Comment on How to Make People Management Software More Human by Gordon Ross
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Comment on How to Make People Management Software More Human by Gordon Ross
Well said Daniel. Geoffrey Moore at E2.0 in Santa Clara summed it up nicely by saying that we're not talking about systems of record, but rather systems of engagement. Nice expression that furthers the thought around social software.
How To Find Your Lost iPhone For Free (AAPL)
Apple snuck in a nice bonus in the iOS 4.2 update: now anyone can use the "Find My iPhone" feature without paying for a MobileMe account.
Find My iPhone, allows you to view the location of any iOS device from the iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone. If you have a MobileMe account, you can also use the web-based locator.
The app lets you send a message to the device, so if anyone finds it, you can tell them how to get in touch with you.
If you suspect your phone is stolen, you can remotely wipe or lock all your data so the thief can't access your contacts, photos, or other vital information like your current Angry Birds ranking.
If you are trying to locate an iPod Touch or wifi only iPad, the device must be turned on and connected to the Internet. You also need to download the app to each iOS device you plan on tracking.
Click here to learn how to use Find My iPhone >>Join the conversation about this story »
See Also:
- UPDATED: The iPod's Amazing Evolution
- Apple Bans Snuggie Porn From The App Store
- iPhone Update Loses Your Songs: Here's How To Fix It
How To Find Your Lost iPhone For Free (AAPL)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Blog Post: How to Support a New Location with SharePoint Virtualization
Private cloud computing built on virtualization technology provides ways to reduce the capital cost by allowing you to utilize more of your existing resources. Using Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 and S
Blog Post: How to Support a New Location with SharePoint Virtualization
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How Did You Treat Your Self-Evaluation?
I don't know anyone who enjoys writing their year-end self-evaluation, myself included. Highlighting my initiatives, successes and failures (aka, areas in need of improvement) makes me uneasy. At the last few places I worked, the form is online and there were five radio buttons ranging from Outstanding to Unsatisfactory. Below that was a text box so I could elaborate.
I used to agonize over these questions and forestall the torture by waiting until the last minute. Then I'd rush through the form, click submit and hope for the best.
The last straw came when my supervisor said I could be much better at documentation, which I was amazed to hear because I do a great deal of documentation. I enjoy writing and keep a log of what I've done as well as a running document for each project. I said this during the review, but it was too late: I'd had my chance to make my case on the form, and now I was on the defensive.
Today I'm more proactive. Starting with the face-to-face valuation, I write down what I was asked to improve and add it to my daily log. This may seem obvious, but often I've treated the meeting like the self-evaluation, something to hold my breath for until it's over. Now I have something to work from, and the notes keeps me focused on improvement. The first year was easy: Improve documentation.
Keeping Notes
Your log is just a date, some bullets and a basic headlines for the day. When I get a bit of praise, or complete a project, or volunteer, or whatever will look good in my review, I note it with the key word, "Evaluations." When the time comes, I search for that word, and can quickly pull up compliment. All I need to do is cut and paste it into the self-evaluation. This way I'm working backwards. The supporting text comes first and then I can click the radio button with confidence. The log works for me. If you don't use a log, just add notes to your calendar with a common search term so they're easy to find.
I calendar at the first of each month as a reminder to add some entries, just in case I've gotten lax. Even a little note goes a long way toward filling out those text boxes at the end of the year. In the end, your self-evaluation will be thoughtful and represent the work you've done.
We have a tendency to skip over the self-evaluation because our job really isn't on the line. But in today's economic climate, that may not always be true.
-- Dino Londis
How Did You Treat Your Self-Evaluation?
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How Your Thanksgiving Turkey Gets Made
It's turkey time.
Millions of Americans will dive into the big bird on Thursday, smothering it with gravy or cranberry sauce or both.
Many will also face the scornful stare of their vegetarian cousin, silently asking, "do you know how that turkey got here?"
We can assure you: You don't want to know.
From conception to carcass, here's the short, hellish life-cycle of your industry-produced turkey.
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How Your Thanksgiving Turkey Gets Made
Monday, November 22, 2010
How to Bypass Carriers Apple-Style
It could sell competitive roaming deals to its customers. International roaming is horribly expensive for telephony and even more so for data. If Apple would connect with these networks directly, the networks wouldn’t know whether or not the customer was from France, the UK, or Zimbabwe. All it would see is an Apple IMSI. The first six digits would direct the device to Apple, which could then offer its customer a data roaming deal at prices as low as local rates. Customers could buy data roaming for an hour, six hours, a day or a year and operators could compete for their patronage. Apple would guarantee the payments and collect these through iTunes. It would pay the carrier after the customer has made use of the service.
