You probably have one or two USB drives floating around. Although these were fairly expensive little gadgets in the recent past, now they’ve become common promotional giveaways and one or two GB drives can be had for less than the cost of a few drinks at the bar.
Most people use these to transfer files […]
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Office survival kit: PortableApps
Published by May 26th, 2008 in PR Practice, Personal Productivity, Technology and Workplace. 0 CommentsOn occasion, I have to make a decision that I’ve struggled with my entire life – do I go with my brain, or do I go with my gut?
For most people, the brain is their rational, analytical side. It tells people to be cautious, to take in all of the factors before making a […]
If (traditional) media companies saw the writing on the wall…
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Blogs, Mass Media, New Media, Social Media, Web/Internet, Weblogs and Workplace. 0 CommentsImagine if, 25 years ago, a time traveler from the present day appeared to newspaper, television and radio executives to outline the media landscape in 2008. He’d tell them about how the Internet has dramatically increased the number of media outlets and how it’s enabled everyone to opine or present news via text, audio or […]
What happens when you blog about work and your boss reads it?
Published by July 26th, 2007 in Web/Internet, Weblogs and Workplace. 0 CommentsWork and productivity blog Slacker Manager has brought an interesting dilemma to my attention (via Ask a Manager): An employee is an active blogger, and has recently posted a gripe about her workload on her blog. This employee has shared her blog with her boss in the past, who reads it on a regular basis, […]
MySpace profiles can lead to trouble, but this is ridiculous
Published by May 2nd, 2007 in Education, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Web/Internet and Workplace. 0 CommentsPoor Stacy Snyder. As a Millersville University student, she was nearly within reach of receiving her teaching certificate before it was denied by the school’s administration. The problem is a common one: They were offended by her MySpace profile. MySpace users, for some reason, are notorious for posting photos of themselves engaged in quasi-legal/ethical behavior […]
Sometimes you’ve just gotta kick ‘em out of the nest
Published by April 24th, 2007 in Workplace. 0 CommentsI found this article a bit disturbing. It’s the attack of the HELICOPTER PARENTS:
At Weber Shandwick, a global public relations firm, a father recently called the company to inquire about how his son could apply for its Atlanta internship program.
“I was very surprised. I answered my phone, and he said he had a son interested […]
