I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of a life coach. I use a fitness and nutrition coach these days, and they’ve been priceless in terms of their impact on my health. Life coaches are interesting in that they are like mentors, but different because a life coach relationship is spelled out, whereas a mentor
Read More...Marc Weintraub, writing for PeopleSoft Apps Strategy: The new PeopleSoft delivery model enabled by the PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM), means the continuous delivery of enhancements and maintenance via PeopleSoft Update Images. In order to assist customer who are deploying PeopleSoft 9.2 and ensure they get the latest and greatest capabilities the PeopleSoft team periodically plans
Read More...The web has a famous cliché floating about in regards to photography. Hailing from photographer Chase Jarvis, the quote goes, “The best camera is the one that’s with you.” It’s also the title of his book on iPhone photography. There’s a good deal of truth to this. As I write this, I have a Canon
Read More...Anoop Savio over at the Oracle PeopleSoft blog dishes about a feature in PeopleTools 8.54 — the ability to create fluid pages. But first, if you’ve never heard of fluid pages, here’s the gist: PeopleSoft application fluid pages scale gracefully from large screen devices, such as laptops and desktops, to the reduced viewing space of tablets
Read More...Tim Ferriss, as part of his book club featuring books that dramatically impacted his life, said Josh Waitzkin’s The Art of Learning is one of the books hedge fund managers have on their bedside tables. After reading it, I can see why. Like Ferris, this book will go down as one of the best self-improvement
Read More...The cliché goes, ‘correlation does not equal causation.’ This means, of course, that just because Thing A correlates to Thing B, it does not mean Thing A caused Thing B. Tyler Vigen over at Spurious Correlations illustrates this in hilarious fashion. Here’s an example: Click to enlarge. This is fantastic on so many levels. Be sure
Read More...Brand new video posted by PSFTOracle about the new Asset Management WorkCenter. This is built on PeopleSoft Update Manager Image 4, which is a fantastic piece of technology. The PeopleSoft Asset Management 9.2 WorkCenter streamlines your business processes by providing your Asset Clerks and Asset Accountants a centralized workspace that helps increase visibility and control
Read More...One of the most fascinating articles I have come across in months is The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols. It’s a great piece, and you should definitely take time to read it. Its basic gist is this: we live in an age where everyone has a publishing/broadcasting platform for their opinion (Twitter, Facebook, commenting
Read More...Earlier this week, I shared a post on our Facebook page about an article called The 30 second habit with a lifelong impact. It’s a great piece, and you should read it. This made me think about some of the best advice I’ve ever been given. The kind of advice that makes you go, “Huh,
Read More...Honestly, I save pages all the time to Pinboard (if you collect pages/links for future reference, let me be the first to say this is worth a one-time fee of $10.37), and it’s been quite some time since I’ve emptied my queue. I’ve scoured the entire internet to bring these to you, which is no small
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