Personally, I disagree with encouraging people to feel to proprietorial about their work tools. The problem is one of differing (and often conflicting) priorities. As you mentioned in the article,...

Thing is, MS don't need to do this kind of stuff. If there's a market, someone will write a utility that does all these "little things". If there's sufficient demand,...

I think there is a hierarchy of requirements that stem from what a company sees as its fundamental needs for IT. As an example, a CEO may decide one of...

Pah. If it shouldn't be done to wine, it shouldn't...

Then you'd know it's spam; US brewers have never used them before.... ;):P

No matter. Come on over to the UK...

Using a well-known 3rd party mail scanning service as our first line of defence, we actually receive remarkably little spam. However, it amuses me just how many workflows we have...

Julie Breutzmann (11/4/2008)

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... I also believe it's appropriate for to voice when you DO agree with someone else in a meeting -- not to be a sycophant, but as a...

jpowers (11/4/2008)

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majorbloodnock (11/4/2008)

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Well, I'm not a real Major, so...

Well, I'm not a real Major, so guilty as...

G Bryant McClellan (11/4/2008)

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Agreed. Unfortunately, we're paid to do the jobs we do, so if you're choosing to keep quiet, are you taking money under false pretences? That's a rhetorical...

G Bryant McClellan (11/4/2008)

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Steve recently did an editorial regarding corporate blogs and why people would or would not participate. And many who had the opportunity would not accept it because...

I think it's simply about responsibility. If you're part of a process, you have a responsibility to take an active part, and not speaking out is just as much an...

jcrawf02 (11/3/2008)

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Politician AND a manure spreader - http://www.tomlynch4supervisor.com-a.googlepages.com/pastisprologue

By the way, what's the second half of the title?

"Life is like a manure spreader" . . .

. . . If you're...

Like the theories, Shaun. Unfortunately, they both state one basic assumption in common - that everyone is working towards a common goal - which may well not be correct.

As a...

Reminds me of a Tom Lehrer quote - "Life is like a sewer; what you get out of it depends on what you put into it", although I prefer to...