Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 12/16/11

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 12/16/11

Do you overthink things? Does this article sound like something you need? I have chronic, epic, daily failures with this, as I can overanalyze what gym socks to wear on what day given forecasted temperatures, footwear expectations and workout frequency (this is a real example, one that’s even scarier and more anxiety-inducing when I see

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Did You Know PeopleTools 8.52 Is iPad Certified?

Talk about an undersold feature. Dave Bain over at Oracle’s PeopleSoft Technology Blog has the scoop on something Oracle should be talking about more: One of the real gems in the PeopleTools 8.52 release is the certification of PeopleSoft applications running in the Safari Browser on an iPad.  It is nice that PeopleSoft is not constrained

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Peggy Noonan on Steve Jobs and Why Big Companies Die

Peggy Noonan, talking about Steve Jobs in her WSJ column: There is an arresting moment in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs in which Jobs speaks at length about his philosophy of business. He’s at the end of his life and is summing things up. His mission, he says, was plain: to “build an enduring company where

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Why Constructive Criticism Doesn’t Exist

Tony Schwartz, writing for Harvard Business Review, gives three key behaviors to keep an eye on as you seek to give ‘feedback’ to someone else. 1. The first mistake we often make is giving feedback when we are feeling that our own value is at risk. That’s a recipe for disaster, and it happens far

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 12/9/11

I don’t have a story from my bizarre childhood to tell you, but I will say I am listening to Nickelback on Spotify right now and really digging them. You know, the Nickelback that everyone comes out of the woodwork to say they hate, completely, wholly, entirely, even though they have no idea who Nickelback

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Oracle to Confirm Commitment to Non-Fusion Applications

Great timing and/or intuition. Just when everything coming from Oracle has been heavily Fusion-centric, the company is expect to confirm its ongoing commitment to its wide array of non-Fusion applications. Here’s Anh Nguyen, reporting for Computerworld: The company first announced its ‘applications unlimited’ policy back five years ago, its pledge to continue investing in and

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Metro Detroit’s 2011 ‘101 Best & Brightest’

MIPRO Consulting Wins Metro Detroit’s ‘101 Best & Brightest’ for the 6th Consecutive Year   by Lenore S. Litwin on August 29, 2011 Bear with me for a self-congratulatory moment?   I was so proud to receive the announcement last week that MIPRO has once again been named one of ‘Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best &

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The Science and Voodoo of Successful Project Plans

It is not too awfully uncommon to be expected to create a detailed project plan without having all of the details. Weird, right? Not really. It’s completely understandable why this may expected. If you aren’t a project manager or practioner, then it would be challenging to understand what is actually required to develop a detailed

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