November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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July 2011
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“The map, the map, the map is not the territory… look at the ground.”
– Ronin ~ Sam, played by Robert de Niro.
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June 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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January 2011
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November 2010
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October 2010
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“I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of...”
– Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789. Words for the wise.
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September 2010
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August 2010
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“Action will destroy your procrastination.
Act now, for now is all you have.”
– Og Mandino. He lived this quotes in his life.
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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! How can we solve this paradox? The answer lies in Agile Methodologies, particularly Lean Kanban....
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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.
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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...
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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.
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WatchVisualizing 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...
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.
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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.
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April 2010
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“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
– Benjamin Franklin.
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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...
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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.”
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March 2010
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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.
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Watch2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Theme – “I Believe” by Nikki Yanofsky. Inspiring.
Today 9 pm EST the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games start. Go Canada!
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“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is...”
– Benjamin Franklin.
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January 2010
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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.
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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.
December 2009
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