I went to the first Wordcamp Columbus today, and while I thought there were some great sessions, and the organizers did a great job of putting the details together for a good day, I’m still going to give the day a mixed review. First the plusses, The opening keynote, by Jane Wells, was a great…
Yes Virginia, Cloud Computing isn’t Santa Claus, there are risks, and they’ve been pointed out pretty clearly this week. The first risk, of course, is what happens when your storage provider up and disappears? In this economy, companies increasingly don’t make it and close the doors. It happens to huge companies and small. I know…
Chris Elliott talks about the reason most speeches suck on his Toastmasters blog. It’s because most people go in with the wrong intentions: As you are speaking, you are not there to make money, sell a product, or make a name for yourself. You are there to improve the lives of the audience. Making money,…
Since it was announced at work earlier this week, and the details were officially accepted by me today, I guess it’s a good time to make an announcement here. Things are going to be changing for me, professionally, yet again. Our little 2 person Litigation Support Department is being overhauled, due to the engagement and…
A couple of weeks ago a rep from somewhere left a copy of Michelle Kovitch’s Summ it Up! book with our office. It found it’s way to me, and I’ve been leafing through it to see how I might adjust my training sessions with the way Michelle presents the information in her book. I had…
Gabe Acevado has created the perfect page to send your boss to if you’re getting flack about Twitter not being work-related. At least, if you work in the Litigation Support or eDiscovery field. It’s called TweetDiscovery, and while it’s still a “very early beta”, it’s tracking all the conversations about e-Discovery that are taking place…