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title: "Mike MacDonald’s blog"
url: https://technologyvoices.com/blog/38/
description: "Mike MacDonald writes for Technology Voices as CEO."
published: 2026-04-30
updated: 2026-04-30
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# Mike MacDonald’s blog

Published 2026-04-30

CEO, Visual Mining

Michael MacDonald, Visual Mining, Inc. founder, has extensive experience in software design, development, and implementation, specializing in information graphics and Graphical User Interface applications. Recognizing the need for easy-to-implement dynamic graphics as well as the corporate support for the Java standard from Netscape and Sun Microsystems, he correctly assessed the value of a dynamic web-based graphics solution, and the need to supply chart components for developers and HTML authors. Before starting Visual Mining, Mr. MacDonald's work was incorporated in several large-scale software applications from AT&T, Intersolv, Hewlett-Packard, Tracor, and Shiva Corporation, as well as numerous applications within the US government and military. In 1995, Mr. MacDonald started MJS Consulting, a computer services organization providing software support to government and Fortune 500 companies, including Sun Microsystems, Fannie Mae, National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency and several others. He has also worked for Rapid Systems Solutions Inc, Tracor Aerospace ISD and the National Security Agency as a senior research intelligence analyst.

## Entries in the archive

### Free Will, Eh?

IT Management

A few weeks ago, after my Heartless blog entry, I received some great thought-provoking critical feedback both directly and indirectly. The gist of the comments was "Ok, well that's great for sharehol

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/04/14/)

### When opportunity knocks...

IT Management

A few weeks ago I was looking over some other blog posts here on ITToolbox and got intrigued by a thread that mentioned the benefits of volunteering for "impossible" projects. In other words, taking o

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/04/07/)

### Mike MacDonald

Follow the founding engineer turned CEO of a data visualization services provider as he offers insight into management perspectives and shares unique experiences from the executive level, including ke

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/04/04/)

### Heartless

corporations / fiduciary responsibility / opinion

Last night I watched the movie Cinderella Man, based on the remarkable life of depression-era boxer J.J. Braddock. In one scene, Braddock's manager, Jay Gould, asks boxing promoter Jimmy Johnston to "have a heart", and not show J.J.

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/03/20/)

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