Daniel Hoang

FAQ: What does Walk on Water mean?

August 21, 2010

When I was going to Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy, my career counselor said she heard from a fellow faculty member that Daniel walks on water. What does that mean? Walking on water means living without limitations. Just because we’re told that we can’t walk on water and that we’d sink and drown doesn’t mean it [...]

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Good bye my friend, we will miss you

August 11, 2010

I’m a cat person. I like their independence, but also their ability to manipulate their owners to serving their every wish. We’ve had Mochi for exactly a year now, adopting her from the vet school in Davis, CA. We recently started looking for a companion for Mochi while we’re at work. On a whim, my [...]

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Steve Jobs says the PC is the future, in 2007

May 19, 2010

Here’s an ironic video of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at the 2007 All Things Digital executive conference. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal asks Steve and Bill what is the principle device of the future. Ironically, Bill describes the future as a range of devices including a tablet form factor, a mobile device, [...]

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Performing an organizational-wide performance assessment

May 17, 2010

Traditionally, companies and governments perform what is known as a risk assessment, to identify the likelihood and impacts of potential vulnerabilities, threats, and dangers. While this is a worthwhile management exercises to keep the risks on management radar, it often focuses on negative events such as internal control weaknesses, security, and disasters. photo credit: yomy17 [...]

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Should my blog be self hosted or through a service provider

May 15, 2010

Nearly everyone has a blog in some form or another. I so often see individuals, and even companies use a service provider to manage their blog. This is referring to the many popular ones such as Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, Posterous, and so on. They’re easy to use, simply provide some basic information and they’ll set [...]

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FAQ: How do you fix all these Word, Excel, and PowerPoint problems?

May 4, 2010

The MS Office suite can be a pain in the butt at times. Even the most basic activities can easily be messed up or corrupted with bad data. Over time, a lot of formatting and hidden data is entered into a document. After a while, the document is filled with headers, styles, formats, hidden text, [...]

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Making a Social Media Script

April 9, 2010

матрациEvery time I work with an organization on setting up their social media presence, I typically start with defining their business objectives, goals, and expected outcomes. This is used to tie together a social media strategic plan that aligns their mission, vision, and values with social media. The implementation part is similar to many organizations. [...]

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FAQ: How do you do all your magic?

April 8, 2010

photo credit: catchthefuture This is a series of Frequently Asked Questions. I find my peers, coworkers, and friends asking the same question over and over. I always seem to have the answer. Naturally, I’m often asked: How do you do all your magic? I’m no Harry Potter or Warlock. It’s no secret. I don’t have [...]

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