July 2010
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“It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.”
– Winston Churchill. In Project Management this is a rule, and the consequence to this rule is that the further into the future we try to plan, the less reliable plans become. However we still must plan, and be agile to react to changing circumstances.
Jul 30th
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Jul 29th
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EFF wins case: jailbreaking an iPhone and video... →
Before the the Electronic Frontier Foundation won this case it was a grey area that Apple chose to ignore, but others on the video front of fair-use opposed vehemently. On a related subject the court decided that selective ripping of DVDs, or using video clips for “noncommercial works for purposes of criticism or comment” is permissible under US law. 
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 21st
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“Do not confuse activity with accomplishment… [you must engage in]...”
– Zig Ziglar. All of us have experienced how time escapes from our hands, and literally disappears from sight. Why? Because when there is a lack of goals with their associated target dates, and action plans we live hour after hour doing things, the problem is we accomplish very little. People...
Jul 17th
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Jul 12th
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June 2010
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“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s...”
– Peter Drucker. The renowned authority on management, makes an excellent point.
Jun 20th
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Jun 12th
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Jun 8th
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Visualizing Complexity. PMBOK 4th. edition is a great framework to organize a project using best project management practices, but in order to understand it well, I find that visualizing all the processes helps a lot. This chart is a useful way to uncover the logical sequence of events that PMBOK recommends for a project. Not every process is always necessary, it rests on the experience of the PM...
Jun 1st
May 2010
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♫ Up to the Mountain ♫ →
Inspiration comes from so many places, but the highest of them all is from above. Patty Griffen sings a song moved by a speech of Rev. Martin Luther King.
May 26th
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“Never take by sacrifice what can be gained by strategy.”
– Douglas McArthur. The lessons behind this quote are so vast, it would take many pages to go into details, but suffice it to say that they apply to project management, business and life.
May 21st
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May 13th
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May 13th
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May 6th
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May 6th
April 2010
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“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
– Benjamin Franklin.
Apr 30th
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Protect your Privacy on Facebook Again
There is a new privacy setting in Facebook called “Instant Personalization” that shares your personal information with non-facebook websites without even asking you! Once again Facebook has defaulted to a “over-share” setting, but you can fix this: Go to Account > Privacy Settings > Applications and Websites > Instant Personalization > Edit Settings and...
Apr 26th
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“Only one thing turns a dream into an impossible task: the fear to fail.”
– Pablo Coelho. Brazilian novelist. Original quote was found in Spanish and it said: “Sólo una cosa vuelve un sueño imposible: el miedo a fracasar.”
Apr 17th
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Apr 7th
March 2010
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Mar 30th
February 2010
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“This was what I dreamed about, this is what I worked for.”
– Evan Lysacek. Winning a Gold medal, or achieving dreams is a combination of hard work, faith and dreams. Never forget that, you need them all.
Feb 19th
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2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Theme – “I Believe” by Nikki Yanofsky. Inspiring. Today 9 pm EST the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games start. Go Canada!
Feb 12th
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“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is...”
– Benjamin Franklin.
Feb 4th
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Feb 2nd
January 2010
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Jan 27th
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“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning...”
–  Dwight D. Eisenhower. Although he was referring for war, I have found that on any important human project, planning gets us ready to face the unexpected.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 15th
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Jan 10th
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“One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes...”
– King Solomon wrote this paradoxical advice on his book of Proverbs (ch. 24 verse 11) and it is actually true, as recent research confirms.
Jan 8th
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December 2009
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Dec 25th
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Dec 17th
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“Simplicity like elegance is so easy to spot, yet so hard to achieve or create...”
– Joseph Hurtado.
Dec 15th
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Why Privacy is a Basic Human Right
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has unfortunately confirmed the suspicions of many, and has made our previous warning on not over sharing even more important. You can read his appalling declarations on the loss of our personal privacy here. He basically says that Google will show anything that anyone posts anywhere about us, and we are solely responsible for whatever information...
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 2nd
November 2009
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Nov 27th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 21st
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Good News Network! - I do welcome this one! →
Nov 16th
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Nov 12th
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“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in...”
– John Wesley. Inspiring, and true. And the key idea here is doing. Plans, dreams and eloquence are nothing without ACTION.
Nov 11th
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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is...”
– Mark Twain. Doing, and breaking apart the big challenge into smaller efforts, is truly the secret of all meaningful projects.
Nov 8th
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Nov 7th
October 2009
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Oct 28th
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