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Michael Sampson

Secrets of Success 101 – by Nicholas Bate

Nicholas has published another one of his thought provoking 101 blog posts, this time on the secrets of success. There’s always a lot in each to prod toward action, cause thinking, agree with, disagree with, and ruminate on during the small hours of the night. Here’s the first […]

Banning Email at Cisco

In an attempt to encourage staff to shift to new ways of communicating, Peter Hughes at Cisco has banned his staff from using email for broadcasting messages: “Employees’ reliance on email as the primary mode of communication is hurting business productivity, according to an executive at one of […]

Multiple Monitors: Blessing or Curse?

Farhad questions the benefit of using multiple monitors on his desktop computer, arguing that the benefits have been oversold: “The conventional argument in favour of dual monitors rests on what might be called the two-window problem. Imagine, for instance, the process of writing a research report. You have […]

Microsoft OneNote for Mac

The Office team at Microsoft announced three updates to OneNote today: a Mac version, a freemium model (both OneNote 2013 for Windows and the new OneNote for Mac are free, with premium features available by subscription), and a new API for the cloud service. OneNote for Mac “Similar […]