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How To Be An Effective Project Sponsor 17 Jun 2011 | 06:48 am
The Project Sponsor is critical to the success of a project. Sometimes referred to as the owner or champion, the sponsor is an individual that has the authority, access, and interest to help drive a p...
RSA’s SecurID Breach and What You Can Do Right Now 20 Mar 2011 | 01:03 am
RSA announced they have had a breach of their corporate systems and have stated some information regarding SecurID was stolen. There does not seem to be a direct threat as of this posting, but this is...
Evernote GTD and More to Get Organized 10 Mar 2011 | 04:10 am
Trying to find new ways to be productive? Reviewing how you work on a day-to-day basis to find better ways to do things? I’ve tried to find effective ways to be productive and organized using digital ...
Just Read: The Checklist Manifesto 10 Mar 2011 | 03:00 am
Over the weekend I read The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. It was recommended to me by a teammate (thanks Heather) . My library had a copy, so I checked it out. The point of the book is not tha...
Managers Should Add Value When Communicating 9 Mar 2011 | 03:00 am
As a Manager when it comes to communication, you should be able to add value, otherwise, why are you involved? Think about it. With today’s e-mail centric business environments it’s completely possib...
Helping Manage Your Manager 8 Mar 2011 | 03:00 am
Not all engineers are blessed with having a seasoned Manager with strong communication skills and business training. Sometimes engineers get promoted to a senior position for their technical prowess w...
Taking Responsibility for Technical Mistakes 7 Mar 2011 | 08:05 am
Mistakes happen. No matter how much training, experience, or process controls we have in place it’s still possible to misconfigure, bring down a system, or cause a customer to go down unexpectedly. An...
Long live Tommy 25 Jan 2011 | 06:43 am
This post is a little different from my usual ones. It still applies to project management, security, business, productivity. Last week I went to a funeral. Tommy Kuehn was 24 when he died. I had been...
DataLossDB – Learn About Recent Breaches 4 Jan 2011 | 02:49 pm
A non-profit group called the Open Security Foundation curates a site that provides details on information security breaches. You can search for information, use their various RSS feeds (such as the l...
Paid for Xmarks Lately? 20 Dec 2010 | 05:14 pm
In early December LastPass announced that it had purchased Xmarks. My initial impression was this seemed like a good fit product-wise, and frankly I was glad it seemed the product was saved. A couple ...
