Foto Friday – Sparrow Chomping on Seeds
I caught this little sparrow a few weeks ago at Spring Creek in Garland. Captured with my Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L and Canon 1.4x Extender
Generalists are good, experts can be better (sometimes)
Earlier this week I provided a rundown of my experience going through a sleep study in a post titled To manage it, measure it…but don’t destroy it in the
To manage it, measure it...but don't destroy it in the process
I'm a big believer in the mindset that you've got to measure it to manage it. If you can't measure something, its very difficult to manage that
Links for March 6 2011
Lessons From a Corporate Insider: Dream Big, but Think Small by Mark Ivey on MarketingProfs Daily Fix Blog Quote: Rather than delude yourself into
Foto Friday – Turtle Sunning
Here's a shot of a turtle sunning itself that I captured over the weekend. I needed to get out of the house for a few hours so I went up to the Heard
A lesson in Customer Relations
Yesterday I spent some time going through my inbox and cleaning up a lot of email newsletters / services that I've subscribed to. I think I unsubscribed
Oh boy! Another Project Management Certification...
I just saw an announcement that the Project Management Institute has a new Project Management Certification for Agile that they are piloting now (hat tip
Links for Feb 27 2001
It is all about The Customer by Neil Pearce Quote: Too often we in the IT department are seen as being out of touch by other people within the business
Foto Friday – Antelope Canyon sand flow
Here's yet another shot from our trip to Antelope Canyon last year. I love the colors and light in this canyon and the flowing sand adds to the photo.
Three simple questions for project selection
Neil Pearce just published a very nice piece titled "It is all about The Customer". Go read it. In the article, Neil argues that IT needs to focus on
The joys of tax time + a lesson
I've spent the few weeks working on my taxes. Fun Fun, right? It's actually not too bad to be honest...our tax situation isn't too terribly convoluted but
Links for Feb 20 2011
A System for Speaking IT Truths to CEOs - Robert Plant on the Harvard Business Review Quote: One of the protocols that's used for teaching medical
Foto Friday – Seagull in Flight
I went out Saturday to find some birds in flights to practice...i found quite a few seagulls at a local pond. The sun was quite harsh but I had a good
Flexible tools and platforms for a changing world
In the IT world, we tend to take a single-minded approach to our technology platforms. We have email systems. We have web systems. We have HR and
Reinventing IT might mean rethinking the Business
After my last post on the topic of Reinventing IT, I decided to think about the different aspects of actually reinventing IT and what it might actually
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