This is the third of a three-part series on Web 2.0 at Work. I saved this one for last because I was just in a meeting on Friday of last week to discuss this exact topic. The issue of internal communication has been a recognized problem where I work, not only among the employees of [...]
This is the second of a three-part series on Web 2.0 at Work. Do you use a wiki at work? If not, why? Here’s what you are missing. Before we setup our office wiki anything that was an office policy guide, procedure manual, or what-to-do-in-case-of document was done in Word or Excel and placed out [...]
This is the first of a three-part series on Web 2.0 at Work. As Tim figured out, I work in a university admissions office with Bren. Being in the sales business there are two general types of staff: those that sell (recruit) and travel, and those that support (file coordinator, visit/event staff) the sales team. [...]
I was reading my copy of Information Week yesterday, and the main focus of this issue is answering the question of what does web 2.0 look like in the enterprise. John Soat’s article, What Web 2.0 Will Mean For Workforce 2.0, is written with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek (as much of his [...]
I’m pretty sure people can already guess that I’m a fan of ways to avoid using the mouse. A long while ago I was on the lookout for a Windows-based keystroke application launcher, in the same vein as QuickSilver for MacOSX. I had started out with Colibri, but found myself not quite satisfied with it. [...]
Frank Ohlhorst just asked if the penguin is listening. I haven’t thought much about Linux since I made my home computer switch to Mac about a year ago, but he poses some very good ideas. The Mac guy, the PC guy and a penguin are all standing around having a conversation. The Mac guy, of [...]
Grigor at Behind the Glasses beat me to the punch, but I’ve got 20 invites up for the taking to the private beta of MindMeister. He’s got the added idea of starting right out on the collaboration aspect of MindMeister. With the limited time I’ve spent on MindMeister so far it is a very nice [...]
Google — whether they admit it or not — is aiming directly at Microsoft’s hold on office suite software. They announced today that they will offer a “Premier Edition” of their Google Apps software to companies for an annual fee of $50 per seat. The fee-based version, Google Apps Premier Edition, includes five times more [...]
Brett over at Cranking Widgets wrote a great piece about how to talk to a programmer. This is my favorite section: Don’t Demand Anything – Unless Fred reports directly to you, you’re not going to get anywhere if you crash into his Star-Wars-laden cubicle with guns drawn. The second you start getting pushy with old [...]
There are four keystrokes that involve the Windows key that I use on a daily basis at work. A variety of tasks are completed with them, and I’m sure these are not the only four out there. Windows-D minimizes all of your open application windows, showing the desktop. Windows-R will pull up the Run Application [...]