First Impression: The Blended Work Life

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Work-Life Balance Tilting Too Much
Towards Work

Work-Life Balance Tilting Too Much
Towards Work 11/14/2003 02:51 PM
One of the downsides to the fact that people can work whenever they want is that it's sometimes hard for people to stop working. According to a study done in Europe, many overly stressed out workers are asking their bosses to cut their hours and salary just to gain back some control over their lives. Meanwhile, many bosses in IT are increasingly worried that their staff is going to burn out. Of course, a lot of that could be solved if companies hired more people, but they still seem hesitant to do so.

A Day in the Life of Work: No Brakes

A Day in the Life of Work: No Brakes 09/20/2004 05:01 AM
For wheelchair racer Cheri Blauwet, every day is an exercise in self-sufficiency, every race a test of faith.

A Day in the Life of Work: Blow Up

A Day in the Life of Work: Blow Up 08/20/2004 06:48 AM
Glassblower Ned Czohara makes those coiling, bubbling thingies you see in every mad scientist's lab.

Is your work/life balance off kilter?

Is your work/life balance off kilter? 11/14/2003 09:08 AM
vnunet.com Nov 14 2003 7:52AM ET

Taylorism Gone Mad Or A Better Work-Life
Balance?

Taylorism Gone Mad Or A Better Work-Life
Balance? 04/15/2004 03:32 PM
It's really no surprise that this is happening, but as technology continues to get better at recording all sorts of things about us, a new discussion is opening up about employers monitoring employees. Even though plenty of studies (for years and years and years) have shown that too much employee monitoring actually harms productivity that won't stop this new generation from trying. What's interesting here is the way it's being spun - not as a direct way of improving productivity (modern Taylorism), but as a better way for employers to help employees impro ve their work life balance. In other words, the article suggests that employers can monitor employees' cholesterol levels and stress levels and realize when they need a break. They (way too easily) dismiss the idea of privacy by pointing out that privacy doesn't matter any more (uh... says who?). Even worse, no where do they explain why it makes sense for the employer to be doing this kind of monitoring and keeping this kind of data. It seems perfectly reasonable for employees to monitor themselves this way, but it's not clear why an employer should have any need to know this information.

A Day in the Life of Work: Field of
Dreams

A Day in the Life of Work: Field of
Dreams 06/14/2004 05:14 AM
The secret behind a level playing field at Fenway? Try kitty litter and rubber-tire crumbs.

A Day in the Life of Work: Whiskey
Business

A Day in the Life of Work: Whiskey
Business 04/26/2004 06:19 AM
Drinking on the job is only one aspect of Diane Rogers's new role as a quality analyst for Maker's Mark.

A Day in the Life of Work: Prima Donna

A Day in the Life of Work: Prima Donna 07/05/2004 06:22 AM
For opera prompter Jane Klaviter, all the world's a stage -- and she has the best seat in the house.

A Day in the Life of Work: Wave Runner

A Day in the Life of Work: Wave Runner 05/03/2004 05:18 AM
A former lawyer found her true calling as a harbor pilot, steering 1,000-foot tanker ships through Portland's waterways.

His Work Is Still Full of Life (Los
Angeles Times)

His Work Is Still Full of Life (Los
Angeles Times) 06/05/2004 05:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - Edwin Shneidman is an old man, and death is often on his mind. But then, it always has been. Only now it's personal, and like many people of his age, Shneidman is not ready.

Can Technology Separate Work Life From
Personal?

Can Technology Separate Work Life From
Personal? 12/03/2003 04:58 PM
A very interesting opinion piece talking about the separation of work life from personal life and wondering if technology can help to differentiate the two. Normally, people blame technology for blurring the two, but maybe it's time to see if technology can be molded the other way. The "problem" is that technology keeps us always connected - so it's hard to let go. You have laptops and pagers and smart phones that all let you stay connected away from the office. So, David Berlind is wondering if technology can be made intelligent enough to distinguish what mode your in and respond accordingly. While it is sometimes nice to be able to receive email on a pager, it can become overwhelming. Plus, what if you want to receive personal emails on the pager, but not work emails at certain times. For example, over the weekend you don't want to receive work related email, but still should receive personal emails. At the same time, if there really is important news coming from work, you still want to see that. So, the system would need to be smart enough to understand (a) what mode you're in and (b) whether or not the particular message is important enough to go across one mode into the other. It's an interesting idea that I haven't seen discussed anywhere else, but makes a lot of sense. One of the nice things about technology is that (in theory) we have the power to make it do what we want. If that technology seems to be taking over our lives, then why not reprogram the technology to not take over our lives?

