A story which suggested that users of Internet Explorer have a lower IQ than people who chose other browsers appears to have been an elaborate hoax. A number of media organisations, including the BBC, reported on the research, put out by Canadian firm ApTiquant. It later emerged that the company’s website was only recently set…
It can be a very tough proposition to sell: spending fewer billable hours. In many cases, a successful knowledge search will result in exactly that – with just the right prior work at hand, you can draft up the needed agreement in a much shorter time. So, how do you ensure that the client is…
Project management skills are not as arcane as you might think. I found this lovely little article on slaw.ca: it likens sailing knowledge to the ability to guide a project. You don’t have the time to become world-class, but any skipper benefits from learning to steer straight. Then, if monsters appear, you’ve got a hope…
So, a proposed takeover of Autonomy by HP for $10+ billion US. Favourite links through August 21, 2011: Could Oracle now snap up HP? NY Post Financial analysis from, yes, the NY Post Reuters summary of HP’s strategic path to this point HP’s press release Cnet – HP saying goodbye to WebOS, PC unit HP Studies…