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Misc

Black Friday – What a fitting title

Today (the Friday after Thanksgiving) has been given the name Black Friday...and now it is really fitting. Just ran across a news article about a Wal-Mart

Nov 28, 2008 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

Crowdsourcing

Finished this book up earlier this week and I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed.  I feel as though a book by the man who defined the word

Nov 26, 2008 · 2 min read
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Uncategorized

Tuesday Links – Nov 25 2008

I initially said I was going to post some links every Sunday...but I'm running across some really interesting things out there. So...I'll be posting

Nov 25, 2008 · 1 min read
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Innovation

Innovation and Outsourcing – Do they go together?

According to a research report released by The Hackett Group, and reported by Financial Week, they don't. The Financial Week article, titled "Customers

Nov 24, 2008 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Sunday Links – Nov 23 2008

A new feature here on the blog...Sunday links. Look for 5 to 10 interesting links every Sunday. The Four Dharmas of Project Management by Bas de Baar -

Nov 23, 2008 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

Supercapitalism

Supercapitalism, written by Robert Reich, is an amazing book and should be read by every single American citizen. The book is a historical look at

Nov 19, 2008 · 2 min read
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Communication

Communication in Project Management

Steve Neiderhauser posted some excellent commentary in a blog post titled "Persuasion Equation".  In the post, Steve mentions a class he attended that

Nov 17, 2008 · 1 min read
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Information Technology

Hiding behind your Role

A recent article by J Schwan at The Technology Edge titled "Stop Hiding Behind your Role and Get it Done" has an interesting spin on the world of

Nov 14, 2008 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Photos from the Fort Worth Zoo

My wife and I went to the Fort Worth Zoo over the weekend and got some great shots, including this little Lounging Meerkat.  Click the picture to view a

Nov 11, 2008 · 1 min read
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Project Management

David Daly: Great Websites for Project Managers

David Daly over at Outside the Triangle recently posted a listing of "Great Websites for Project Managers"...and I was surprised to a link to my blog on

Nov 10, 2008 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

I finally read "Good To Great"

For the longest time, I've put off reading "Good to Great" by Jim Collins but finally decided to pick it up. Have you ever realized that your perception

Nov 7, 2008 · 3 min read
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Blog

The Cost of Bad Data

Mike Sebastian, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at SourceCheck....and a great guy to boot, has recently had an article published on InsideARM titled "The

Nov 3, 2008 · 2 min read
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Information Technology

Mike Schaffner on Marketing IT

Mike Schaffner posted two great blog posts about Marketing IT....or rather the Un-Marketing of IT. Mike starts the topic with this comment (which I

Oct 29, 2008 · 2 min read
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Misc

After the big game...

Well...my beloved Oklahoma State Cowboys lost by 4 points on Saturday to the #1 ranked team in the country. I'm still proud of the 'Pokes...still in the

Oct 26, 2008 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

Dealing with Darwin

Ever see a book in the bookstore that catches your attention and you realize it was a best-seller sometime in the past?  You realize you never picked it

Oct 24, 2008 · 3 min read