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Is Cloud The Way To Go?
Read more: Is Cloud The Way To Go?So I had to upgrade my cell phone contract. I used to be on this thing where I had a bucket of minutes and text messages to use, and now I’m on exactly the opposite. I have unlimited phone and…
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Cycling Concepts and HR: It’s Not About the Bike
I’m most certainly an advocate that the greatest, most expensive bike you can buy simply must make you faster. You’ll obviously climb better, sprint faster, ride longer. I support this model by having a very nice bike, custom built by…
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Social Media, Gen Y and the Workplace
Michael Specht linked over to some survey results presented by Microsoft and Insurity. There were a couple of interesting findings and in my opinion they certainly do point to our need to change how the workplace operates, not only for…
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Cycling Concepts and HR: Team Time Trials
In the team time trial, a group of cyclists (usually 4) will ride as a single unit using the technology of their bikes and ever possible advantage of drafting they can get. Like a well oiled machine, a single rider…
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Cycling Concepts and HR: Time Trials
In cycling, the time trial is also known as the race of truth. It is the only time in cycling (triathlons excluded as that’s not real cycling…) where you are not allowed to draft or engage in team tactics. In…
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The Realities of Integrated UI
Anu posted this image of simplicity for user interface designs. While it’s a bit of a caricature on how Apple and Google have designed their UI’s, it’s really quite accurate at a basic level. Everything you need to do is…
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Cycling Concepts and HR: Drafting
There are actually quite a few HR bloggers who are also cyclists. Thomas Otter is a leading candidate, as are the other Systematic and Jeff Hunter. I’ll also join the cyclist crew, although not nearly as gung-ho as I used…
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Enterprise 2.0 Diagram
I ran across this quite interesting and comprehensive e2.0 diagram and thought I’d share. I like how it’s organized with Actors, Technologies and Methods as part of the engine behind e2.0, but as usual I have a few comments. I…
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Microsoft’s Attempt at GenY
Hey, Genius. We want you. We know you’re genius in some way or another. Whether you’re code crazy, binary brilliant or master of origami dollhouses, it’s all good by us. So if you’re feeling genius at the moment, or just…
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Integrating Talent Applications (Suites)
As we seem to be moving past the initial enamoration of talent functionality, there seems to be more and more disillusionment with the lack of full integration that we are used to expecting with more mature applications like HRIS, payroll…
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Diagramming Web 2.0 versus Enterprise 2.0
I like pictures. CIPD published a paper that was honestly quite annoying, but contained a couple of little gems. I was annoyed because the paper was entitled Web 2.0 and HR, but it never got past defining what Web 2.0…