Bill

I am a project manager for a software company. Currently my focus is on system implementation and training. My background also includes training development including web based and self-paced instructional materials. I have an extensive background in retail information systems including Point of Sale, Inventory Control and Business Management.

Sand Art – Kseniya Simonova

What do you get when you take a large light box, sand, dramatic music, passion, a story to tell, and an incredible artist?  You have the video below.  Kseniya Simonova is an incredibly talented artist that as you watch tells a visual story with sand and light.  In this video Kseniya tells of the German [...]

If It’s Not Illegal to Drive While Texting – It Should Be!!!

I hear the notification tone that I have a new email and admittedly I am one of those that will invaribly check to see who it is from.  It wouldn’t matter that I was driving down the road… at least until I saw this video.   If you are a frequent texter or you twitter from [...]

Spending My Stimulus - The Reality

Spending My Stimulus – The Reality

It was payday last week and much to my surprise it looks like the stimulus package has kicked in and I had $6.93 to spend that I didn’t have in prior paychecks.   I just had to go out and celebrate.  Wooo Hooo!!!! I had more money to spend.
Needless to say at $6.93 I have [...]

50 Best Places to Work…

A  great big “Thumbs Up” to the first, in what is anticipated to be an annual Employees’ Choice Award by the folks over at Glassdoor.com. 
The article that I link to below includes the top 50 which was derived from more than 11,000 companies based on approximately 75,000 employees responses to a survey.
What I really like [...]

Project Management, A Forgotten Perspective

Found this great project management article over on informative articles…
 

Effective project managers know how to get the job done, and get it done right. Success comes not only from wise selection of the team members and utilization of the best project management software tools; effective managers know how to lead, and how to encourage project [...]

Project Status Reports Everyone Can Understand

Project Status Reports Everyone Can Understand
Creating basic highlight reports which clients and management can comprehend.
Letting people know how a project is coming along is obviously a key responsibility of any project manager. With so many methodologies to choose from these days, it becomes hard to determine which key pieces of information will be useful to [...]

Vacation Email Triage

Vacation Email Triage

Email management is something that I have a passion for!  For me it is a sink or swim kind of a thing and as I get ready to take holidays I often focus on the dreaded return back to reality with hundreds and hundreds of email that I need to catch up on.
As you all [...]

Four Commitments to Barack Obama…

I found this article on one of the blogs that I read.  I’ve been kind of sitting back watching, wondering, and anticipating what and how Barack Obama may orchestrate his ”change” mantra.  While somewhat skeptical this article reminded me that he is soon to be our president and as a citizen of this country I have a [...]

Top 5 Ways to Reduce Email Traffic

Top 5 Ways to Reduce Email Traffic

Use the email traffic reduction tips below to combat spam and carbon copy bloat and secure the sanctity of the inbox.
1. Maintain multiple email addresses.
Set up personal and public email account(s) in addition to work email. Use the personal account for friends and family and the public account for online shopping, newsletters, etc.. Never give [...]

How to Avoid Exceeding Your Exchange Mail File Size Limit

Full article can be found HERE.