A blended approach to the digital divide

A blended approach to the digital divide 04/30/2004 11:12 PM
Sunday Times South Africa May 1 2004 2:49AM GMT

Heavy squalls of blended worms to hit
next year

Heavy squalls of blended worms to hit
next year 12/03/2003 12:09 PM
Windows malware sweeps 2003 viral charts

Majorium's Trainer's Choice Furnishes
Companies With a Full Suite of Blended
Training Options at Value Prices

Majorium's Trainer's Choice Furnishes
Companies With a Full Suite of Blended
Training Options at Value Prices 08/06/2004 02:17 AM
Majorium’s Integrated Multicast Learning technology makes training a habit rather than an event. It provides trainers with a seamless platform to deliver blended, effective employee training. Companies find Trainer’s Choice attractive because of its value pricing: $ 75.00 per employee. What makes the Trainer’s Choice Program more appealing is it can be configured to meet employees’ needs. Training is delivered continuously over three months, where lessons are actively reinforced and cross-linked. Knowledge is strengthened through blended training activities that are directly applied to the workplace. [PRWEB Aug 6, 2004]

Majorium’s New Integrated Multicast
Learning Technology Economically
Delivers Seamless Integration of Blended
Training

Majorium’s New Integrated Multicast
Learning Technology Economically
Delivers Seamless Integration of Blended
Training 09/02/2004 02:06 AM
Integrated Multicast Learning challenges the way traditional training produces results. For every dollar companies invest in the Majorium sales training method, most average a two hundred dollar increase in new sales that is generated from the direct application of the concepts taught by the training program. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

IDL Systems' Adaptive Blended Learning
Shows Groundbreaking Results for Adult
Retraining in Basic Computer Ski

IDL Systems' Adaptive Blended Learning
Shows Groundbreaking Results for Adult
Retraining in Basic Computer Ski 04/01/2005 09:38 AM
dBusinessNews.com Apr 1 2005 1:43PM GMT

Majorium’s Premiers Its Blended Training
Catalog With 875 Customizable Corporate
Training Courses

Majorium’s Premiers Its Blended Training
Catalog With 875 Customizable Corporate
Training Courses 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Majorium, a Wisconsin based informational technology and training company, is premiering its blended training catalog of 875 customizable corporate training courses. [PRWEB Dec 1, 2004]

Majorium’s Quality Content Makes the
Difference Through Access to Its
Training Library of Over 172 Monthly
Curriculums and Accompanying Blended
Training Tools

Majorium’s Quality Content Makes the
Difference Through Access to Its
Training Library of Over 172 Monthly
Curriculums and Accompanying Blended
Training Tools 09/22/2004 02:18 AM
Majorium, a Wisconsin based information technology company, furnishes trainers with a pool of over 172 monthly curriculums and blended training tools to configure a training structure that is best suited to meet their employees’ needs. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]

Democrats Affiliated with Gephardt and
Kerry Broadcast New Ad Criticizing Dean.
Come On Guys, Don't Do Karl Rove's Work
Hatchet Work for Him. 12/13

Democrats Affiliated with Gephardt and
Kerry Broadcast New Ad Criticizing Dean.
Come On Guys, Don't Do Karl Rove's Work
Hatchet Work for Him. 12/13 12/14/2003 09:03 AM
fear-mongering attack ad .. Robert Gibbs .. Democrats

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Johnston McLamb Honored Nationally as
One of the 50 Best Places to Work SHRM
and GPTW Name Top 50 “Best Small &
Medium Companies to Work for in America”

Johnston McLamb Honored Nationally as
One of the 50 Best Places to Work SHRM
and GPTW Name Top 50 “Best Small &
Medium Companies to Work for in America” 06/30/2004 03:11 AM
Johnston McLamb CASE Solutions, Inc. has been named among the top 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America. The list was announced on June 28th before 12,000 human resource (HR) professionals at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) 56th Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

First Impression

First Impression 01/07/2004 01:57 PM
"We needed a Nobel prize for business."

-Norman Lear , Founder, Business Enterprise Trust

Impression 2.5

Impression 2.5 05/13/2004 04:51 PM
Straightforward, reliable backup software.

First impression: JOE

First impression: JOE 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
As work on my books moves into a higher gear, I've just installed the open-source Java Outline Editor, or JOE, on a Windows XP box. Interestingly, my collaborator knew all about JOE already even before I mentioned I was considering...

