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Posts from September 2007

Posted
30 September 2007 @ 7am

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IM

IM at the workplace

http://www.43folders.com/forum/2007/09/29/im-bestpractices-workplace
Merlin asked his readers to contribute their tips for IM use at the workplace. I’ve been a heavy IM user since 2004 - with direct reports in several time zones, it’s a time saver.
What is frustrating is seeing people use IM as a means of entering requests into my department, when we have reporting standards [...]


The Laptop Herring

I’m guilty of bringing my laptop to meetings - too often I’m brought into meetings to make sure my group doesn’t have some responsibility - unfortunately, the powers that be sometimes aren’t very good at knowing who does what. As a result, I often get stuck in meetings I have no input on.
My compromise has [...]


50mm - the forgotten lens

I did most of my film shooting with a no-frills manual SLR and a fast 50mm prime lens. In this day of cheap kit zooms, the allure of a fast prime lens has been forgotten. The 50mm lens, or “normal” lens, most accurately represents the perspective of a human eye on 35mm film, and is [...]