A few days ago I blogged about searching for a virtual assistant on Elance in my post Using a Virtual Assistant to Offload Noise. I said at the end of that post that I would update my blog with the status of the search as things progressed. Recap of The [...]
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Random thoughts filtered through a babelfish.
Using a Virtual Assistant to Offload Noise
Some time ago I read The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century and like many others, was drawn to the stories of outsourcing. More recently I have read The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, and was intrigued by Tim [...]
Defining Project Success
I read a blog recently on the definition of project success and was surprised by the definition. The definition, based on Pier’s experience with agile development, is when the customer is happy and when the project team is happy and satisfied. I will probably be vilified for this, but I [...]
Bill Gates Strolls Away
Yesterday Bill Gates announced his intention to leave all of his day to day activities at Microsoft within two years. The media heralded the news as the end of an era. The changing of the guard metaphor was used in numerous articles. The stock market reacted by pushing Microsoft stock [...]
Manage Your Management Skills
Late last year I stumbled over a podcast entitled Manager Tools. I listened to the first few podcasts and then for lack of time I stopped listening. Time passed and for reasons I don’t fully understand I remember Mark (one of the two podcasters) stating how poorly most managers manage [...]
