! He has hired Bob Dylan (or Cate Blanchard -- who can tell these days) to pitch his product. When you go to his site and pick up your new PM Office toolkit, be sure and tell them that you saw his ad on AIPMM. 242@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ As Seen On The Web 2007-09-19T08:10:42-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000241.php Unveiled at the Frankfort Auto Show, the Lamborghini Reventon is combination bull (named after the famous bull who took down legendary matador Felix Guzman) and jet (designed with some of the F22 Raptor Fighter jet styling). All I can say is that I love targeted products. Lamborghini's have always been targeted toward rich, playboys. Rich, American, playboys. The total production for this model is 20 and they are all sold out. At a price tag of over $1.4 million, this is a nice, tidy little project car for the Audi subsidiary. 241@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Luxury Item Wishlist 2007-09-13T17:52:11-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000234.php 234@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ As Seen On The Web 2007-08-16T07:26:13-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000233.php Check out this post on my friend Brian Lawley's site. Very funny. While you are there, check out his new Product Review Toolkit! http://www.280group.com/2007/08/worlds-first-it-guy-very-humorous.html 233@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ As Seen On The Web 2007-08-16T07:03:51-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000231.php This is one of 5 funny videos called "Man In The Box". You should see the entire series, but this one called "Laser Tag" reminded me of my days at the Peter Norton Group in the NAV Lab. Enjoy. 231@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ As Seen On The Web 2007-07-29T09:29:22-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000229.php Report from the field -- the Internet has crashed. 229@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ As Seen On The Web 2007-07-21T12:50:11-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000230.php Here is my vote for the 2007 Outstanding Commercial for this years Emmy's. 230@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ As Seen On The Web 2007-07-20T07:34:48-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000211.php When I was at Symantec, then CEO, Gordon Eubanks used to say "build what you can sell" -- he railed on us so we wouldn't just try to sell what we could build. Sometimes what we thought we could sell... 211@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Rants 2007-01-28T10:45:21-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000186.php Today I learned another lesson, never send anything you want to be delivered internationally UPS. They suck. So I decided to see who sucked more-UPS or FedEx. What better way than to use Google? Here is what I found out:... 186@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Rants 2006-09-29T21:12:48-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000175.php Ever since Pierce Bronson (as James Bond) drove up to the Icelandic Vatnajökull glacier, I've wanted a Aston Martin Vanquish. This car has had some really nice product placement (i.e., Die Another Day and Italian Job). In Die Another Day,... 175@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Luxury Item Wishlist 2006-09-09T12:49:23-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000177.php One Way to Buy a Jet Copyright © 2006 Cory Halbardier I was chatting with a skeptical real estate broker today when he raised the question, "I want a Gulfstream airplane (price somewhere around $4M), how do I get that,... 177@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Luxury Item Wishlist 2006-08-16T06:08:57-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000178.php The Surefire Way to Destroy Trust: Tardiness Copyright © 2006 Cory Halbardier There are two types of people: Those who habitually show up early, and those who habitually show up late. You know who they are. If you tell them... 178@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Motivation 2006-06-07T16:24:50-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000133.php "Ponderings About Aging," by Susan Dunn, MA, EQ and Life Coach 1. "Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young." -- Sir Arthur Pinero 133@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Motivation 2005-03-22T19:26:23-08:00 http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/archives/000132.php Increase Awareness With One Simple Question by Catherine Franz There are many ways we can increase our own personal awareness about our life and what we want to make out of it.Yet, we seldom ask the question, "Why am I doing this?" By consciously becoming more aware of what we do and why, we can then make phenomenal changes. Usually in leaps and bounds. This includes losing weight, being happier, working in a job we love, and all the rest of the things that most of us chase. 132@http://www.aipmm.com/html/therese/ Motivation 2005-03-22T19:15:27-08:00