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Is Now the Time to Dump Microsoft and Fire Your IT Manager?. “A few weeks ago I was doing a research project for a nonprofit organization with thirty employees. I struck up a conversation with the full-time IT person while she set me up with an Outlook account, a tedious process that took almost an… Continue reading Is Now the Time to Dump Microsoft and Fire Your IT Manager?

Yet Another Risk for BigLaw?. BigLaw manages risks of all kinds. Records retention and discovery are the new biggies, but let’s not forget conflicts and insider trading, among others. Now, firms can consider a new risk. Common Spreadsheet Errors Can Be Found With More Testing, Some Double-Checking (6/13/05) in the Wall Street Journal reports that… Continue reading Yet Another Risk for BigLaw?

A lesson learned at the mall. Retailers that spend on real estate, win. The most expensive real estate in my county is a mall filled with stores. And those stores are jammed with shoppers. Almost none of them fold, none of them appear to be struggling…. [Seth's Blog]

Why hard work is “worthless”.  Self-described lazy author and entrepreneur Fred Gratzon advises you not to resign yourself to a job just to bring home a paycheck: I see squandering the better part of one's day when one is most energetic, most alert, and most creative on some “tolerable” job as a tragic waste of… Continue reading Why hard work is “worthless”

Streamlined. By nat One of the big differences between Django and Ruby on Rails is where the scaffolding comes in: Django gives you a sweet backend editorial administration interface but little help on the front end. Rails makes front ends easy but the back end administration help isn't there. At RailsConf today, Justin Gehtland and… Continue reading Streamlined

Relax at work (and still be productive).  Relax – and work at the same time? You've got to be kidding, right? According to Steve Pavlina, “relaxifying” your work space is crucial to productivity. There's actually quite a bit that you can do to make your workspace a soothing, happy place instead of just the building… Continue reading Relax at work (and still be productive)

How to plan a project with a Web-based team.  If you've ever tried to do a Web-based project, then you know that it can get tricky when you start talking manpower. A List Apart has an excellent article that is really targeted towards Web design/building, but could be applied to other Web-work situations. The article… Continue reading How to plan a project with a Web-based team

AT&T Rewrites its Privacy Policy. AT&T has a new privacy policy, and if you are its customer you have no choice but to accept it. The new policy says that AT&T — not customers — owns customers' confidential info and can use it “to protect its legitimate business interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal… Continue reading AT&T Rewrites its Privacy Policy

Boxroom: Open source file management in Ruby on Rails. Boxroom is an open source Rails project headed by Mischa Berger to develop a generic remote file management system. The source is open for contributions, inspiration, etc, and implements user groups, user management, CRUD, uploads, and lots of other things you might want to learn about… Continue reading Boxroom: Open source file management in Ruby on Rails

How to Choose a Designer. When building web apps, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is who will do the design work. Your app is likely to fail if the design and usability are poor. For the new web app we’re building we’ve chosen Jason Santa Maria and we couldn’t be happier. I… Continue reading How to Choose a Designer