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Robert X. Cringely


Recent Articles about Robert X. Cringely

Managing Techies

By Carole Matthews |  Oct 10, 2003

They're not your normal group of employees. Leading an IT group often calls for being able to facilitate work often in a chaotic environment that is "rife...  Read more

Letter from the Editor: Growth Odyssey

By John Koten |  Jan 1, 2003

How Zingerman's found a breakthrough strategy.  Read more

What's Next: They've Got Your Number

By Robert X. Cringely |  Aug 1, 2003

Identity theft using a combination of computer technology and government information is a major crime just waiting to happen.  Read more

Bad for Business?

By Bobbie Gossage |  Aug 18, 2003

On Thursday, the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy sent a Read more

Are You Ready for VoIP?

By Carole Matthews |  Mar 30, 2004

A fair amount has been written about the advantages and disadvantages of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) or telephoning over the Internet. Anne Stuar...  Read more

What's Next: Data Disasters

By Robert X. Cringely |  Nov 1, 2003

If litigation requires you to produce every e-mail your employees have written about a given topic, could you do it? If not, you could be looking at jail tim...  Read more

What's Next: Data Disasters

By Robert X. Cringely |  Nov 1, 2003

If litigation requires you to produce every e-mail your employees have written about a given topic, could you do it? If not, you could be looking at jail tim...  Read more

Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Pixar

because we like to be seduced  Read more

Mail: April 2003

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 2003

Readers react to recent Inc. magazine articles.  Read more

Mail: March 2003

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 2003

Readers react to recent Inc magazine articles.  Read more

What's Next: Power Surge

By Robert X. Cringely |  Jul 1, 2003

Thanks to new technology, your next Internet service provider could be the power company.  Read more

What's Next: Power Surge

By Robert X. Cringely |  Jul 1, 2003

Thanks to new technology, your next Internet service provider could be the power company.  Read more

What's Next : Talking to the Tech Department

By Robert X. Cringely |  Dec 1, 2002

They're not just nerds -- they're your nerds. Help them help you.  Read more

What's Next: The Next Next Big Thing

By Robert X. Cringely |  Mar 1, 2003

Were you thinking that the innovations of the Internet age are over?  Read more

What's Next: Software for Non-Dummies

By Robert X. Cringely |  Feb 1, 2003

Integrating new applications can be easy, if you let it be.  Read more

What's Next: Better Methods

By Robert X. Cringely |  Sep 1, 2003

Suppose you could really figure out why advertising works.  Read more

Kudos for the Kid

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 2003

Comments on Sundance, spam, and the SBA.  Read more

What's Next: Dreaming of Big Money

By Robert X. Cringely |  Dec 1, 2003

All entrepreneurs have a dream. Vergil Daughtery's is to strike it rich with a novel financial instrument he calls XPOs (that's expirationless options, to you).  Read more

What's Next: Introducing the CamPuter

By Robert X. Cringely |  Apr 1, 2003

Imagine 10 million surveillance cameras, digitized and linked.  Read more

What's Next: Internet Phone Service is Here

By Robert X. Cringely |  Oct 1, 2003

Bad news for your phone company: Good, cheap Internet phone service is finally here.  Read more

What's Next: Internet Phone Service is Here

By Robert X. Cringely |  Oct 1, 2003

Bad news for your phone company: Good, cheap Internet phone service is finally here.  Read more

Why I Read Business Blogs

By Hillary Johnson |  Aug 1, 2005

Some of the smartest people I've ever met, I've never met. A story of modern mentoring.  Read more

What's Next: One-Stop Shopping

By Robert X. Cringely |  Jan 1, 2003

Well, now. A Web-based service someone actually needs. Want a piece?  Read more

What's Next: Do One Thing Right

By Robert X. Cringely |  Jun 1, 2003

Smart companies are finding ways to make money on the Net.  Read more

What You Can Learn from Steve Jobs

By Steven Berglas |  Oct 1, 1999

By revitalizing Apple Computer, Steve Jobs proves that there's nothing like a charismatic leader when times are tough. But could all that charisma backfire w...  Read more