Archive for June, 2008
14 Ways to Be Greener, More Productive and Cost Efficient With Your Printer
I was reading a blog post today on Stepcase Lifehack and which provided “7 Ways to Be Greener and More Productive with your Printer” which included a list of: Keep supplies at the point of use Print in “draft” mode to save ink Keep a scratch paper tray Make your printed documents come out in [...]
Improving the Value of Corporate Intranets
In a recent blog post by Andrew McAfee (Associate Professor, Harvard Business School) he addresses some of the greatest failures in corporate intranets and calls for a radical overhaul of the current structure. The primary concern for intranets is the rigid structure within which user need to work with limited content management, static content, and [...]
The Problem of Project Timeline Estimation
I found this great quote from the former CIO of Long’s Drug, Brian Kilcourse that I think provides a perfect description of why it is so difficult to estimate IT project timelines. “My boss [the CEO] once stood in my door and said ‘before we open a new store, before we even put the first [...]
Eliminating Business Card Clutter
I was impressed with the a recent article on Unclutter that ask presented the idea of replacing business card files with Evernote. While this was an interesting idea I was impressed with the simplicity of photographing a business card with my cell phone for future recall. As I have mentioned in previous entries I use [...]
