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Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm

GeekWire

Marie Donoghue , who previously helped lead Amazon’s sports content initiatives, is now chief business and growth officer at sports betting giant DraftKings. Debique is a former longtime Microsoft leader and also co-founded a startup called SyncFloor which aimed to provide licensed commercial music to businesses and creators.

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When Your IT Project Is Doomed to Fail

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

The specifics of golf handicapping are somewhat beyond me (kind of like quantum physics or Microsoft software licensing, in that "necessarily complex" category), but the overall gist of it lines up with a very simple formula for project success that I learned as part of PMP training: "Success Equals Results Minus Expectations".

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When Your IT Project Is Doomed to Fail

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

The specifics of golf handicapping are somewhat beyond me (kind of like quantum physics or Microsoft software licensing, in that "necessarily complex" category), but the overall gist of it lines up with a very simple formula for project success that I learned as part of PMP training: "Success Equals Results Minus Expectations".

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Apple is reportedly relying on states to pay for digital ID rollouts

The Verge

Apple will soon let users in participating states digitally store their driver’s licenses or state IDs on their iPhone’s wallet, but according to a report by CNBC , the initiative will be partially funded by the states — and their taxpayers. Image: Apple. Apple gets “sole discretion” over a number of aspects of the program.

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