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How the iPad will Revolutionize the Way We Use Computers

January 30, 2010

The Apple tablet, officially named the iPad, was announced with mixed reactions. Unlike the iPhone announcement, this product was something that people didn’t really need. Steve Jobs asked the audience if there was room for a third category of mobile devices, in between the iPhone and Macbook laptops. Visionary Jobs believes so. He believes that [...]

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Innovation and Disruptive Technology

January 24, 2010

Every few years, a new product or idea comes out that revolutionizes the industry. The word processor came out and made the typewriter obsolete. The telephone changed communications. The airplane made the world much smaller. The Internet made newspapers a thing of the past. With the anticipation of the next iPhone coming out, and all [...]

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Prerequisites for Enlightened Analysts

January 17, 2010

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In my journey to become a better consultant, I’m reading “Now you see it: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis,” by Stephen Few. Below are a few traits he listed for a good analyst:

Interested
Curious
Self-motivated
Open-minded and flexible
Imaginative
Skeptical
Aware of what’s worthwhile
Methodical
Capable of spotting patterns
Analytical
Synthetical
Familiar with the data
Skilled in the practices of data analysis

What do you [...]

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Happy New Year and Onwards to 2010

December 31, 2009

>столовеn overly ambitious statement, I said that I was going to draft my 2010 goals out. Unfortunately, I was caught off guard on how much end of year work was left to do and that will carry over to the next year. Fortunately, the new year is just an arbitrary date set and has no [...]

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Entrepreneur vs. Intrapreneur: Is it worth it?

December 12, 2009

My friend Jun Loayza pushed his girlfriend to be an entrepreneur and came up against resistance. Not everyone is cut out to go solo, nor should they. In the tight knit blogging and Brazen Careerist community, you see quite a few that have gone out on their own. The appeal is very tempting at first: work [...]

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Four New Must Have iPhone Apps for Business

December 7, 2009

Early, I posted 10 essential business apps for a traveling consultant. Since then, I’ve gotten my hands on several new apps that have enhanced my productivity while mobile.
CardSnap Business Card Scanner ($14.99)
Most of the business card readers on the app store do the OCR (optical character recognition) using the phone’s relatively slow processor. For something [...]

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Where Do Social Media Policies and Strategic Planning Fit in a Company (Part 3)

December 2, 2009

This is the third part in a series of posts developing a social media toolkit for companies. When I last wrote my piece on Social Media Policies and Procedures (Part 1), it received a lot of interest and showed up fairly high in the Google Search results. Part two was developing a Social Media Strategic Plan.
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December Monthly Goal Meet-Up

November 30, 2009

I’m going to try to actively participate in Rebecca Thorman’s monthly goal meet-up. It’s a group of bloggers who publish their goals publicly to increase accountability and transparency. Each month, the bloggers post their progress in the prior month’s goals and publish their next month’s goals. Since this is my first post, I’ll start with [...]

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