Monthly Archives: March 2011

My Gmail account hacked from China

Update: 3/28/11 07:52 PM Thanks to Rusty Hodge, who successfully figured out that it was Awayfind that was appearing to be the host from China. It opened an IMAP connection and never closed it, and thus wasn’t affected by my change … Continue reading

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Attitude isn’t everything!

I recently read an article in which the writer asserted that “attitude is everything.” He was quoting none other than the famous sales guru, Zig Ziglar. I respectfully disagree. I believe attitude is simply part of the equation. You can … Continue reading

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Posted in Business, Life planning, Psychology | 2 Comments

Sign in using…

Having a single login mechanism, Google, Facebook, or Yahoo, starts to create what I think is a dangerous concentration of information about people and their activities. Continue reading

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Google, building better bosses. I doubt.

Google is making an admirable attempt to use data to build a better boss. But I don’t buy it. I think what they’re doing may be revolutionary to them, but doesn’t even begin to approach true substance. Continue reading

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What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned?

People from other cultures can teach us a lot, especially about how many of our beliefs are cultural, not innate. What have you learned? Continue reading

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