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Texting can heal broken hearts, raspy lungs or cranky clients

Posted April 11, 2012 - 12:31 pm

Dismissed by many as too shallow to qualify as communication, texting makes many feel as connected as phone calls, and can be better at getting even the sick to clean up their acts.
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Apple's retail stores: Great places to shop, miserable places to work

Posted June 15, 2011 - 4:02 pm

Confidential training manuals, employee interviews reveal tightly controlled operation. All in all, you're best off visiting an Apple retail store than working at one.
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Hottest IT job skills for 2011

Posted March 21, 2011 - 12:49 pm

IT is in the middle of a dramatic shift that is affecting the number and type of jobs CIOs need to fill: great news if you have the right skills, bad news if you don't.
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Desktop training harder than you'd think

Posted February 23, 2011 - 3:15 pm

When I read with disappointed interest the news that the German Foreign Office had decided to migrate back to Windows after having deployed Linux on their office desktops in 2005, my immediate reaction was one of resignation.
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2009 recovery plan keeps funds flowing for IT training

Posted January 31, 2011 - 3:51 pm

The $19 billion aimed at digitizing health records masked a potentially more important fund -- money to train 50,000 to 100,000 new IT people for healthcare.
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Surveys disagree on numbers, but still see IT hiring as slow, steady

Posted December 9, 2010 - 5:05 pm

IT departments may finally have seen the last of job and salary cuts and be back on a growth track, according to new surveys of IT hiring and spending plans.
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Pico projectors, consumer devices transform presentations

Posted November 16, 2010 - 6:31 pm

Whether it's a pico projector, an iPhone with the right cables, or a smartphone combines with an Apple TV or Google TV box, the requirements of creating a solid presentation/training space are being transformed by consumer technologies.
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How to Escape the CRM Training Trap

Posted June 23, 2010 - 7:07 am

CRM users need to be trained. But they don't particularly like training, and they sure don't remember it. Is there a better way?
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Linux Foundation to World: Get a Job!

Posted January 26, 2010 - 9:52 am

2010 will be a bumpy start to the inevitable climb in IT jobs, as the US economy struggles to reset itself after a deep recession. Today the Linux Foundation expanded its training program to get more Linux workers ready to fill those jobs.
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Three Tips on Choosing the Right Technical Book

Posted October 16, 2009 - 11:28 am

After my advice on self-training employees a few days ago, some folks asked me how to pick the right technical books for their situation. Valid question, because popular topics may have a shelf-full of books to choose from. How do you find yours? Try these three tips.
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Three Options for Employee Self Training

Posted October 6, 2009 - 5:55 pm

I know people who used to make a fat living off training, but that train has slowed if not derailed. Well, not the “Train of Knowledge” all employees need to do their job better, but the gravy train of fat training contracts and fatter per diem checks for traveling around the country.
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How to ease the transition to Office 2007

Posted December 18, 2008 - 10:30 pm

The transition to Office 2007 is a major hurdle for many organizations due to the total interface overhail introduced by Microsoft. With no legacy interface option available in the product, users often face the product with big questions. Addintools.com has created a product called Classic Menu for Office 2007 that remedies this situation.
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