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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Let’s Define Micro-Management Properly
Everybody hates micro-managers and a lot has been written about micro-management. Unfortunately, quite often, they are written from the viewpoint of the micro-managed person, and not the micro-manager. Here is what Kathy Sierra had to say about micro-managers. Let’s do … Continue reading
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When Ads Destroy Branding
The reason why free markets work is that profit is a powerful motivator for economic activity. Supply and demand in the marketplace drive production, encouraging greater investment in goods demanded more by consumers. This is just as true on the … Continue reading
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The Ugly Side of Online Success
Once again, another blogger (Michael Arrington of TechCrunch) is targeted with death threats. This is fast becoming too crazy for comfort: Something very few people know: last year over the summer an off balance individual threatened to kill me and … Continue reading
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More Why Managers Get Kooky Problems
Yesterday’s post on delegation perhaps requires some additional context about why managers are faced with greater challenges as they delegate more. The missing context is how teams are built and how individuals operate in the team. In the beginning, you … Continue reading
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Proper Delegating Means Moving Onto Tougher Problems
Michael Lopp (a.k.a. Rands) explains why managers get to see a disproportionate amount of problems: There’s a reason you’ll see an inordinate amount of bizarre organizational crap as a manager. See, the individuals can handle — and should handle — … Continue reading
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100 Skills You Should Know if You are Still in the 20th Century
Or you are just miserly or into chest-thumping manliness. A few months back, Popular Mechanics published what they called the Ultimate Do-It-Yourself List of the 100 Skills Every Man Should Know. Every man should know things like “run rapids in … Continue reading
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Seth Godin Wrong about Rubber-Necking and Virtual Communities
In a recent post, Seth Godin talked about rubber-necking and how it results in taxing the time of other drivers. A few years back, I did some research on traffic patterns, and the reality is that you don’t (necessarily) need … Continue reading
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Comparing Blogger and WordPress.com
Blogger and WordPress are both blog platforms as well as blog hosting services. The latter allows you to write and post blogs on their servers, saving you the effort of setting up your own server. This is useful if you … Continue reading
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Government Websites Around the World
The White House website looks like it had a major overhaul. In addition to the striking new visual design, it also has a blog, video address and slideshows, and there is a promise to expand the website to increase the … Continue reading
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Public Domain Resources
I have previously written about Creative Commons and taking advantage of free resources. Something that I didn’t clearly express was the availability of public domain resources, which do not have any copyright as opposed to copyleft or Creative Commons licenses. … Continue reading
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