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The Pain of Leadership

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Like anything in life, learning to be a leader is expected to be a process. There should be growth, challenges, learning and then more growth. I often read about aspects of leadership growth in articles and discussions on the subject. I rarely see the single most difficult hurdle for a burgeoning young leader, the past. […]

Chromebooks, Coming to the Surface

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When I consider the Chromebooks I use, I constantly think of the future. The constant, steady expansion of features. The improved choices in the marketplace. The coming waves of new applications. I tend to think of what it can do, not what it can’t. I have realized this is the core problem with the mainstream […]

Who Invented the Chromebook?

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When looking at the origins of a tech product the view can be quite murky. With so much at stake, a lot of effort and manpower goes into the products we use today. Often these are iterated so many times it is hard to know where the roots of the idea came from. The origins […]

JIRA Training 102 – The Little Things

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When I observe various JIRA installations, some common problems tend to bubble to the surface. Many cases of poor adoption or user interaction can be traced back to inadequate setup. As a JIRA Admin or champion you can send a clear message to your users by how you approach the system in the first place. […]

What Is The Right Size For A Phone?

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Throughout the last 25 years we have seen some interesting shifts in the dimensions of mobile phones. These changes have really come in 3 basic areas, the chassis, buttons, and screen. I find it interesting that heavy focus on one or the other has led to compromises in the other two areas. This has caused […]