Moving from Gmail to FuseMail
I finally got fed up with a very small 'feature' in Gmail and moved to FuseMail today. The 'feature' is the 'On Behalf of' feature that shows email
Tridenta on the Project Management “Iron Triangle”
Tridenta is a Dallas based IT consulting company who recently started a blog....and so far, it looks like they've started out on the right foot. I've been
Interviewing Tips for Interviewers
Five practical interviewing tips for hiring managers — be prepared, have a conversation, and stop reading canned questions. Plus a real cautionary tale.
Agile Project Management and Product Strategy – A Case Study
A case study on using agile project management methods to deliver a software product in half the time at less than half the cost.
I’ve been tagged…8 Random Facts
Jim Stroup of "Managing Leadership" tagged me recently in his post titled "Random Day 1"...guess its time to jump in with some random facts. I haven't
Follow-up to Organizational Culture
Why hiring based on GPA and pedigree fails organizations. Real stories from engineering leaders who built great teams by looking beyond binary credentials.
Googlenope
Looks like an interesting little fad out on the net now is to search for a Googlenope. What is this? According to the Washington Post's Gene Weingarten,
I am now a doctoral student
Starting a Doctor of Science in Information Systems at Dakota State University — why I chose the program, my specialization, and other schools I considered.
Book Review: Clear and Focused Messaging
I've been re-reading "Clients for Life" by Jagdish Sheth and Andrew Sobel and saw a very nice piece of advice about ensuring that your message to your
Agile Management
I've been doing quite a bit of reading lately on Agile Software Development and Agile Project Management and have come to the conclusion that the folks
Using Microsoft Project is not Project Management
MS Project has become an industry standard for project planning and I think it has value for a project manager, but a project manager should not rely on
I'm tired – a rant
A candid rant about broken recruiting practices, recycled blog content, and overhyped business books — honest frustrations and notes to organizations.
Agile & Iterative Development
I just finished the book "Agile & Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide" by Craig Larman. This book provides a very good overview for managers of
Bad Timing…or Bad Leadership?
Sally Lemke, a nurse in the Chicago area, was named VNA Foundation "Super Star" on July 10th. She'll be without a Job on July 30th according to the
Email Overload
CIO.com has an article titled "Intel's E-Mail Overload Solution" that describes the steps Intel is taking to combat email overload. What I found
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