Dress during duress – the new style in times of strain
A personal observation, nothing more. The Chicago Tribune Sunday edition (2/8/09) ran an article about the change in style driven by the recession and the new President. The article focused on how...
View ArticleTweet Home and 99 times out of 100 its no big deal
Twitter, Facebook and other social computing platforms are filled with people’s activities, what is going on with their lives. Most of it is interesting and often you get to see the routine pace of...
View ArticleTeach me the internet
It’s a question my mother asked me over the summer. She had just had some major surgery and was recovering in the hospital. The kids – were all over 30 now — bought laptop for her so she could send...
View ArticleIf I am here, then I cannot be there – Twitter and Face book
Social networking sites are great and we all enjoy letting our friends know what is going on in our lives. Recently I was showing my spouse my face book page and an old entry that said “Waking up in...
View ArticleWhat’s on your mind — on vacation this next week
Readers, boy you do not know how great it is to think that I have readers, I will be on vacation this week starting actually on April 14th. I will be back with more blog entries starting the week of...
View ArticleMy holiday wishes for CIOs around the world.
Its the time of year to take stock of the past year and think about our wishes for the future. 2009 has clearly been challenging to CIOs and IT organizations but not without its ‘gifts’ so to speak....
View ArticleWhat to do about 19A
Last night I was on an airplane, one of the larger regional jets and I was sitting in seat 20A – window over the wing. The airplane was packed and so my computer bag was on the floor under my seat....
View ArticleWays to keep the Internet from eating away your brain
There is a spate of books about the brain, the internet and the impact of the internet on your brain. They all point to the detrimental impacts of working in an interrupt driven, attention demanding...
View ArticleRework is the book Jerry McGuire would write — a review.
Rework by Jason Fried provides an energetic and alternative view on the nature of work in the modern world. The book is written in a series of fast paced sections around particular imperatives. In...
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