October 2010
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Good F'ing HR Advice →
September 2010
3 posts
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Everything You Need to Know About Healthcare... →
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Yelp's engineering process →
More for the nerds in the audience
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ZOMG about Cloud Computing →
August 2010
20 posts
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Designing for the Mind →
Via @phillydesign. Subtitle: Do You Know What It Takes to Make a Good Design?
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The End of Management →
The money quote from the WSJ:
The new model will have to be more like the marketplace, and less like corporations of the past. It will need to be flexible, agile, able to quickly adjust to market developments, and ruthless in reallocating resources to new opportunities.
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How to Read Twitter (or FB) as a Newspaper →
Cool idea.
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Jobserf—cool way to look for jobs →
They do all the applications for you.
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How to establish your dominance in the workplace →
Because peeing on coworkers is generally frowned upon…
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Motorola—back! →
Motorola smart phones are signaling the return of Motorola to cell phone dominance.
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Xconomy on mobile →
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Short list for top HP job →
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Projected Android Phone Sales—and cool planetarium... →
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For Those Who Manage Global Projects: Time Zone →
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Cool Way to Look at What's Walkable in Philly →
Excellent site…fun…can program a walking distance and then find tourism sites, restaurants, entertainment, etc. Great idea.
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Unusual resignation →
I guess when you’re a HPOA you go out with a bang!
Tech startup cocktail event →
From the host site:
“We are excited to be hosting our first annual Philadelphia TECH cocktail startup and entrepreneurial mixer event as we look to better connect, educate and amplify the local technology scene.
Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, VCs, bloggers and entrepreneurs as we showcase local technology companies and take a closer look...
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Bob Sutton on Good Boss, Bad Boss →
From a Stanford Summit…excellent 30-minute summary by Professor Sutton about what makes a good boss…I can’t wait for his new book.
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No One Nos: Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas →
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IABC Survey on Employee Engagement and Media Use →
Lots of data about social media uptake.
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How to Pick the Perfect Typeface →
It’s what it says. Blow it up. Check it out.
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How to Give Feedback →
“Feedback is a gift.” One of those quotes that makes me vomit in my mouth just a little bit. But this guy is pretty good…runs a business. Talks about how to give good feedback. It’d be cool if there were a way to document it. All the time.
July 2010
29 posts
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digg vs reddit infographic →
The modes of presentation are worth putting in our catalog, even if the content wasn’t interesting.
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Gowalla trip prizes
Gowalla got a connection with Levi’s jeans. Together they are promoting movies and beer. I don’t really get it, but the bottom line is that if you visit places that were in the Rocky movies, you get a prize.
http://gowalla.com/blog/2010/07/hit-the-road-with-levis-alamo-drafthouse-and-gowalla/
The first 50 people to bag these places get VIP packages to the movies. It looks like some...
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Top Idea →
I love the ideas that come to me while thinking in the shower. I never really thought of it - but it usually is the idea that seems most important to me at the time. What does that say about how much I think about software? I don’t know…
Where do your uncontrolled thoughts linger?
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Employee Engagement & POB
POB = Positive Organizational Behavior. Something I think is super important. I’ve been following this guy (Bret Simmons) for a while and I really like what he writes. Here are 2 posts about employee engagement where I think he not only makes a good point, but has some good supporting quotes and evidence:
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Game Mechanics? →
Does your software need game mechanics? Something to think about.
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Moto 1/4 Earnings →
Short version: revenue up, mobile devices making money, phone sales down.
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Anti Design Festival - London →
This is kind of thought-provoking. It’s good to remember that not all established practices are still valid (performance reviews, anyone?) - and that you should attack from a fresh angle whenever you can.
-Andy
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Get Up...a Lot →
You have to get up. A lot. Sitting in front of a computer will kill you.
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Watch out for "Obesogens" →
America’s obesity crisis can’t entirely be blamed on too much fast food and too little exercise. We have to consider a third factor: the obesogens. They’re natural and synthetic compounds, and many of these chemicals work by mimicking estrogen — the very hormone that doctors DON’T want women taking anymore (as a large clinical trial linked hormone therapy to increased risk of heart disease,...
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Cool view, cool design →
PACKAGING DESIGN TRENDS: SEARCHING FOR VALUE AND TRADING UP Two key trends have emerged in package design: The search for value and the need to “trade up” in small ways. These trends appear oppositional, but in fact they are not. Value doesn’t always equate to the lowest price. Quality and image are the expectation, perhaps even more than price and efficacy. Those who search for value may...
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Feedback That Works →
Because who doesn’t like getting constant feedback?
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Is everything perfect? →
I LOVE this post. It’s perfect.
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SEC Proposes New Disclosure Rules for 2010 →
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The Old Spice Marketing Campaign →
Stuff like this is pretty brilliant.
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Completed staff work →
A business leader I respect very much believes strongly in the idea of Completed Staff Work. It’s been around a long time and it’s just as valid today. There’s a reason for that.
It’s the same idea as—when you hand over work internally—you think it’s client-ready. If not, it’s not ready to hand over internally either (unless you need help). It’s about...
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Opinion on corporate brand and identity work →
Since we’re thinking about our branding and identity…it’s pretty cool to see/read their opinions….who doesn’t like pretty pictures??!
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HBR—Why Friends Matter at Work →
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Incredible augmented reality mockup →
I love the creativity and vision. In some ways, this is not the future I would choose, but there is so much here that I imagine some of it is bound to happen.
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DOL Issues Model Notices on Coverage to Age 26... →
Again, for benefits communicators…age 26 dependent changes…
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HHS Announces Opening of Retiree Reinsurance... →
For those doing benefits communication —- this is a good read.
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Pay Equity and Wage Discrimination: Six Critical...
The Center for Competitive Management is having a seminar about equal pay. The course description contained some good information. So… I cut and pasted it below.
Why should an employer care about pay equity? Here are six good reasons… Class Actions on the Rise – The top 10 private wage-and-hour settlements under the FLSA totaled $363.6 million in 2009, a 43.9 percent increase from 2008....
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Seth Godin on Marketing →
I think most of us read Godin’s blog already, if you don’t - you should. He has an interesting comment about how to focus your marketing - make your customers smarter, not dumber.
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Mini-Microsoft →
I don’t have much of a comment other than this is interesting to read. It’s a blog by a current MS employee who is advocating a better, leaner MS. Probably a good idea. I have no idea how long it’s been running, but as (and if) it gets more press, the author will likely be canned. Just my $0.02 though.
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Three conversations to improve your workplace →
Make Work Better—one person at a time.
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What happens when all the jobs are outsourced? →
I think we’ll see more and more on this topic.
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Pre-Existing Conditions Don't Exist Anymore →
In March of 2010, Congress passed and President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act—the new health law. The law creates a new program – the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan — to make health coverage available to you if you have been denied health insurance by private insurance companies because of a pre-existing condition.