Update: Impression 2.0

Update: Impression 2.0 01/07/2004 02:09 PM
The backup utility adds a completely redesigned interface, bookmark-based backup management, full compatibility with FileVault, an option to add individual files to the backup list, and other changes.

Update: Impression 2.6

Update: Impression 2.6 07/13/2004 10:03 AM
The backup utility adds a new 'imps' hfspax-based restorable archive format that improves backup and restoration speeds, plus full Unicode support for all catalog, log and session files.

First Impression: Go for Growth

First Impression: Go for Growth 04/07/2005 05:55 AM
"To remain static is to lose ground."

-David Packard , Co-founder, Hewlett Packard

First Impression: See Success

First Impression: See Success 04/06/2005 05:08 AM
"A lack of vision wastes a lot of money."

-Charlie Feld , CEO, The Feld Group

Impression 1.0 released

Impression 1.0 released 03/19/2003 10:44 PM
Impression is a low-cost backup utility for Mac OS X which can be used to back up and restore data. Impression incorporates various OS X technologies, including AppleScript, to perform its tasks, and it allows users to burn archives to CD-R, CD-RW or DVD-R discs.

First Impression : Worker Well-Being

First Impression : Worker Well-Being 08/31/2004 06:02 AM
"Happy, healthy, challenged employees are better employees."

-Ann McCallum , CEO, Lend Lease Foundation

First Impression: Alter Everything

First Impression: Alter Everything 03/29/2005 07:22 AM
"It's all about listening, being willing to change."

-Ken Camp , VP, Batesville Casket Co.

Dan Glickman's Bad First Impression

Dan Glickman's Bad First Impression 09/02/2004 03:56 AM
Well, you can be sure of one thing: there's still going to be plenty to talk about concerning how the MPAA continues to shoot itself in the foot now that it's under new management. Just days after everyone went around trash ing Jack Valenti for his clueless statements about technology, we now have Dan Glickman, talking about how Valenti gave the MPAA "enormous credibility" in a new interview that should give you a sense of just how bad things are likely to get. He talks excitedly about his experience in international trade issues in saying he wants to "further market-opening free-trade discussions," by which he apparently means "market shrinking, innovation killing discussions," as he praises the recent export of the DMCA to Australia as somehow being a good thing. One good thing, is that while Jack Valenti denies fair use exists, Glickman at least seems to realize it's there -- though, only in the sense that he hopes to kill it off. When asked about Boucher's DMCRA bill that will help clarify fair use to make sure it's not taken away by the DMCA, he says: "it goes way beyond what we think is necessary to protect fair use." That's because the MPAA doesn't want to protect fair use at all, so any protection is too much. He also goes down the ever popular trail of saying that "piracy" is the biggest threat to the industry, and pulls out the "it's pure, downright theft" quote while also calling it a "plague." Of course, the Supreme Court has already made it clear that copyrigh t infringement is not theft, and as many times as the entertainment industry declares it so, it does not get any closer to being theft. As for moving the industry forward in face of these things, he says they have a "multifaceted strategy," which includes: "aggressive law enforcement by state and federal authorities, use of litigation, civil litigation (and) education." Obviously embracing new technologies, innovating, and keeping up with the times have no place. The only bone he tosses to the tech industry is telling them that he wants to make sure he gets to approve advances first, by saying he wants to explore with technologies how to "permit" new technologies to "flow and develop." There we go with the permiss ion to innovate again. At what point did the technology industry become some flunky to the entertainment industry where they need to ask for permission before creating the next great technology? And, for good measure, he makes sure we realize how important all this is by letting us all know that "nothing creative will be produced -- in the intellectual sense, the creative sense and in the hard-goods sense," if our intellectual property laws change towards being more open. Ah yes, because all those examples of innovation and economies thriving in the absence of strong intellectual property laws and reports showing how overly broad intellectual property laws are slowing down innovation and development are simply figments of our imagination. Welcome, Dan Glickman, and good luck holding back the tide. It would be nice if you learned to surf, instead, but you have a long legacy of clueless, ineffective tide stopping to continue.

First Impression: The Look of Luxury

First Impression: The Look of Luxury 12/27/2004 06:59 AM
"Even if we aren't rich yet, we'd like to look as if we were."

-James Surowiecki , Fast Company

Update: Impression 2.5

Update: Impression 2.5 05/14/2004 10:37 AM
The backup-to-disc software adds "a tremendous speed boost for backup operations," selective file restores, an enhanced interface, and other improvements.

