I was looking through my calendar this week and I noticed that Secretaries Day was coming up on Wednesday, April 26th. I am always at a loss trying to find the right gift for our office personnel. The usual candy and flowers are all great but this year I wanted to get something different. Something that would be cool and help with office productivity at the same time. I found …
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Organize Instantly
Have you ever wanted to synchronize your work and home e-mails in one place? How about being able to facilitate complicated group work projects from home? These scenarios and many more are the cracks in our modern technology infrastructure. There always seems to be glitch or incompatibility that prevents the collaboration of data.I use Outlook E-mail at work and at home and I …
Learning In A Flattened World
Thomas Friedman's sobering new book, "The World is Flat," is a must read for students and career minded individuals. Friedman explains that the effects of globalization and the advent of cheap communications are having a "flattening effect" on the world. Work that involves the transfer of data or phone communications can now be done as easily by a worker in Bangalore …
Giving Back
Blogger Felix Gerena, author of BrandSoul, along with the writing team over at the Synergy Blog have come up with a great way for bloggers to give back to the needy around the world. The idea is called "Blogidarity" with a tagline of, "Cause 1$ can save a life". Felix’s idea is to use blogging for a higher purpose, that of helping others who are far less fortunate.The idea came …
Ten Minute Transformation
I had a somewhat disturbing revelation the other day at church. My wife and I usually go to second service and for some reason we always seem to be a few minutes late. As we walking in someone said "you're getting a reputation for being late to second service". A "reputation for being late"... not something I want on my resume. I was mad at myself and I vowed that things would …