Posted by Sean on February 12th, 2009

International teams –...

Working in a variety of locations or collaborating with multiple team members across borders can introduce some extra challenges to team and project management. A recent article from Web Worker Daily entitled “Web Working in a Borderless World” points out some of the challenges international team members face: Working styles differ across cultures – I definitely agree with this one...
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Posted by Sean on February 1st, 2009

Monitoring your competitio...

While following Ms. Ellen Naylor (http://twitter.com/EllenNaylor) on Twitter, I noticed a reference to a blog post about using various tools to monitor what your competitors are doing, where they are working and what people are saying about them. I have to say I was surprised about what I found there! The post begins with the sentence: "As a rule of thumb, your should gather competitive intelligence...
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Posted by Sean on January 31st, 2009

Free work?...

A post on Boagworld caught my attention when it highlighted the question of working for free. This is a real question for freelancers and independent professionals to think about before they go too far down the road of developing their business. The Boagworld posting points out a few of the reasons you might want to think about working for free: Good publicity – I agree with the idea that all...
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Posted by Sean on January 19th, 2009

When international connect...

It was an unfortunate and, quite frankly, sad event to see the closure of the University of Alaska Anchorage’s American Russian Center (ARC) on January 5,2009. The local news station had an informative report on the event. What makes the closure notable is the loss of an historically significant and useful set of institutional connections with academic and commercial groups in the Russian Far...
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Posted by Sean on November 11th, 2008

Templates for iWeb...

Developing a website can be accomplished in a variety of ways – hand-coding the HTML and CSS, using a Content Management System, or purchasing templates that work with your hosting service or iWeb. While reading through my newsfeeds, I came across a couple of links to iWeb template providers: 11Mystics and iPresentee. Both offer various types of iWeb templates at reasonable prices. If you maintain...
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Posted by Sean on November 8th, 2008

Changes in business climat...

Mary Meeker Web 2.0 Presentation View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: trends web) The analysis offered in the slide presentation from Mary Meeker is a compelling assessment of the current economic outlook. The potential for growth in the mobile internet underscores the importance of developing good content and services if you expect to survive the recession.
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