I’m out of town this week without much of a consistent Internet connection, and I haven’t had any time to scour the web for the usual bits of greatness that I usually do. So, in sneaking bits here and there between obligations, here are some things you should click on. Really. Do it for my
Read More...I get asked how to follow MiPro on Twitter, and for that I have several answers. @mipro – our main Twitter account for all of MIPRO Consulting. This is where I route most of our commentary, discussion and blog post announcements. @jmicallef – One of MiPro’s founding partners. @japrokes – Another one of MiPro’s founding
Read More...Couldn’t resist sharing this. (Via Larry Zagata)
Read More...We’ve talked about PeopleSoft Real Estate Management (REM) before, but I want to take a moment to highlight an example of two common pains that many companies endure before realizing they need a full REM solution. Like everything else, this is an exercise in tipping points: your tools work well enough until one day, frustration
Read More...BNET’s Drew Kerr: Well-written press releases have lost much of their power to generate actual news coverage. Journalists suffering from information overload rarely have the time to slog through the number of pitches they receive daily, so publicists bank on their relationships with them to get coverage. If press releases have any potency now, it
Read More...Go figure: focusing on a dozen things poorly, running from fragmented job to fragmented job, trying to shift mindsets from tactical to strategic and struggling to figure out where you left a certain task might have long-term negative effects. After jumping through the mental hoops, the researchers found that the heavy multimedia users were at
Read More...Thought-provoking and spot-on post by Amber Riviere over at Web Worker Daily: Yesterday, I read the “Unconventional Guide to the Social Web,” and although I found a lot of useful information in it, one quote has stuck with me since reading it: “Your blog is your mothership. Don’t neglect it for lesser tools.” This is
Read More...The crew at 37signals has a book coming on March 9, 2010, and I’ve already pre-ordered it through Amazon. Front Back Pretty lively discussion going on over at SvN about the design, too.
Read More...I didn’t become a math and science nerd until later in life, which means my early attempts at grokking my multiplication tables were laughable. In third grade, Mr. Turnquist – easily the best teacher I had in all of my elementary school years – began drilling the “times tables” into us, thinking that our third-grade
Read More...AdAge’s Darryl Ohrt articulates a work schedule reality many management teams and HR departments are trying to rationalize: Entrepreneurs, senior executives and serious career employees have known for a long time that the “work day” is all day — and all night. (And if you’re doing what you love, it isn’t work at all.) Meanwhile,
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