Oops! Not Again!
Lest I seem to be judgmental, let’s start out with a professional revelation: I probably make hundreds of mistakes a year. In fact, it is possible I picked my career—one where mistakes are so intrinsic...
View ArticleSave Now or Save Later
Whoever invented the coupon was a very smart person. The psychology behind coupons makes them effective. Sure, if there is something you were going to buy in a certain store anyway, a coupon just saves...
View ArticleIs a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?
Recently, I sat through a product demo where the presenter filled most of the presentation time flipping from graph to graph to illustrate the power and flexibility of his product. I must admit the...
View ArticleExperience Matters
I was tickled the other day to hear from an old colleague via Linkedin. She kindly reminisced about how in bygone days I taught her something about SQL, and now she is mentoring others. While I...
View ArticleCommunication
One of my sons is a .NET developer (a.k.a. software programmer). He recently told us about a task he was given that proved challenging and time-consuming. But he used some problem-solving skills and...
View ArticleWho Cares?
If you have been following the recent blogs of my colleagues, the collection portrays an interesting tapestry of middle-class USA. They write about people, specifically about traits like experience and...
View ArticleThe 3 Most Important Tools in Project Management
Project Management is such a huge topic and everybody has their own perspective, but each Project Manager is primarily concerned with three essentials: Get the job done right Get it done on time Get it...
View ArticleIntuitive UI. Really?
Spitfire Management recently released V2017 of its Spitfire Project Management System. One goal in this version was an easier-to-use, more intuitive UI (user interface). While we think we achieved the...
View ArticleIs Excel’s Bad Rap Warranted?
Microsoft Excel gets a bad rap! Is it warranted? All too often I hear negative comments about Excel in the work place. Statements like: Someone keeps messing up the formulas! The data is out of date!...
View ArticleJoy and the Tidy House
I’m a sucker for any books or magazine articles that promise the secret of organization and managing your time effectively. And every year, I go through the same process of making new year’s...
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