Just finished listening to the latest Cranky Middle Manager podcast about work life balance. As always Wayne does a great job of covering the topic with his Guest Cali Yost. They cover lots of really good topics and provide some good tips on how to start gaining some balance in your life.
Author Archives: Michael Specht
Yahoo pipes
I have been meaning to get into Yahoo’s new tool Pipes for a while and have just not found the time because a tool like this has the ability to change the face of the web as we know it. My first reaction when it was launched was “How can I apply this to theContinue reading “Yahoo pipes”
Management training
Personally I love the week long residential training programs that all companies seem to send employees on. I’m not sure if it is the getting out of real work, although the work builds up while you are gone, the learning, the social interaction or what. Most of the programs tend to focus on fairly commonContinue reading “Management training”
Feed stat’s
For the first time in a few weeks I checked how many of you were actually subscribed to this blog. I was also wondering has the recent inclusion in Google Reader statistics increased the number of reported readers, assuming it will not decrease them. The numbers have jumped up by 23%! The break down ofContinue reading “Feed stat’s”
Cisco enters the social networking market
In an interesting move last week Cisco announced that it was acquiring Five Across, a social networking “in-a-box” company designed for the corporate environment. The company will be rolled into Cisco’s Media Solutions Group headed by Dan Scheinman. On the surface this is a strange move as what does a data networking company need withContinue reading “Cisco enters the social networking market”
3GSM Conference
If you are interested in mobile communications the place to be is Barcelona at the 3GSM World Congress, all the kids on the block will be there. Of course Nortel will be there, watch for announcements on WiMAX MIMO and other 4G technologies. Some interesting things that you might not know:- You can follow allongContinue reading “3GSM Conference”
Job Search Affiliate according to Chris Pirillo
I am amazed at how cool job sites have become in the last few months, it seems you are not part of the in crowd unless you have a job site! I have been wondering what the benefit is to the job seeker having to go to all of these sites to find a job. Continue reading “Job Search Affiliate according to Chris Pirillo”
The growth of our planet and it’s impact
Just watched an eye opening video called “Did you Know“, thanks to Des Paroz for the link. Not sure who put it together, what it is for or even if all the statistics are right but worth a watch even so. I suspect the information is fairly accurate and most would be accepted as commonContinue reading “The growth of our planet and it’s impact”
What jobs were hard to fill in January?
A couple of days ago I received the Seek Employment Index report for January 2007, a good read if you are a recruiter or job seeker. First up the Seek Employment Index rose by 1 pont, non adjusted, not bad. Which is interesting given that job ads actually decresed by 3.7% since December??? With NSWContinue reading “What jobs were hard to fill in January?”
links for 2007-02-08
IMified – Instant Productivity A new IM service that integrates with popular productivity tools, very interesting and a great use of technology. (tags: API GTD productivity SocialSoftware web2.0 TGGP)
Michael Specht 