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OK Go’s Latest Is a Music Video Mixed With Illusion

OK Go is known for music videos that surpass even the most liberal definition of what a music video can be. Their latest video, for a song entitled The Writing’s On The Wall, is downright mind bending. The video is below, but you should know a few things: No CGI or effects are involved. It

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Is PeopleSoft HCM a Modern HR System?

Great writeup from Maria Ana Santiago over at PeopleSoft Apps Strategy discussing the buzz around “modern HR systems” and how PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 fits within that label. We’ll be the first to say that pandering to an ambiguous marketing term like “modern HR system” is a slippery slope, but indeed that’s what we hear our

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Malcolm Gladwell on Criticism

Here’s author Malcolm Gladwell on the concept of criticism, and how entering a critical dialog with someone doesn’t have to equate to taking a shot at them or their work literally. Good stuff, and while it’s a solid theory most people understand, it’s much harder to put into practice. It requires a good deal of

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Realtime Map of Lightning Strikes

This is too cool not to share: here is a realtime map of lightning strikes. (This region is set to United States, but you can select others on the left side of the screen.) Make sure your sound is turned on too, because you can hear audible notifications when a strike is reported. Average delay

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VIDEO: Get Smart About the Cloud and Cloud Providers

This video is making the rounds, and yes it’s a marketing animation, but it really hits on a key point of cloud provider consideration: asking the right questions. The importance of this cannot be overstated. Most organizations we work with are looking for cloud solutions in one way or another. They want to ask the right

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VIDEO: PeopleSoft Talk: Mobility, Featuring David Bain

Oracle’s Marc Weintraub sits down with David Bain, Director of PeopleTools Product Management to talk about mobility, which is the mobile-centric features and upcoming direction in this area for PeopleSoft. Suffice to say that PeopleSoft is taking the mobile platform issue very seriously. This also ties in with what we wrote earlier about PeopleSoft Fluid

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Our Favorite Commencement Speeches, Just in Time for Graduation Season

Graduation season is upon us. I have a fascination with graduation speeches, because I always find it interesting what luminaries will tell young adults just entering the fray of real adult life. In fact, I bookmark the best of them. Yes, I’m strange. To that end, however, I’d like to recap three of my favorite

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NEWS: Updated PeopleSoft Statement of Direction

In case you missed it, there is a new (June 2014) PeopleSoft statement of direction posted on My Oracle Support.  There’s a ton of information in here.  Specifically, there’s great information on PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface that ties into several of our previous blog posts. Above and beyond that, it’s the best place to find information on

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Cool Tools You Can Use: Validation Templates for PeopleSoft Contracts Processes

For PeopleSoft Apps Strategy, Oracle’s Mark Rosenberg kicks off a new blog series called Cool Tools You Can Use. Headed up by PeopleSoft product management team, the series will be based on conversations Oracle had with PeopleSoft community members. The theme of this particular series is highlighting existing solutions to problems customers are trying to address. In

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