by ray | Jul 27, 2015 | General News
Windows 10, by all appearances, seems poised for mass adoption, after a lackluster reception for Windows 8. This alternation of popular and unpopular is sort of a pattern for Microsoft operating systems: Vista tanked while Windows 7 killed, for example. Considering...
by ray | Jul 26, 2015 | General News
The history of software is dominated by companies that automated how the biggest companies in the world did business. IBM automated clerical tasks, SAP unified corporate financials and Siebel digitized Rolodexes for relationship-driven salespeople. With that focus in...
by ray | Jul 26, 2015 | General News
You can’t just take a blood sample and determine if someone has the DNA of an entrepreneur. Still, I’m convinced from decades of observation and interaction that being an entrepreneur isn’t just something you do; it’s something you are. So,...
by ray | Jul 25, 2015 | Cloud Tools
One of the best things about Slack, the workplace chat app that’s seen phenomenal growth over the past year or so, is the way it lets other productivity tools hook in so that you can customize your workflow. Google services like Hangouts and Drive already work...
by ray | Jul 25, 2015 | General News
What’s the secret to happiness and achievement? Sometimes it’s not so much what you do as what you stop doing. That’s the lesson behind some of the talks in TED’s playlist Counterintuitive Career Advice. The whole playlist includes 12 great talks, but the ones I...