How to Bypass Carriers Apple-Style
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
How Apple’s Closed Ways Could Land It Into Antitrust Trouble
While the antitrust spotlight has long been pointed at Google, the company that really has to watch its step is Apple. Beginning in the 1980s, Apple’s Steve Jobs left behind Apple’s original open design and began to champion a “closed”—or as the firm prefers, an “integrated”—approach to computing and entertainment delivery. This fact is familiar to any Apple user. Apple’s products are designed to work well with humans, other Apple stuff, and, at a distant third, other companies. “Foreign attachments” to the Apple system are sometimes accepted, but never quite loved.
Contrary to what devoted “openists” might suggest, there are some advantages to Apple’s approach. Products engineered to work together often work better, if only because the firm’s engineers have more information. An Apple engineer building an application for the iPhone knows much more than someone programming an App for all the phones Android runs on. Moreover, to its credit, Apple isn’t an integration purist, like AT&T in the 1950s. Apple runs standard protocols like WiFi, allows outside Apps on the iPhone, and hasn’t tried to reinvent the World Wide Web. You might say that a clever, nuanced balancing of open and closed is Apple’s real secret.
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Comment on How to Bypass Carriers Apple-Style by Tim
If this happens only with Apple devices, it won't make a difference since Apple products are used by only a small number of people
Post originale: http://gigaom.com/2010/11/20/how-to-bypass-carriers-apple-style/#comment-518659
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Comment on How to Bypass Carriers Apple-Style by Otto
This is all nice and all, but what would be the incentive for any operator in the world to allow this? Just having iPhone to sell means nothing if you can not sell minutes and data as well. On the other hand, consumer would be in perpetual roaming and there is no way that roaming prices would be lower than non-roaming prices. Also, if I'm not mistaken, transfer wifi-3g is already possible on T-Mobile network in US (for select phones or planned for "near" future in other cases).
Post originale: http://gigaom.com/2010/11/20/how-to-bypass-carriers-apple-style/#comment-518648
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Comment on How to Manage Telecommuters: Tips from Project Managers by PM Hut
I like the first point, paraphrasing, this is important to make sure that the employee understands the task he or she is assigned to.
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Ask the Headhunter: How Do Headhunters Get My Name?
A Reader Writes:
I recently graduated from college and have joined the IT consulting arm of a big accounting firm. I consider my compensation to be very good, the work exciting, and I am largely happy with where I am.
Lately I've had quite a few telephone calls from a number of headhunters. My questions really are twofold: How do these guys get my name, and how do I vet them? I am open to the idea of changing jobs, and I know that I have skills which are highly in demand right now, but want to ensure that the headhunters I select are going to do the best job for me with Fortune 100 companies. Any advice?
Nick's Reply:
The good headhunter gets your name from people in your industry who know about you. (If you had more experience, they might get it from publications in which you are referenced.) In other words, they're experts in your industry and they do solid research to find you. The slothful ones get it from databases which they buy from all sorts of sources, including publishers of industry journals you subscribe to. It's debatable where the "line" is with regard to how random or thoughtful the process is. Since you're with a big accounting firm, your name is probably on a lot of lists.
"I want to ensure that the headhunters I select are going to do the best job for me."
Always bear one fact in mind: Headhunters don't work for you. They don't do a job for you. They do a job for the client who is paying their fee. The best ones will respect you and treat you fairly. Make sure that your interests and wishes are completely clear when you deal with a headhunter. If necessary, get certain things in writing; for example, their agreement to not distribute your resume to anyone without your specific consent.
Also remember that while you may not need a headhunter's attention now, you may need it later. If you like a headhunter, be helpful when he asks for suggestions and referrals of possible candidates for a search. Of course, you may ask that your name not be disclosed. Your assistance keeps you high on the headhunter's list of cooperative industry insiders, and increases the likelihood he'll keep you in mind when a good assignment comes along. It also makes it likely he'll take your call when you need help or advice.
Otherwise, there's nothing mysterious about headhunters. Feel free to ask them for references and for information about their firm. Check them out! And, always expect them to act professionally and courteously. You'll recognize the best ones from their behavior.
