Applications, Data, Or Access?

…the important battlefield is not the application. It’s the data.

(Source: ZDNet, Google Drive will help kill Microsoft Office)

I agree it’s more about the data than it is about the applications.

But I think beyond just the data, it’s the ability to access the data – for me, my partners, my clients, etc.

I’ve been using Google Docs for a long time and have grown accustomed to it’s simplicity and ease of access. When I want to document something, then share it out, it’s really simple to do that. With the addition and integration of Google Hangout, sharing and collaborating is literally a click away.

I recently tried Office 365 from a small business perspective.

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Carrots And Sticks, And Intrinsic Motivation

The students resolve their own conflicts, they give themselves time limits to accomplish tasks and they even are allowed to disagree with the teacher if they explain their reasoning. They have the opportunity to make decisions, and thus learn how to make good decisions.

(Source: TechTarget, Can Scrum Change The World?)

Terrific example of applying successful methodologies found in technology to non-technology industries. In this case, education.

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Outsourcing Is Not A Bad Word

A fundamental principle of business is that you do things in house that you think can give you a competitive advantage and outsource things that you don’t.

(Source: Chris Dixon, Outsourcing Things You Don’t Care About)

I like this post. But not for the post in itself.

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The Daily Scrum, Episode 2

The Daily Scrum, Episode 2 is now available for download in iTunes.

In this episode, we introduce Mike Maheu to the podcast. Mike is an Agile trainer and evangelist of best practices when implementing Agile. He talks a bit about examples of Agile deployments – tools and methodologies – and we discuss how these software development-specific ideas can be used by non-developers.

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Introducing The Daily Scrum

What the experience really shows is the opposite: that hierarchical bureaucracy is a work culture that no longer fits the marketplace of 2011.

(Source: Forbes, Scrum Is A Major Management Discovery)

I’ve been exposed to agile processes and methodologies since 2006. Of course, back then I didn’t know what it was or how it could help me. What I did know is that it was different, and I had a hard time adapting to it.

It’s been ingrained in the way I do things since.

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