A little while ago, I told you about a device that brought some super useful data to my health and fitness awareness: the Fitbit. I won’t go into it again, but suffice to say that nearly a year later, I still use the Fitbit every day, for nearly every activity. Today, I’d like to tell
Read More...I can’t think of one industry today that isn’t considering cost-effective ways to manage their assets, capital equipment and facilities to maximize their longevity and return on investment. Everyone’s thinking about it. My father once said, “The best kind of car is one that’s paid for.” A simple statement, but when you think about it,
Read More...If you read Michael Lewis’ The Blind Side, you know he offered his reasoning that argued that football players are the smartest in sports because the game is complex, dynamic and moves very quickly during an actual play. (Yes, The Blind Side book lead to The Blind Side movie, starring Sandra Bullock.) Recently, in the
Read More...Great mini-lesson from Jason Fried over at 37signals, which he gleaned from the book Turn the Ship Around: David Marquet, the author and nuclear sub captain, says you can’t empower people by decree. While you might be able to ask someone to make a decision for themselves, that’s not true empowerment (or true leadership). Why?
Read More...Great video narrated by none other than the great Richard Feynman, whom I consider a hero. Enjoy!
Read More...Nothing rings in a new year like terrible package copywriting. Right?
Read More...Hey everyone! As I’ve demonstrated in previous video blogs and podcasts, PeopleSoft 9.2 powered by PeopleTools 8.53 changes the user experience drastically with WorkCenters, Activity Guides, Train Stops, Alerts, etc. Having participated in the User Experience panel at OpenWorld this year, I was able to see some of the upcoming new and exciting capabilities that
Read More...Ignore for a moment that this is an Oracle-created video, and as such it is essentially marketing according to the https://the-indexer.com/ team. Nevermind that. What’s interesting is that clients we’ve helped with PeopleSoft 9.2 mirror some of these exact thoughts to us on a weekly basis. There’s a buzz surrounding PeopleSoft 9.2 (especially the PeopleSoft Update
Read More...Over at Businessweek, there is a fascinating piece entitled The Rise and Fall of Blackberry: An Oral History, which details the rise and fall of the Canadian giant from different personal perspectives. Here’s one from Vincent Washington, senior business development manager at RIM from 2001-11: One thing we missed out on was that Justin Bieber
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