Written by Darrell Etherington. Lately I’ve been on a bit of a streamlining kick. That is, I’ve been trying to find simple, elegant solutions to multiple problems in one convenient package. Easier said than done, unfortunately. The problem is getting everything you need in one place, in ...

This post is part of a new series that I call "Soft Skills for Hard Time; How to be Your Best When the Economy is a Mess".  My goal is to get you to appreciate that your security comes from within and you can increase your security and value to the marketplace by in...

PT Sinomast Mining is a company under Bintang Biru Group. Bintang Biru is a group that has long experience shipping, ship owning, mining, and international trading as well. As every strategic business has independent management yet makes collaboration each other to give a synergy. The company is loc...

Through a bizarre set of circumstances , I find myself, even though self-employed coach, a project manager of other coaches. And, the whole experience is reminding me, yet again, just how hard, but what a great learning experience, project management can be. So, with respect and reverence, the rest ...

Written by Aliza Sherman. I’ve been struggling with the learning curves inherent in adapting new project management and collaboration tools for my own company and have previously blogged about the way my own brain processes information - and a GUI - quite differently from that of my company’s pr...

I’ve been struggling with the learning curves inherent in adapting new project management and collaboration tools for my own company and have previously blogged about the way my own brain processes information - and a GUI - quite differently from that of my company’s project manager. The...

This post is one of the first in a new series that I call "Soft Skills for Hard Time; How to be Your Best When the Economy is a Mess".  My goal is to get you to appreciate that your security comes from you and you can increase your security and value to the marketplace by...

I recently wrote a post on Velocity Signature Analysis and have been looking at how undertaking large chunks of work as a complete team impacts velocity. We are currently three quarters of the way through a major (4 months long) piece of functionality and velocity is finally rising. This seems a pat...

A Farewell to Words: "Obama's inaugural address showed that he's moved beyond simply inspiring us. His oratory is now about naming and giving order to the work to be done: roads, the electric grid, ending torture, restoring America's place in the world." -- Mark Schmitt, The American Prosp...

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Productivity The idea of tagging files as an organization and project management method has been around for some time now, and we've mentioned applications in the past (FileSpot, TagBot, Punakea ... ) which touched on some useful applications for the tagging method...