“Getting Things Done—The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”

by: David Allen

ISBN: 978-1-101-12849-7

Getting Things Done, or ‘GTD’ as adoptees like to refer to it, is indeed a productivity book. But it’s not about ‘time management,’ to-do lists, or other seemingly similar equivalents. Through GTD, Allen attempts to help the reader not only with their professional lives, but their personal lives as well.

Getting…

Following the discussions in “Uncomfortable, Thinking About the Cloud” (Pt. 1, Pt. 2), I was asked what I viewed as ‘non-core’ activities.  What type of services might a company outsource to a cloud-based service…

Part 1  of this series began a high-level, reader-friendly, discussion of concerns surrounding the ‘Cloud,’ what it is, and helping address concerns around its use.  Here, in Part 2, the discussion continues further….

…For some consumers, and businesses too, there remain a number of additional concerns regarding the cloud.  For instance, they may view the ‘cloud’ as fine for pictures, yet…

At this point, most users of internet-oriented technologies have at least heard of the 'cloud.' Yet even though millions use tools existing only in the cloud (think gmail, hotmail, and salesforce.com), most lack a comfort level for what it is.

As business leaders, making decisions on the…

“The Price of Everything”

by:  Eduardo Porter

ISBN:  978-1-101-44451-1

The title reflects the breadth of topics that Eduardo Porter covers.  And he covers a lot, including things that may be considered taboo in polite circles, doing so in a manner encouraging thought and discussion, rather than derision.

For instance, the opening chapter, The Price of Things, starts with a look at why we pay so much…

It’s a question that we frequently ask ourselves, perhaps professionally, perhaps personally. As a motorcyclist, it is particularly true when someone raises the topic of motorcycle training. So it is, with the arrival of the latest California Superbike School newsletter and Spring around the corner, that these questions came forward in my…

In response to my original article, Why Do IT Projects Slip, I received some responses suggesting that Agile was the solution.  Two thoughts cause me to speak to these responses. …