This evening I checked my Facebook profile to read a post from Idalia. A recent contact on Facebook she was a classmate in High School many years ago. In her light and humorous way she indicated that it appeared I was a Facebook addict. That threw me off a little.
Now that I am on the [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by pdone
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It is an oddity in technology; generally the more powerful the technology the smaller the size and the price. Within the last year the netbook market has exploded even beyond the expectation of the manufacturers. Netbooks are smaller computers similar in construction as laptops. With screens that average around 10 inches by themselves they are [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2009 by pdone
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“We are living in a metric world where just about every country, except the USA, uses the metric system.” (Valerie Antoine, USMA Executive Director)
If leaders and educators are serious about change and restoring the United States education system’s prominence in mathematics and science an easy and good place to begin is by reintroducing metric education [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2009 by pdone
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I came across this article and thought it a good list of things everyone should do. Our jobs are more competitively sought after, our skills are more needed today and the patience, understanding and courtesy are less today then before. Therefore, to remind those we serve of our value improving our personal skills is even [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by pdone
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Were I to have lived during the 1960 in the United States I would have experienced the Kennedy administration. I would probably have not agreed with Kennedy on a number of issues. Sure, the press loved him, the people loved and him. In his way John Kennedy tried his best to do what was right. [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2009 by pdone
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I am amazed how advances in technology enable us to do more. Throughout the day I referred to a personal netbook where I was wirelessly streaming video feed from the Inauguration and communicating in real time with people around the world on this singular event.
How do you dream that technology will move us in the [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2009 by pdone
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The following is the beginning of a professional / personal topic of interest for me. I’d appreciate your opinions and attributes based on my opening thought.
Typically, people born before 1970 have been introduced to technology in the workplace after they enter the professional work force. These people are those who have undergone a significant shift [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2009 by pdone
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“Demonstrates an unwavering resolve to do whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results, no matter how difficult.” - Jim Collins
The statement above comes from Good to Great by Jim Collins. Not having read the book however this statement stands out. Each of us know leaders when we see them. There are managers, [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2009 by pdone
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Computer skills will leave you behind unless you find alternative ways to work smarter not harder. The following are instructions I originally published on my work blog, but thought they might be helpful here as well.
Connecting to a shared network place is a common workplace activity. Once your System administrator has created a share they [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2009 by pdone
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As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus. Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2009 by pdone
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