Update on Blog

November 25, 2009

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It’s been way too long since my last post, almost three months to be exact. Since then, a lot has happened. Work has become a lot more intense, but fun. I adopted a baby kitten; she blogs at mochicutie.com.
In the next few days, I hope to participate in the monthly [...]

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Tech Support Cheat Sheet – How I Do It

August 26, 2009

People often ask me how I know so much about computers and how I get all these things done so fast. Webcomic xkcd just figured out my trick and made a flow chart. I rarely know all the shortcuts or where the buttons are in an application, it’s a matter of poking around and just [...]

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Traveling Consultant? There’s an App for that. 10 apps for business productivity.

July 8, 2009
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There’s an app for everything. As a traveling business consultant, I rely on my iPhone more than most people. I depend on a core set of apps that help me remain productive during down times: waiting at the airport, waiting for a meeting to start, and “shhhh…” while commuting home. My upgrade to the iPhone [...]

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Five ways to automate and outsource life

July 5, 2009
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As a consultant, I put in long hours and a lot of travel. By the time I get home, doing chores and household tasks isn’t on the top of my list. In an effort have more quality time during the weekends, rather than catching up on chores, I opted to engage in some outsourcing services. [...]

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Using Crowd Sourcing to Improve the Issue Management Process

June 28, 2009
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While issue management is not specifically addressed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), it is a key process necessary for effective project management. An issue is something that requires a decision made and associated actions performed. It is a situation that has occurred or will occur, as oppose to [...]

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Video Tutorial: IdeaScale – Crowd Source Your Feedback

June 21, 2009
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This is my first screencast and is an experiment on the viability and demand of reviews and tutorials of web products. This week, I demoed IdeaScale, a Seattle-based company whose product line includes QuestionPro, the popular online survey tool. Their latest product is IdeaScale, a powerful feedback application similar to Digg. Users can log in, [...]

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Weekend Roundup 1

June 13, 2009

Periodically during the weekends, I’ll recap a few posts that were long forgotten in the archives. Today, the theme is social media:

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Social Media Policies and Procedures
This was one of my best posts that was tweeted by @chrisbrogan and drove in a lot of traffic. There’s a strong business interest from companies [...]

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Simplify Your Writing to Communicate Better

June 7, 2009

A short report, presentation, letter, memo, or document is often many times as hard to write than its long counterpart. Anyone can write a 20 page report, it takes talent to condense all that information in to a one page briefing. So why do you see such poorly written documents both online and offline?
The amount [...]

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