A Little Less Conversation
A Little Less Conversation
Have you ever invited employees to a meeting just so they wouldn’t feel left out? If so, you may be an overcommunicator.
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Google Docs Grid View
Google Docs Grid View
Now that you can use Google Docs to store files, you’ll upload a lot of files from your computer and treat Google Docs as an online version of Windows Explorer (or any other file manager). Unlike Windows Explorer, Google Docs had a single view for displaying files: the details view.
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The Decline of Male Space | The Art of Manliness
“Because men had exclusive power in both private and public life, they controlled their surrounding environment and the way in which space was designed and decorated. Consequently, the world was once a very masculine place.
Thankfully, we’ve made progress in the area of gender equality and women have brought their influence to bear in both the home and the workplace. However, as with many other areas of modern life, the pendulum has swung from one extreme to the other; instead of creating a world that’s friendly to both male and female space, we’ve created one that benefits female space at the expense of male space.”
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Things You Really Need to Learn ~ Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes
“But what should you learn? Your school will try to teach you facts, which you’ll need to pass the test but which are otherwise useless. In passing you may learn some useful skills, like literacy, which you should cultivate. But Guy Kawasaki is right in at least this: schools won’t teach you the things you really need to learn in order to be successful, either in business (whether or not you choose to live life as a toady) or in life.
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tags: learning, education, communication, thinking, creativity
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If you have ever been responsible for tracking anything then you’ve dealt with the world of metrics. In most cases they can be useful and highly effective tools for gauging the impact of business decisions and strategies. Unfortunately there is another class of metrics…those for the sake of being. This happens often when you demonstrate you can capture metrics. Now the objective becomes how can you use those measures rather than the original question of what did you need to measure in the first place.
Next time you’re asked to generate metrics for some activity, don’t be afraid to ask what they’re going to be used for and what will change as a result of their capture and reporting. You see…far too often metrics are the data version of the beating stick used when unrealistic expectations go unmet. If the intention is to improve productivity then you best know how the metrics can be applied before you start gathering them otherwise you’re just wasting your time.
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"The modern American school faces rough challenges. Budget cuts have caused ballooning class sizes, many teachers struggle with poorly motivated students, and in many schools a war is being waged on distracting technologies. In response, innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against the onslaught of problems. Technologies such as Twitter and Skype offer ideal solutions as inexpensive tools of team-based education."
via 3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology.
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http://www.youtube.com/disco
An amazing application for YouTube to find music and artists you might not through other channels.
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