My GPS Is Making Me Stupid!
Posted on July 14, 2010
I had an early meeting in Hyattsville this morning. I was armed with my Garmin GPS and printed directions from Google Maps — I still got lost. I had to […]Tag: Productivity
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6 Tips for Successful AMS Onboarding for New Staff
I had an early meeting in Hyattsville this morning. I was armed with my Garmin GPS and printed directions from Google Maps — I still got lost. I had to […]
The Great “Work From Home” Experiment
Posted on February 10, 2010
Last Thursday, when the National Weather Service was calling for a blizzard in the DC area, I had a choice to make: open on Friday but probably close early, close […]
Crowdsourced Software Development?
Posted on January 14, 2010
This afternoon, the MatrixMaxx team at Matrix Group held a Town Hall meeting with clients to get feedback on about a half dozen features slated to go into the 10.1 […]
Customer Discounts Shouldn’t Cost You More Money
Posted on October 22, 2009
I was at Union Station a few weeks ago and on my way out, I validated my parking ticket, which would have given me a dollar or two off the […]
The Myth of Multitasking
Posted on September 10, 2009
Multitasking is everywhere. People are texting while driving, e-mailing during meetings, talking on the phone while walking their kids, tweeting while watching TV and IMing while working. Many people even […]
Is Your Business Ready to Make the Switch to Google Apps?
Posted on September 8, 2009
We’ve been kicking around ideas for making the Matrix Group intranet better. During a recent meeting, the Director of Software Engineering wondered if we should switch from our intranet calendar […]
How SCRUM Made Our Office Move Great
Posted on August 5, 2009
Office moves are never fun. Our move was months in the planning, but we were still scrambling last Friday night, the day before the movers arrived. The plan was to […]
Time Management and Social Networking: How to NOT make social networking a huge time suck
Posted on April 6, 2009
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve met with clients about their social networking (SN) strategy. A common refrain is this: “Social networking takes too much time. I don’t have […]
Subsidized COBRA Coverage in Stimulus Plan = Additional Burden for Small Businesses
Posted on March 3, 2009
I got a call from my insurance agent today. He wanted to be sure that I knew about the new COBRA provisions in the stimulus package that went into effect […]
New Year Resolutions From Around the World
Posted on January 1, 2009
Happy New Year to all! We all know it’s customary to make resolutions for the New Year. I checked around and here are some resolutions from around the world. Here’s […]