February 2012
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Workflow has nothing to do with work
I’d like to take a moment and challenge some traditional wisdom. When working on solving problems within a business many people will claim, “it’s a workflow issue.”. Countless hours are spent documenting “workflows,” developing complex flow charts of data interaction and decision points. Did you know that no “work” actually happens in a workflow?
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Less business intelligence, more business common...
All too often I hear my company’s products confused with “business intellegence” systems. While it is possible to configure those types of solutions with our platform, that would be equal to saying every car Chrysler builds is a pick-up truck. It’s just not the case. A solution platform such as ours is really about one thing…coming up with the common sense solutions...
In The Rush To Mobile, Don't Ignore The Power Of... →
Steve Ballmer Reboots →
Build a Stronger Professional Network with These... →
January 2012
2 posts
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Phone: A Case For... →
No matter what tech comes the pen (or pencil) and paper will always be worth it.
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Text messages versus data messages
I did an analysis of my family text messaging usage over the past six months to see if the release of iMessenger between our iPhones made any difference. If you’re not familiar with iMessenger, it’s an update to the texting app on the iPhone that recognizes when you are messaging another iMessenger user and sends the message as data rather than as a carrier text message. I think the...
December 2011
6 posts
Why I Went Paperless (Contributed Post by Evernote... →
Good article with some rationales behind the shift to paperless using Evernote. I follow some of the very same reasons myself.
Evernote for Students: The Ultimate Research Tool... →
Another good guide for getting the most out of Evernote, this time for students.
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The Facebook Effect
Social Business. It’s all the buzz now. Everyone who’s anyone in business is proclaiming the virtues of the social business model for success. Let’s cut through the hype. There are some things that the concepts derived from social networking for personal use can be leveraged in the business world. Activity Streams - knowing what your co-workers are working on and providing relevant feedback...
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Quick and Easy
Why is it that so many people want to make collaboration projects so darn complicated? Overloading interfaces with features, trying to fit every possible idea into one solution, and not doing anything until it’s “perfect.” There’s times when having something that is “good enough” is far better than not having what is “perfect.” The key is to design collaborative solutions in a way where they...
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Project Management Dashboards
It’s a rare presentation on project management when I don’t hear a request or interest in project management dashboards. ”We need to see what is going on in all the projects in real time,” is the common statement made. Providing those types of dashboard controls from a technology perspective are a relatively simple matter. The hard part is…why do you want them in...
October 2011
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'Flipped' classrooms take advantage of technology... →
Doesn’t this make more sense than the traditional model?
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“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else...”
– George Orwell (via philphys)
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The Power of Polite Conversation
So often in today’s hectic world we fail to extend each other the common courtesy of small talk. We’ll begin conversations with, “Did you get to this?” or “What’s the status of that?” before we even say, “Hello.” In the hunt for brevity and efficiency, the victim is the common exchange of pleasantries that was so often the norm in days past. How difficult is it to take five seconds at the...
June 2011
2 posts
Gartner: Five Considerations with Enterprise... →
“Life is a beta.”
– Jeff Jarvis
May 2011
1 post
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How to Run a Pop-Up Restaurant with Evernote: Rice... →
A proper breakdown of how to use Evernote for information gathering around business planning.
April 2011
3 posts
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“Madness is what genius looks like to a tiny mind.”
– Stephen Moffat
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The 5 Myths of collaboration →
Using Google Docs for collaborative notetaking →
Lots of people will get together and compare notes to create massive study guides, but since Google Docs lets you collaborate in real time, why not just take the notes together in the first place?
March 2011
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“Many people are realizing that random phone calls are just not considered polite...”
– Phone Calls Are So Last Century | Techdirt
February 2011
3 posts
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Use a netbook, not a tablet, in school →
As a big fan of netbooks this is a great article to learn about some of the virtues of netbooks in the classroom.
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Sync Microsoft Office docs with Google Docs →
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Five tips for Evernote
I’m a big fan of Evernote and I’m always looking for new ways to make it work for me. Here’s a couple of tips I’ve started applying and getting more use from Evernote (didn’t know that was even possible based on how much I use it already!)
When sending an email use the BCC (blind courtesy copy) field in the address section to include your “secret”...
October 2010
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7 Time Management Mistakes You Are Making With... →
September 2010
3 posts
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Social applications taking the place of email in... →
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The Google Docs Drawing Tool Makes Collaborative... →
August 2010
4 posts
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“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Bene Gesserit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Elegance of Simplicity in Collaborative Spaces
One of the challenges we face with the implementation of collaborative workspaces is maintaining the fine balance between functionality and simplicity. We have all watched a site go horribly awry due to a focus on specific, deep details without maintaining a holistic view of the experience. SharePoint, Google Apps, etc. - the platform does not matter; the symptoms are the same. The effort comes...
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Phone calls are old school and rude. →
The evolution of our society from an interrupt driven one to one that focuses on response when convenient is a necessary and highly desirable step.
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Five tips on presenting with a partner
The occasion may arise where you want or are compelled to present with a partner. Partner presenting is one of the more challenging types of presentations to pull off effectively. Taking your time to prepare and focusing on the reactions of the audience when each person is presenting gives you the information to make your message resonate with your listeners. To make this go smoothly and not...
July 2010
7 posts
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SharePoint 2007 vs SharePoint 2010 Comparison →
A good comparison of features between SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010…even if it does seem a bit slanted to 2010.
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“Innovation does not require a revolution. What it does require is thoughtful...”
– Five Common Mistakes On Innovation And Managing Change. Much That Is Held As Common Wisdom Regarding How Purposeful Or Successful Innovation Happened Is Wrong. - innovation playground Idris Mootee
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Parents, kids, and online - It's about the trust,...
After watching the Frontline special on “Growing up online” I’ve come to realize the core of the issues, whether it’s social networking, cyberbullying, stalkers, or any other forms of nastiness boil down to one thing…trust.
We can spend all our money and time building moats and walls around our children, screening their friends, and spying on their every move but it...
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Stop the insanity! Turn off the Internet! Think...
Reading articles that extol the negative aspects of students and technology, the unbridled evil that is use without strict monitoring and filtering, brings my blood to the proverbial boil. This is another symptom of a society and educational system gone terribly awry, failing to teach individual responsibility for one’s actions while understanding the imperfect nature of the real world we...
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Firing up the creative engine
Reposted from July 25, 2007
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Every so often we’re called upon to do truly creative work. I’m not referring to watercolors or pastels but rather that work that takes us out of our comfort zone and into an area of improvisational thinking to come up with solutions, ideas, or as Gallagher often says, “totally new concepts!” (If you’re not...
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Building a school intranet using Google Apps:...
So you think you’ve finished all the planning for your new intranet and you’re ready to get to the building part. Not so fast there…there’s still more thinking to come.
Concentrating on the problem solving
You have identified the specific needs you have to meet for your intranet to be successful, but now you have to figure how to accomplish those objectives with the tools at hand. Personally...
“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not...”
– Inspirational and Wisdom Related Quotes - Global One TV
June 2010
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What is to blame for SharePoint information... →
It has been stated recently (and not so recently for that matter) that SharePoint sites can become the “black hole” of information management. Incredibly easy to set up and run, information is left…
March 2007
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“You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem.”...”
– The Dowell Domain — Favorite Quotes