Monthly Archives: May 2007

Project Server 2007 – Impressive

It’s been quite a while since I’ve been impressed with a Microsoft product, but I will say that Project Server 2007 has impressed me. In addition to Project Server 2007, the entire Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution is impressive as well. The EPM Solution, which contains Project Server 2007, Project Professional 2007 [...]

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Blaine Collins on New Team Members

Blaine Collins has a great post titled “Six keys to a new team member’s success” that I’d like to expand on a bit.
Blaine’s first paragraph is a perfect summary of his post:
Work teams often face situations in which new team members join the team. Teams can smooth the transition by providing a thorough orientation [...]

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Ubuntu is Ubye-bye

Sorry for the title…but I thought it was funny.
In a previous post titled “Rediscovering Linux (via Ubuntu)” I discussed my newfound ‘toy’ in Ubuntu & Linux. Well..the joy of that ‘toy’ has faded.
The joy turned to sorrow after about a month of constant tweaking, updating and configuring. One of my biggest pet [...]

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Five Simple Traits of Leadership

In my many years of school and independent reading, I’ve run across a lot of theories about Leadership. Each theory seems to have its own idea of what it means to be a leader and what the term “leadership” really means.
I’ve read most of the major ‘leadership’ authors like John Maxwell, Robert Greenleaf, Kouzes & [...]

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