First Impression: Be Herd

First Impression: Be Herd 06/17/2005 03:40 PM
"People aren't going to listen to you unless you're part of their world."

-Wenda Millard , Chief Sales Officer, Yahoo

First Impression: The Cause of Cowardice

First Impression: The Cause of Cowardice 09/06/2004 05:10 AM
"The courage deficit is both our problem and our fault."

-Sen. John McCain , R-Arizona

My First Impression of iTunes 4.5

My First Impression of iTunes 4.5 04/28/2004 10:18 AM
Movie trailers in iTunes? No idea why it's there. Where's the value? Unless, of course, the next version of iPod is capable of playing videos?
Haven't updated QuickTime, so I cannot try out the new Apple codec. But, seeing that I am mostly tone-deaf, I doubt I can tell the difference from MP3 and ACC.
Link to Music Store? Initially, I thought there will be close integration with the music store, allowing the store to analyse what I have on my hard disk and make recommendation. Turns out it's just a link to the search engine. Which is useless anyway because firstly I can buy from the music store (duh!), and secondly, half of my tunes are in Chinese.

First Impression: Engage Everyone

First Impression: Engage Everyone 04/19/2005 06:50 AM
"You can't take care of your customers unless you take care of your people."

-Paul Orfalea , Founder, Kinko's

Marqui my first Impression

Marqui my first Impression 12/19/2004 03:42 PM

Just like any good geek I like to dig right into a service or software package to see what surprises it holds for me. Geeks usually portray this type of behavior and we only go to the manual when needed, if your lucky enough to have one. But some people are not as technically blessed and many people either want or need to read the manual before using a product.

So when I evaluate a product, I also evaluate the documentation and look to see if the author has created examples of how functions are intended to work.

As I reviewed the online demo of Marqui I quickly clicked through the different tabs which contained functions that on initial inspection looked to flow well and were laid out in a way that a typical computer user would understand. A question did arise about a function in one of the tabs, I loaded the online help file and was impressed. So often today companies race to put a product together and skimp on the documentation which is beyond aggravating when you have spent your hard earned dollars on a advanced program or product. What I found on the Marqui demo was a concise explanation of the tool and a real world example on how to use it.

Wanting to test a theory, I had my wife take a look at the function and had her read the help file. Folks she has been a stay at home mom since we were married 10 years ago, but used to work at a major travel firm in Japan and has not been around modern business software tools. As she clicked through some of the other functions she mentioned it would have been real nice to have this tools available when she was in the workforce as it would have eliminated mounds of paper and increased productivity.

Case in point, one of the functions in the console tab is called Task Manager. This function is designed in such a way that a office staffer can create a document that needs to be reviewed at several levels before it can be approved for release to the general public. The creator loads the document onto the content management system and initiates a approval task to his superior. Upon initiation the superior will get a e-mail that their is a task for him or her to act on. Opening that task in e-mail will load the CMS Console allowing him to review approve/disapprove the document and add notes. If further review is needed by a superior the task can then be re-assigned to the next level. This keeps the approval process flowing and allows for quick changes to be made in order to get the document on the street.

As I dig deeper into Marqui over the coming weeks I will definitely refer back to the documentation. On a scale of 1-10 I think they have scored about a 8 in there online documentation. I did notice a couple of referral links that did not re-direct perfectly so I deducted a couple of points for that. It is important for companies to insure that all links in their online documentation take them to the intended link. The only thing I could see that could use improvement in the task manager section would be to develop automated routing rules for standard documents.

Most organizations go to great lengths to develop approval chop chains, most organizations use a folder with the document tucked inside to route it through the chop chain which is time consuming and wastefall of resources. Most approval chains are well established and do not change from day to day so introducing a chop chain routing rule in the task manager would be the icing on the cake. Or even being able to create one on the fly.

You can get more information about Marqui at www.marqui.com and if you are interested in becoming a developer for Marqui drop me a line at geek@geeknewscentral.com as I have the direct line to people who count at Marqui. I will ensure you get a call back. For those companies sitting on the fence about a Content / Communications Management System make sure you check back here often as I will be reviewing all of the features of the Marqui CMS platform. [www.marqui.com]

First Impression: New Directions

First Impression: New Directions 03/28/2005 06:18 AM
"Learning how to think is more important than what you know."

-Rishad Tobaccowala , President, Giant Step

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