Category: Workplace
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The big ban on employees accessing Facebook
Earlier this month, in FIR #254, Shel and I discussed quite an interesting story of what one company did regarding employee access to and use of Facebook. That story, of the law firm Allen and Overy’s Facebook U-turn, is a…
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Easy audio-visual screen capture with Jing
If you want a very easy and simple way to capture something on your computer screen and easily share it with friends or colleagues, look no further than the Jing Project. A new service from TechSmith – makers of long-established…
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The transition is happening
The introduction of consumer-driven Web 2.0 technologies into businesses is set to usher in a new phase of productivity growth that could surpass that achieved during the late-1990s internet boom, according to John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems.…
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On my recommended reading list
I’d like to recommend some valuable, thought-provoking and, yes, entertaining business reading that I’m currently enjoying. Two books: Strategies and Tools for Corporate Blogging by John Cass. A great wake-up call for corporations, says one reviewer. John highlights not only…
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The risks of not waiting for IT
Younger employees are going to be pushing employers to use Web 2.0 technologies on the job. And if their companies don’t start adopting them, younger workers will most likely just start using them on the sly. So says an Information…