Archive for the 'tips and hacks' Category

10 Steps To Better Meetings

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

D. Keith Robinson posted some great tips about keeping meetings on track.

Don’t call a meeting unless you have to. Make sure—really sure—that the meeting is needed.
Invite only those people who will get something out of the meeting. This goes for recurring meetings too. Only have people come if they are going to contribute and/or [...]

Brown-Bag It to Half a Million

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

By not buying a lunch every day, you can actually save a significant ammount of money!
So let’s see, four days bringing lunch at $2 plus one day out at $7 equals $15 per week. Eating out every day would cost $35 per week, so I save $20 a week! That’s over $80 a month — [...]

Easy Trick makes your LCD Monitor look even better

Monday, July 25th, 2005

From digg.com:
Using the auto adjustment feature of your LCD monitor while viewing a special image can make text look ever better. Few know about this trick. I want to change that. This is a must see for all you lucky LCD owners.

I’ve got a dual monitor setup and tried it on the non-DVI connection and [...]

Know What You Don’t Know

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Good advice from Hans Bjordahl:

If there’s one lesson I’ve seen repeated over and over again in the tech field, it’s this: Know what you don’t know.
Follow this simple rule and, at worst, you’ll have to detour a bit to get a clarification or some new information. Bluff your way through, however, and it’s a short, [...]