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Monthly Archives: July 2007
The Dilemma of the Capable
The Peter Principle states that in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence. In other words, every employee gets promoted until they reach a level where they are unable to perform their duties well and … Continue reading
Posted in business management
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Q & A Session on Google Analytics
Users of web visitor analytical data from applications such as Google Analytics and other programs use them to understand more about their visitors. They use the information to better design their website layout and content. But Google Analytics also provides … Continue reading
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When Murphy Strikes
Management is tough. It takes years of experience and learning to understanding how to manage people and resources well. While some managers get lucky and have an easy time, most managers find the going tough. Management is fundamentally a balancing … Continue reading
Posted in business management
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Productivity Tips for Nerds
Everyone wants to be more productive and there are literally thousands of books and web pages to cater to them. In this article, I want to focus on technical people because they exhibit certain special behaviors that get in the … Continue reading
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Coping with Difficult People
I recently heard an audio tape of the book, “Coping with Difficult People” by Robert M. Bramson. This is one book that every manager should read. In fact, probably every person should read this book. If they have to interact with difficult … Continue reading
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Integration between Google applications
The recent acquisition of FeedBurner and the subsequent quick integration with Blogger was a superb move by Google. Recently, Google has made many integration efforts between various applications and many of them have been really beneficial to both web authors … Continue reading
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High-Class Problems
Nobody wants failure, but success brings its own challenges and problems. I don’t know if you have experienced this, but every time you cross a new milestone, there is some other new issue waiting to be resolved. It is not … Continue reading
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Startup vs. Non-Startup
There are a lot of useful books and articles on business management. But many of them have a particular problem: The advice works only in a startup or a non-startup, but not both. Unfortunately, many articles do not clearly explain the … Continue reading
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The Full Feed Problem Again
Steve McConnell, the author of the programming Bible, “Code Complete“, has a blog called “10x Software Development“. I am a huge fan of McConnell and actually buy his books to use as reference material, instead of my usual method of … Continue reading
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Free vs. Getting Paid
In a previous post on making your hobby count, I mentioned that when you start making money, the focus shifts from you to your customers. There are 2 logical objections to a statement like that: Objection 1: When you start … Continue reading
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