January 3rd, 2008
Just finished the 1,000 page novel by Ken Follett, World Without End. Set in mid-to late-1300’s England, it traces the lives of 5 individuals from childhood to old age. Facing adversity, apathy, hunger, torture, abuse, and worst of all, the bubonic plague, Ken Follett brings the past to life in a very realistic format.
Through [...]
November 2nd, 2007
A nifty map viewer located at: http://muti.co.za/static/newsmap.html displays news on the region of the map selected. Find news from around the world by point and click. Of particular note is that the map opens to Africa! Nice to have a different world view than the usual European/American center of the universe thing!
The world gets [...]
October 27th, 2007
Some sketchy notes I took on the Website conversions session given by Ross Johnson
1. Website goals – most sell something
Anytime you’re creating a website you’re creating a domain name
Your website’s calling card
Should be able to remember it after saying it 2 to 3 times
Simple, unique, easy to remember
Dot com is preferred [...]
October 27th, 2007
Notes I took on Social Networking 101 session given by Derek Mehraban
1. Get on twitter -
CNN breaking news on Twitter
businesses use this for customers – deals
plug-in to integrate twitter into your blog
very searchable – optimized
use your profile space for keywords you want to be found for
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October 27th, 2007
Notes from the Search Optimization Session at 1pm
Ross Johnson – speaker
Why using search vs Yellow book or asking a friend?
Easy way to find answer to question ↠key!
1. Must provide relevant results – search engine goals
How to make yours the most relevant?
No way to trick your way to the top [...]
October 14th, 2007
The Next 2 Days of Your Project will either contribute to its success or its failure.
Your team’s first impression of the project is critical to a common understanding of what is being accomplished.
Over two thirds of all projects either fail or are seriously challenged, according to the 2006 Chaos Report from the Standish Group. [...]
July 10th, 2007
Having just seen the 1954 movie ‘Magnificient Obsession’ with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman, my husband and I had a chance to be so tested the other night. We were out on our usual long neighborhood walk enjoying the weather and scenery when we noticed a car pass us twice, and stop at a cross [...]
April 4th, 2007
My passion is to help companies get organized with their projects and get their work done. Companies looking to adopt an Agile methodology hold a particular interest for me since I’m quite fond of doing more of what works and less of what doesn’t and producing deliverables quickly and iteratively.
If any of this sounds interesting to you, [...]
February 11th, 2007
If you have ever been interested to delve into the inner-workings of project management or to consider how trust plays a role in full-functioning teams then you may be interested to attend the February 19, 2007 Huron Valley PMI Chapter meeting. I am presenting on the ‘Absence of Trust, the First Dysfunction’. This is taken [...]
February 2nd, 2007
With team members across continents and languages, how do you make Global Project Teams effective? Find out in the August 2003 issue of PM Network. A PDF* version of the document is below.
Click here to download Hand in Hand
PMI members can access the article under the Members section of http://www.pmi.org.
*The PDF article requires Acrobat reader. [...]
