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By: 6 Interesting Reads -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

6 Interesting Reads -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:08:06 +0000

[...] argued before that you don’t need better technology; now Scott Berkun points to Vero Pepperrell, (a.k.a. “that Canadian Girl”), who says, [...]

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Four blogs worth checking out. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:19:37 +0000

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By: We are not beasts of burden. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

We are not beasts of burden. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:25:39 +0000

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By: Cali and Jody » Blog Archive » The technology in your head

Cali and Jody » Blog Archive » The technology in your head — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:09:24 +0000

[...] . . . wrapped up in your own world. Which is why we are grateful to Tim Walker for his post about relying on your brain instead of relying on [...]

By: Mike Chapman

Mike Chapman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:51:30 +0000

It always get back to the basics doesn’t it? I usually find that when I’m spending an inordinate amount of time responding to the urgent and not so urgent gmail inbox, twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc., etc., that I’m just avoiding accomplishing something really important. Sometimes that might just be a nap or a trip to the gym, both to clear my head. Thanks for the post.

By: Tim Walker

Tim Walker — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:09:05 +0000

Dan – Amen re “continuous partial attention”. It addicts us to urgency, and then we don’t know what to do with ourselves unless urgency is running the show. Recipe for mediocrity, if not disaster.

Nan – Your comment about asking a good question reminds me of Einstein’s dictum that we should spend MOST of our problem-solving time figuring out what the right questions are. It’s too easy to ask the first question that pops to mind, get a quick answer for it, and then start implementing . . . all in the wrong direction.

By: nan

nan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:24:31 +0000

With a combined decrease in cost and increase in compute power, we have become very lazy about thinking. We have come to rely on brute computing power in place of careful Design of Experiments, or the ability to ask a good question. We have been discussing this out loud over here for a while now.. I think it deserves some blog time as well.

By: Dan Markovitz

Dan Markovitz — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:48:36 +0000

Thinking always gets shortchanged. Linda Stone, who works at the Microsoft Research Institute, says that we all suffer from “continuous partial attention.” And in that condition, we tend to shortchange the things that don’t seem urgent or critical – like thinking. But of course, that’s where problems get solved and ideas are hatched.

By: Tim Walker

Tim Walker — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:13:20 +0000

Hi, Ann Marie – and thanks for the kind comment!

By: Ann Marie Pierce

Ann Marie Pierce — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:11:22 +0000

Hi Tim,

We worked together for a number of years at Hoovers, and I always enjoy reading your articles. I quite like the tech series, and think it is beneficial in my new line of work; selling time and project expense tracking software. Keep up the good work, and hope all is well in your world. – Ann Marie