A New Site For Your Professional Skills

The problem is, LinkedIn is kinda lame.

(Source: TechCrunch, WorkFu Launches its Less Ugly, More Useful Version of LinkedIn)

I’ve never been a fan of LinkedIn. Yeah, I’m on there but I don’t think I’ve updated anything for quite some time. It was always clunky and complex.

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The Daily Scrum, Episode 6

The Daily Scrum, Episode 6 is now available for download in iTunes! In this episode we talk about making mistakes and we chat a bit more about the upcoming video / screencast session.

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Yesterday’s Work From Home Meeting – A Recap

Thanks to everyone that showed up yesterday! A really great and fun turnout, with some continuing items that stirred up some questions (and even provided some freebies!).

  • Ask An Expert
  • Community Sponsor
  • June Meeting
  • Other Stuff

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What Is Your Core Business?

Do you really want to worry about customizing email and word processing? You give up a little, but you can get back a lot.

(Source: CIO Journal, Google CIO Ben Fried Says Cloud Tipping Point Is At Hand)

Using the cloud to focus on your company’s core competencies by removing layers of customization and complexity.

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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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