Category: Tanker
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This feels so familiar
This XKCD comic illustrates something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. There are just too many instant messaging protocols / services. I’ve got contacts in different settings who all use different instant messaging apps. In most cases, I try to stick with SMS and e-mail. The problem is with services like Facebook, which gives…
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How to improve productivity @ work
I’ve recently been thinking about how different users utilise a multiple monitor setup at home or in the office. A mulitiple monitor setup will, in many cases, help improve productivity, by making you spend less time in context switching when looking up information. However, it seems some users struggle with distractions. [nytimes] Developers seem to unite on…
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War of the Operating Systems
What operating system should I choose? Have you asked yourself the same question? This is how I look at the three big providers: Windows, Linux (all distros seen as flavours of one), and lastly macOS. Disclaimer: I have used OS X as my primary OS at home from 10.3 Panther, and I am at El…
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Abstract data warehousing and Rolls Royces
When should you use data abstraction in your data warehouse? (Short answer: when it is profitable for your company) Cisco has a nice introduction on the best practice of using data abstraction in your Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). They argue that the best practice is to transform your data from its original form, into what your…
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How to work in an open environment
The last 30 years or so have given a remarkable change in the frames around how we work in an office environments. From closed cell offices via cubicles into an open environment. From name tags on the doors into «free seating». The response have been mixed. Some employees have sincere and well founded concerns about…
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Business Storytelling
I found an interesting and educational article, which describes how to do storytelling the right way. Storytelling is a means to market, or introduce yourself as a business to potential partners or customers. By telling stories the right way, you involve the listener in a dimension they can relate to. Combined with images and video to…
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Observation
Back in the day, we had “protocols” for what you were about to send over the net. A lot went P2P, a lot went to BBS, a lot went to IRC. Then came the web, with its own use area. Namely, web pages for distribution of information, «homepages» and the likes. After the web took…
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Should companies depreciate email?
Todays post is about electronic mail. It occurred to me, that I might be writing to the generation 40+. Everyone from 13-30s think they have it all figured out, especially in regards to computers. Lots of companies depreciate the use of email. An argument I’ve heard often is: «But, the young generation today doesn’t use…
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Visionary leading
So, you have some sort of responsibility. It may be work related, voluntary or maybe you plan on taking more responsibility in your own life. How do you make sure that you have momentum, and a direction according to where you want to go? Lets consider this: You lead a team of motivated people. You want…