You might ask, what does mobile computing have to do with project management? The answer is LOTS. Projects create and maintain a calendar of events. Keeping these synchronized with your other projects, business meetings, your personal tasks, and having them handy where ever you go is a very good thing for your sanity and your […]
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Agile Techniques for Project Manageme...
Recently my oldest son graduated from High School with all the accompanying graduation parties and preparations that goes along with it. Now, for anyone who has gone through this, you may recall how involved all the activities were. Add to this running a business and trying to keep your own sanity, and you may find […]
The Impact of Measurement
I’ve been wearing my pedometer for longer than I’ve been actively tracking the steps. However, for the past month I have been logging my steps as part of the Commuter Challenge Walk Around Ann Arbor through WalkerTracker. Prior to logging my steps I would walk about 2,200 steps a day. Which is what caused me […]
Agile Requirements and Story Cards
I recently completed work with a client that was struggling with their move to Agile practices. They were transitioning from a traditional waterfall process to an Agile process for all their IT projects and were experiencing some difficulties in writing, estimating and planning with Story Cards. Their most obvious issue was that their Story Cards […]
World Without End
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 […]
World View
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 […]
ArbCamp – WebSite Conversions
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 […]
ArbCamp – Social Networking 101...
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 Twitter groups just […]
ArbCamp – Search Optimization &...
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 […]