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PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Paycheck Modeler

Today I am going to follow-up on my PeopleSoft 9.2 Guided Life Events post from a couple weeks ago. Up for discussion now: the new PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Paycheck Modeler. Paycheck Modeler is a new self service feature in PeopleSoft HCM 9.2.  Note that it is available for North American Payroll only and currently is

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Casual Friday: Is Android Better?

Paul Stamatiou’s Android Is Better post is generating a ton of attention (it made it to the front page of Techmeme, although it’s not there anymore), and I want to riff on it. Most readers know I am an “Apple Defender”. “Defender” is an accurate word to use because I find myself in conversations defending iOS

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The Best Reckless, Idiotic Smartphone App

So there’s this app called Send Me to Heaven that’s available only Android (hmm). The idea is simple: the app tracks how high you can throw your phone. You install the app (on your android, obviously). You then throw your phone as high as you can. Go on, throw it. Catching the phone is entirely

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Casual Friday: Making the Facts Fit the Narrative

As of this writing, Apple’s current stock price (NASDAQ: AAPL) is $464. Ever since Apple’s stock peaked at $702 in September of last year, Apple has indeed been beleaguered — by a media narrative, not reality. It’s as if the entire investment and media communities decided, in one fell swoop, “Okay. Apple’s had a good

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HOW-TO: Code to Mark a Completed Worklist Entry

Anoop Savio over at the Oracle PeopleSoft Blog has a very useful code snippet to mark a Worklist Entry complete. It’s detailed below, and we think it’s something our customers might like to see. Thanks, Anoop! Below is an example code is to mark the Worklist Entry as completed once the corresponding request is approved.

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George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates

George Saunders delivered the convocation speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013. It’s amazing and a flat-out must-read. Some excerpts: So: What do I regret?  Being poor from time to time?  Not really.  Working terrible jobs, like “knuckle-puller in a slaughterhouse?”  (And don’t even ASK what that entails.)  No.  I don’t regret that. 

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PeopleSoft RECONNECT 2013 Highlights; Top Keynote Takeaways

Last week, our team headed to the Windy City for PeopleSoft RECONNECT, hosted by Quest.  RECONNECT, the only PeopleSoft-specific event in North America, is a must-attend conference according to Tim Schinke, our Director of the North Central Region.  More than 300 PeopleSoft users from a wide range of industries came together under one roof to collaborate, share ideas and

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