Projects PossibleA

In looking at the projects that I work on there could literally be thousands of small little tasks in the jigsaw puzzle we call a project.  The tasks could range from simple little 20 or 30 minute things, to tasks that may require days or even weeks to complete.  At one time, I went down the road of [...]

I have been a seller on eBay for a number of years and have dabbled a little bit with books on Amazon.  What I am looking for now is some GOOD auction management software.    I’ve tried quite a few different things in both the online and local environments including: Merlin, Auctionwatch, Auctionworks, Mr.Lister, and Shooting [...]

As a project manager, I am always looking for great tools and utilities that will help me to become more productive and improve customer (internal and external) experience. I know about the standard stuff that we use like Microsoft Project, Mindmapper, Excel, Outlook and the like.   What I would be interested in is hearing what [...]

There are a LOT of theories and ideas floating around to help with time management and productivity.  Classes and seminars are offered, books are published, and websites and blogs are posted all to try to help us better manage our lives.  For this author there has been no one method to help with time and productivity [...]

By my own admission I am NOT a Microsoft Excel expert.  I know enough about the application to make me dangerous.  I use Excel pretty extensively in my day to day work activities, and in my continuing effort to streamline my day I decided that I needed to add some functionality to my project management [...]

The ClearContext IMS (Information Management System) v4 Outlook Add-in has been released.  This new release adds some great features and functionality.  Included below are the ones that I have tested and use.  I have also done a prior review on overall features and functions that I use that you can find here.   With IMS I have found [...]

I’ve run across this Mark Osborne Academy Award nominated 6 minute short film MORE a number of times on the Net. On first pass I found it to be quite depressing but on further thought the message is rather powerful. I believe this story of the factory worker / inventor can be personalized and if [...]

 I recently read an article in a Canadian newspaper about a “green” tradeshow. The concept of “going green” or in effect reducing carbon emissions in everything that we do is becoming much more prevalent as we become more aware of global warming. This article discussed the tradeshow environment and eliminating things like handouts and bottled [...]

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As many of you already know I am a project manager for a software company.  When I decided to start this blog I had to decide just how much of my work world I was going to combine with my personal world.  I’m one of these people that believes in a work/life balance and my [...]