The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look …
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the reality of working in IT for the last decade
we all get one shot at it, better make it count
all the things that make you want to pull your hair out, or scream at the top of your lungs
take charge of your career, before someone else does
Ok, I am just minding my business with the family and the walls start shaking and shaking. That was one of the strongest and longest quakes that I have felt in San Diego in a very long time. No damage here except for the Internet getting knocked out for a few minutes. A quick search showed a 6.9 magnitude quake in Baja California at 3:40 pm Pacific. A google map of the location can be found here.
Since then an aftershock has hit and a couple of smaller quakes in northern California.
Hope everyone is safe…
I have been working on a few papers recently and one of them gave me an opportunity to reflect for a bit on life and the evolution of our species. I remembered back to a …
I started to write about a recent bad experience I had at one of my favorite restaurants, but after a couple of days of cooling off, I realized this was a good example of taking work …
We work hard to stay on the straight and narrow path by staying focused in our work and driving towards our goals. However, as the pressure and demands on us increase, our focus begins to break down …
I definitely had some challenges getting the Amazon Kindle application for my Blackberry Storm2 downloaded and installed. However, since getting the application downloaded, I have had zero problems with it. The transfer of books to …
I read my e-mail this morning and found a message that Amazon released their Kindle reader for BlackBerry devices. I have been looking forward to this software release for the last few months. I eagerly clicked on the …
Sometimes I just get it, and this is one of these times. All the pressures of life mount and mount with work, family, school, career, finance, etc.; it’s enough to sap the soul out of anyone. …
My gosh there are a lot of people out of work right now and many of them are looking forward to taking your job right out from under you. Not a very pleasant thought when …
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Individuals, departments, and companies must track their performance in order to have a baseline and comparator for improvement over time. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are the baseline of understanding needed to determine performance metrics and will keep …
