Archive for the ‘culture’ Category.
November 5, 2006, 6:51 pm
Trevor Cook has published a great read on Social Media “Social Media or how I learned to stop worrying and love communication – The Power of Web 2.0″. It is free to download. Download it, print it (if you are so inclined) and make some action plans for your organization. The article covers blogging, podcasting and RSS, including examples of organizations using these tools for increase communications.
The big benefits of these technologies will come when organizations embrace these tools within their enterprises.
October 28, 2006, 10:49 pm
Wearing your seatbelt can save your life or reduce the injuries you may sustain in a motor vehicle crash. With all the knowledge we have, why is seatbelt use not at 100%? Maybe putting this sticker in every automobile will change that.
June 9, 2006, 10:58 am
For everyone who lives by their Blackberry, here is a novel way to get some breathing time. Gizmodo reports on a Chicago hotel that offers to lockup your Blackberry. This is another way of accountability to allow you to get some freedom from that little device.
From Reuters
June 5, 2006, 6:04 pm
Who would have thought. HP a leader in so many things, is withdrawing from telecommuting. This is such a short sighted move and is sure to cause many high performing individuals to look for alternative employment.
With gas prices ever increasing, increase pollution from moving people from one place to another, just so they can be in the same room and the decreasing amount of time parents have to spend with their families, this is just a no-win strategy.
The benefits of telecommuting have been documented for several years now. If there is a problem, it is most likely with people management skills of those involved with staff hwo are telecommuting. Having staff all in one place is not going to solve that problem.
April 4, 2006, 11:28 am
Rob at Cockeyed.com tested the safeguards credit card companies have against identify theft and fraudulent card applications. The Torn-Up Credit Card Application is a step by step account of how all the warning signs were ignored on a credit card application.
For some more fun and interesting times, check out the other areas on his site.
April 1, 2006, 10:01 am
The Financial Times reports that Myspace is stepping up efforts to remove objectionable material from its hugely popular social networking site. MySpace acts to calm teen safety fears talks about the challenges of keeping the site open yet not scaring off “advertisers”!
MySpace.com, the fast-growing community website hugely popular with American teens, has removed 200,000 “objectionable” profiles from its site
It’s a start. Myspace has been under fire from parents and educators for the amount of personal information that teens are able to post in public. Students are being warned to not post personal information that can be used to track down an individual. However with Myspace growing unabated, stronger tactics will need to be taken to ensure the safety of the site.
With 66m users, and 250,000 new users signing up every day, MySpace has become one of the top internet destinations.
But how do you validate 250,000 new users per day?