4 ‘Unusual’ Technology & Computing Uses

1. A friend just showed me that the Apple iPhone is the most sophisticated spirit-level on the market! Wow! It just goes to show how inventive and innovative we humans can be.
The app I was shown is known as ‘A-Level’ and it’s a spirit-level simulator using the iPhone’s motion detectors to determine whether it is flat, [...]

Special Report: Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders

I’ve just released a Special Report on the subject of Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders . If you’re an avid reader of this website you’ll know that I’ve discussed the opportunities that supporting niche causes, and being seen to do so, is a powerful means of raising your profile and [...]

As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Two)

Last week I began discussing the subject of Personality , and why it is important to IT leaders. Your personality is your personal brand and it’s how people, particularly your followers, will expect you to behave. Your behaviors are the root of your leadership style, and consistent behavior is what makes that style predictable by [...]

Are Facebook, Myspace and LinkedIn Good For Your Reputation?

Social Networking has become the main game in town for upwardly mobile professionals. It’s standard to find most of your colleagues on LinkedIn, Facebook or Myspace and involve yourself in a social community - groups and activities you share an interest in. Let’s face it, they save you so much time and energy in tracking [...]

As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part One)

I bet you can’t guess who this is straight away:
Age 23: lost a job
Age 23: was defeated in bid for state legislature
Age 24: failed in a business venture
Age 25: was elected to legislature

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What Is This Video Demonstrating?

The video below is a demo… of something… can you guess what it is? Take a look and see how long it takes you!

How long did it take you to guess what the demo was for then? 10 seconds? 30 seconds? 1 minute?
Is this the future, today?
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Workaholics Are Not Role Models

A CEO of a reputed organization once said he has been working more than 90 to 100 hours a week for many years, and jokingly adds he should have done more. And in another reputed car manufacturing company dozens of employees and managers get cash rewards and appreciation certificates for not taking a single day [...]

Will You Get One Of These Tiny Keyboards?

Check out this tiny keyboard featured on Gizmodo . Smaller than the size of your hand, and it connects up to your PC via USB. How sweet. But what’s the point in it?
It’s a little bit smaller than most laptop keyboards, but then laptops come with keyboards so no use there. I doubt many [...]

At Last! You Can Get Rid of the Mobile Label Printer, and Pick Up the New Blackberry 8220 Flip

Finally! RIM comes out with a version of their ubiquitous Blackberry device that doesn’t look like those mobile label printers that warehouse clerks and IT quartermasters use! So you don’t need to be embarrassed again for holding one up to your ear in front of your esteemed business colleagues.

Up until now, using my Blackberry [...]

A Blast Of Nostalgia!

I was surfing around YouTube and found this TV commercial for the Intellivision from Mattel Electronics - my first ever electronic gadget. I had one of these back in 1984 before I had my first home computer. I loved it at first, but became bored of it because I couldn’t program it and make my [...]