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Productivity Tip: How To Make Friday Your Busiest Day And Get The Rewards

March 20th, 2010 · View Comments · Productivity

Friday is my busiest day. Most folks power down and go into weekend mode. Not here! Ask yourself, ‘why do I go down a gear on Friday?’, ‘How does this benefit my career?’ Ok, let’s be honest. We do this because others do it. Right? This is a high-risk way to manage your career. You’re letting others determine how you behave. And it damages your career in many, many ways. Here’s an alternative approach.

5 Careers Opportunities for IT Professionals in China

February 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · China

One of my best friends, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is worried about his career prospects. He’s turned 40, had a decent job as an IT developer but this has been sent to India. He was furious but now he’s just depressed. Where to start? Many are worried that their jobs will be off-shored to India [...]

7 Ways to Save Time At Work

February 11th, 2010 · View Comments · Productivity

Last week we looked at how much time you spend working every week. We looked at how Christine managed her time and tried to find ways to improve her productivity. The key here is to step back, see where you’re spending/wasting time and then find practical ways to address this. What works for Christine may [...]

What Avatar Can Teach You About Project Management 2.0

January 31st, 2010 · View Comments · How To

What’s the one thing you enjoyed the most in Avatar? For my pm friend is was the video logging. Did you notice that the team kept their reports not in Microsoft Word (i.e. on paper) but as video logs. When trying it out, the protagonist in the movie couldn’t get a handle on it. ‘Don’t worry, you’ll soon get used to it’, was the reply. Well, it worked for them, could it work for you?

Are technical documents a waste of time?

November 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, Technical Writing

“Don’t worry” she said. “No one reads this stuff anyway. Just get it done.” Sounds familiar?

Society of Technical Communications tries to define Technical Communicator and Fails

November 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Image via Wikipedia This week the much-maligned STC tries to define what it means to be a technical communicator. Actually the STC are at pains to point out that the “thoughts expressed in this post are not the official opinion of the Society for Technical Communication or its Board of Directors, but rather only of [...]