Best commercial on TV right now
IBM Smarter Math: Correlates nicely with the best 3 jobs you can have, as ranked by the WSJ: mathematician, actuary, statistician.
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Are you going to finish strong?
Below is a video that I think all of us could use as we live our lives and try to do what’s best for our businesses. No matter how difficult things are, it’s never the time to simply give up. Way too often a cliché with nothing behind it, here’s someone who is forced to
Read More...Now available: PeopleSoft packaged services
Over the last six months, one of the most frequent requests we’ve been getting is for low-cost, high-yield, quick-turnaround packaged services that tackle some main technical hurdles of PeopleSoft implementations. These aren’t standard, large-project based engagements: these are geared more towards productized services than traditional professional services. What we’re finding is that despite the slow
Read More...Best & worst brand redesigns of 2008
Underconsideration.com has a great showcase of brand/logo redesigns done right and horribly, horribly wrong. The top honor winner, Dave Egger’s own 826 Valencia, is astounding. To wit: Likewise, WGN Superstation, the worst offender (in my opinion), is downright, well…horrible. It’s like 1988 meets Big Brother and a metric ton of eyeshadow. Can’t see how this
Read More...How economic chaos can mean opportunity for smart, daring firms
Fantastic post by Don Dodge over at The Next Big Thing about the mentality necessary to endure tough economic times: Chaos brings opportunity. A recession makes companies think about saving money. They consider small vendors that they wouldn’t do business with in boom times. Competitors go out of business. Be in a position to take
Read More...Project Management Lingo
Michael Sippey proffers the absolute best list of real-world project management lingo that is (unfortunately) really, truly out there and really, truly used by people who should really, truly know better. My favorites: Clue bat Coconut shuffle Come to Beavis meeting Consistify Eating the elephant one bite at a time Gantt flotsam Happy status Hit
Read More...Google Zeitgeist 2008
Google has posted its 2008 zeigeist collection, which is a compilation of the most popular searches, by category, that flowed through Google search boxes throughout 2008. As always, there are some interesting finds for 2008, and certainly it’s easy to see how these were so top-of-mind: Fastest rising global search: Sarah Palin Top three searches
Read More...Oracle Announces One Additional Year of Available Support for PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8
Relevant information to many of our clients. From the Oracle support FAQ: Q: What is Oracle announcing? A: Oracle’s PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8 customers will be able to purchase an additional year of Extended Support. This adds a fourth year to Oracle’s typical three-year timeframe and extends the overall Extended Support date from December 2010 to
Read More...Who Protects the Internet?
It’s Friday, so allow me to be a bit aloof as I meander around conceptually for a few minutes. We hear constant talk of security in the IT space, from desktops to networks to servers to enterprise applications to how the top-grade SaaS/on-demand companies can possibly harden client datastores to keep the important bits contained
Read More...QUOTE: Management Wisdom from Tommy Lasorda
"I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it." — Tommy Lasorda (via Bob Sutton)
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