Monday Pick Me Up
That mistake you made in your last work assignment? Listen to this, and then forget about it. Original post
More CTO Humor: Jedi High is one of the most awesome Star Wars Spoofs
By BobGourley CTO’s love to laugh, right? And most all of us have developed a great respect for Sci-Fi, right? So that is plenty of reason for any techie to check out the clip embedded below. But I’ll give you a serious professional reason to watch this as well. The video is incredibly well done,Read… Read more »
Smart Money Training
Whenever there is talk about the lack of funding for training, there is talk of trimming the program or buying off-the shelf products. There are some smart solutions. Michelle G. Rosenbloom, a colleague of mine on GovLoop and past guest writer, believes she has one or two smart money training solutions. Let’s see. She presentedRead… Read more »
Go ask your mother!
This is a tricky post to write for various reasons. Please bear with me, I think there’s something important under here but it’s wrapped in a slightly fuzzy layer of emotion by necessity, something which will become evident as we go along. A summary would include the words coaching, mentoring, role models, invisible women andRead… Read more »
Why the NY Times is wrong on #datacenters, especially in consideration of #gov20
NY Times Article on Datacenters Misses Huge Points – #gov20 It almost seems like piling on to attack the NY Times assessment of datacenters and their impact on society at this point. When Forbes, InformationWeek, GigaOM, Wired and tons of other publications point out the weakness in the Times article, why add fuel to theRead… Read more »
Measuring the Efficiency of Government Portals
By David Lengacher About a decade ago, researchers began to study the performance of e-government portals in order to identify best practices. Studies have also focused on identifying the factors that influence the information quality these portals offer to the public. Most of these studies consider only portal outputs, but ignore the resources (or inputs)Read… Read more »
Do I Really Want to Work Here: What Are Your Diversity Practices Telling Me?
Have you ever walked into an organization and just got that “Uh, why does everyone look the same” feeling… I know I have. You may have heard the expression, people are like snowflakes, and no two are the same – that’s diversity folks. In today’s ever diverse business environment, for organizations to excel, they mustRead… Read more »
Do I Really Want to Work Here: What’s Your Culture Telling Me?
Have you ever walked into an organization and just got that “hum something just doesn’t feel right feeling”… I know I have (more times than I’d like to count). Many of us know from the first time we enter into an organization, whether as an employee or a consultant, that what they say is notRead… Read more »
Server Backup Essentials
The 10 Critical Elements of Server Backup Technology Author: Nick Mueller, Zetta.net Local and off-site Backup Combination. It’s a best practice to have a combination of local and off-site backup. Typically you want to keep large files, like databases and system state file backups on-site. This enables a quick recovery of the latest version ofRead… Read more »
The Old Informs the New
The other day, a coworker and I had a discussion about how it’s nearly impossible to create something completely “original.” As a designer, this should make me want to close my laptop, go grab a bite and call it a day. But alas, if you dig a little deeper, even the most innovative artists’ magnificentRead… Read more »