For advice about specific issues when dealing with headhunters, please check the resource book listed below.
Copyright © 2010 Nick Corcodilos. All rights reserved. Ask The Headhunter® is a registered trademark. Nick Corcodilos is president of North Bridge Group, Inc. and the author of two new e-books, How to Work with Headhunters and How Can I Change Careers? He shares his contrarian advice and hopes to learn a lot from you, too. Got questions or comments? Please join the discussion!
Post originale: http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/how_do_headhunters_get_my
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Comment on How to Communicate Your Busyness to Remote Colleagues by Avdi Grimm
These are great tips! For communicating your business to coworkers and clients on a dispersed team, another thing that can be useful is a presence tool such as Yammer or Presently. These act as a "private Twitter" for communicating status to your team.
Post originale: http://gigaom.com/collaboration/how-to-communicate-your-busyness-to-remote-colleagues/#comment-514945
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Infographic – Just How Safe Is It To Fly?
An interesting info graphic showing us just how safe it really is to fly – note: data were gathered in 2009 and analyzed for creation of this graphic depiction. This graphic of interest as reports are showing that air travel bookings are up some 3.5% this year over 2009 for the busy Thanksgiving travel period. [...]
Post originale: http://blog.gisuser.com/?p=8072
Sunday, November 14, 2010
iPAD SURVEY RESULTS: Everything You Need To Know About How People Use The iPad (AAPL)
The answers have implications for web publishers, app designers, and other gadget makers.
Based on responses from more than 500 iPad owners, here's what we've learned:
- Safari, the web browser, is the iPad's most important app. But iPad owners download, pay for, and regularly use many apps, on average.
- Most people say they are using the iPad MORE now than when they first got it. So perhaps it's not just a novel toy that people will throw away once they get bored.
- Almost half of the iPad owners surveyed have the 3G model, which lets them connect from anywhere. But only about half of those are on a data plan.
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See Also:
- The Truth About The iPad, Day 100
- 10 Ways People Are Using The iPad To Create Content, Not Just Consume It
- Here's What Next Year's iPad Will Look Like
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Wow -- Check Out How Blatantly Our Government Misled Us With The October Jobs Numbers!
Remember last Friday's payrolls numbers--the ones that blew away expectations about the number of jobs created and got everyone talking about recovery again?
Well, even at the time those payroll numbers were confusing, because the other part of the jobs report--the "household survey"--showed yet another crappy number.
But by pointing to the crappy household number and ignoring the payroll number, the bears seemed to be trying to make lemons out of lemonade.
But it turns out that there was a simple reason why the payroll numbers looked so good--a reason that had nothing to do with underlying strength of the jobs market.
What was that reason?
The government changed the "seasonal adjustment" it made to the payroll numbers--and, in so doing, boosted the number of "jobs" created in October by 100,000.
Stephanie Pomboy of MacroMavens (via John Mauldin) explains:
" 'The seasonal bar which the payroll data must jump was (inexplicably and dramatically) lowered from prior Octobers.
" 'Thus, in October 2009, the BLS set the bar at 870,000 jobs, similar to the 840,000 it anticipated in October 2008. This year, by contrast, it lowered the bar to 768,000. Mumbo, jumbo, payrolls presented "an upside surprise" of 100,000.'
Alan Abelson of Barrons (again via John Mauldin) adds the following:
"According to John Williams at Shadow Government Statistics, the BLS' fiddling with the figures via what he calls 'seasonal-factor games' actually created 200,000 phantom jobs last month. John cites such finagling as the reason his prediction of an October decline and a rise in the jobless rate was wrong. It also explains why seasonally adjusted payrolls were revised upward by 110,000 in September, including 56,000 in August."
In other words, it wasn't that there were a surprising number of jobs created in October. It was that the government changed its "seasonal adjustment" assumption in a way that made it look as though there were a surprising number of jobs created in October.
Now, seasonal adjustment is an art not a science. And maybe the new seasonal adjustment is more defensible than the old one. But if our government is going to publish a number like this that represents such a major "surprise," we would expect it to at least be upfront about the reasons for the surprise. And in this case those reasons had NOTHING to do with the jobs market, and EVERYTHING to do with the seasonal adustment assumption.
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See Also:
- Those Jobs Numbers Were Much Worse Than They Looked
- This Is The First Respectable Jobs Report In Years... And It Was Still Full Of Problems
- Here's What No One Told You About The Supposedly Great Jobs Report
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