Life is seldom simple so we must make sense of the twist and turns
From the monthly archives:
For a couple of months I’ve been intrigued by the personal content management software “Tinderbox” by Eastgate Systems. I’ve search the Internet for discussions or tips, read all the information on the Eastgate web site and the Tinderbox Wiki, have downloaded the Tinderbox demo, and viewed the documentation and tutorials (what there are) and I [...]
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So where do you think the line is between having a natural ability and working extremely hard at something until you excel?¬† While I don’t think you can disregard the natural ability, I do believe that hard work and determination are extremely important to success.
Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users said: “The only thing standing [...]
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Many of us write weblogs for ourselves, but most of us enjoy when people read and comment on our entries. Guy Kawasaki at “Signum sine tinnitu” has some good tips on how to let people know about your blog in The 120 Day Wonder: How to Evangelize a Blog.
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After a very lengthy explanation process we finally received budget approval on a network expansion/reconfiguration project. This approval process was made exceptionally difficult due to recent upper management changes that left the main decision makers consisting of managers with no I.T. knowledge or experience. This is a common problem in a Japanese owned [...]
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On this day one year ago my wife and I were married at the White Rocks Inn in Vermont.
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The initial or immediate total acceptance or rejection of an idea or event is imprudent. True value often only becomes apparent with the passage of time. For example, let’s consider something everyone has strong opinions on at the moment‚Ķthe invasion of Iraq. Now if we look ten years in the future and [...]
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Most people with business experience have had to deal at one time or the other with making a presentation, and most of these presentations were created with Microsoft PowerPoint. Here’s a good explanation of how to design your presentation to get your point across.
What is a Good PowerPoint Design?
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If you’ve read many of my previous post you will already know and understand that I’m a techno-gadget type of guy. For the last several years, at about this time each year (the company I work for gives a small bonus each April), I’ve treated myself to some major new major computer item. [...]
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When I originally ordered my Apple Powerbook G4 1.5 gHz laptop computer I ordered it with the default configuration which included an 80gb 4500 rpm hard drive. I love the laptop but have always been a little disappointed with the speed that applications or data seemed to load. When I found a good bargain on a faster hard drive I took advantage of it.
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SoFoBoMo '09
