Clarifile has been down for a number of months following a bot-based hack attack that rendered the site unusable. After surgically restoring some of the database and none of the original files, I revived it and hope to keep it alive for a while.
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8 Top Status Meeting Mistakes
So much of my work life has been lost to long, tedious, low-value gatherings called either "status meetings" or "progress meetings." As a project manager, I certainly believe in the importance of getting the team into the same room (or conference call) at the...
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Bartending and Project Management
I believe that project managers should tend bar sometime early in their careers.
I doubt this conviction will prompt a change in the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification process, but the concept is worth investigating. So much can be learned from preparing the bar for...
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Reading the Times in a New Way
As someone once heavily involved in the technical side of the newspaper biz, I've been yearning for the revelation of the new best method by which local and national...
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A Poem for a Freshman
During a graduation party for my college-bound goddaughter Melinda, I sat down at a picnic table and hastily wrote out a few lines to include in the card we...
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O Computer, Have Mercy
I recently enjoyed hearing this great quote from Joseph Campbell, prolific author in comparative mythology and religion: A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of...
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