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Poll: IT managers and IT executives, do you play golf?
One of the most prevalent stereotypes about executives and managers is that they spend their time playing golf while their teams toil away doing the real work. Lots of executives do play golf and many of them use it as a creative way to conduct meetings with partners and clients....
Tags: Jason Hiner, Executive, Business Structures, IT manager, Stereotype, Information Technology, Strategy, Finance, Management
Blog posts 2008-01-28
Media bias rears its ugly head on IE7 'flaw'
So tell me when the last time a level-2 of 5 flaw got so much bad press?So tell me when the last time a level-2 of 5 flaw got so much bad press?Not this time...Don't blame a this sofware bug on the media. A bug is a bug. ...
Tags: dawgit, flaw, george ou, ie7, media, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, software, stereotype, windows
Discussion threads 2006-10-22
Modeling Demystified, Part 3: Extend UML for User Models - Associations, Relationships, and Stereotypes
A user model is a description of a set of people and how they will work with an IT solution. This type of modeling, which is based on leading usability theory and practice, lets solution architects specify the external design elements of the IT solution so that it's both useful...
Tags: Stereotype, Modeling, User Model, UML, Research & Development, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations
White papers 2008-03-25
Image Print 1.9.2 (Windows)
Create and print albums and books with your pictures. Use the EXIF Infos automatically in your texts. Free positioning of pictures and texts. Build stereotypes for your layouts. Save the printer options in the projects. Use the book project for a picture book and for binding the pages. The program...
Tags: Stereotype, Microsoft Windows, Michael Dombrowski, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals
Software downloads 2007-04-13
Be an IT leader, not a lemming
You're supposed to be an IT leader - using your knowledge about technology to help improve the organization. But are you a lemming instead? Forget the stereotype, being a lemming might be worse that you think. by John Sheesley
Tags: Stereotype, Information Technology, Leader, Strategy, Management, John Sheesley, Disney Corp., Instinct, Lemmings, Department Manager
Blog posts 2008-11-07

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The geek: Look past the stereotype to uncover key skills
IT managers who think hiring a computer geek is a mistake should think again. Scott Robinson believes that if you look past the geek stereotype you will discover a unique set of valuable skills.You have seen the stereotype in sitcoms and TV commercials: The classic “computer geek” is portrayed as...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Team management, Scott Robinson, computer geek, computer
Technical articles 2002-12-16
15 simple rules for getting your girlfriend to play D&D
For guys who want their girlfriends/wives/significant others to join their D&D adventures, here are a few specific rules to follow, as suggested by my D&D Adventuring and DMing wife.  First, some background.  I've often referred to my wife as a "Geek Goddess" in passing.  Most of the times, the people...
Tags: Bill Ward
Blog posts 2006-11-18
Model XML DTDs with Rational Rose
This article originally appeared as an XML e-newsletter.By Brian SchaffnerMany developers are familiar withobject-oriented analysis and design tools. These tools are oftenemployed to assist in the development of data and component modelsused to architect large software systems. For developers using theRational Rose development tools, it may come as a surprise...
Tags: Development tools, XML, DTD, XML DTD, Content Model, IBM Rational Rose, Order_grp, IBM Corp.
Technical articles 2003-09-29
Rant of The Week - Stereotyping (06/04/08)
They say the third time is the charm, so here we are again for the third week in a row of listening to me rant, whine, stomp my little foot and once again give my feeble opinion as little as that might be :-)Stereotyping... What exactly is "Stereotyping"? Wikipedia states:[i]"A...
Tags: hair, audio card, stereotype
Discussion threads 2008-06-04
Who ARE these virus writers?
Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other deliberately damaging actions? And why? After all, there are risks involved. Who are these people and what do they gain?The common stereotype is a bored but brilliant teenager from a dysfunctional...
Tags: Scorp  , trojan horse, virus, worm
Technical articles 2003-09-22
Choose your words carefully to avoid offending your students
Using "politically correct" language isn't an outdated notion. If you're not cautious, what you say can get you in hot water. Here are some points to remember.In this day and age, people in general have become hypersensitive to certain topics of discussion. So in an effort to save some of...
Tags: Gender and diversity, James Adams
Technical articles 1999-06-29
Defy IT stereotypes with these tips to polish your image
Tired of being viewed as an "IT geek?" Move beyond the stereotype by polishing your image with these tips for talking with employees, speaking in public, and handling media interviews.A May 2 article in The Wall Street Journal asked children how they pictured IT professionals. They responded with a none-too-flattering...
Tags: Loraine Lawson, information technology, image
Technical articles 2000-05-19
IT managers: Prepare for the millennials!
ExcitingBeing from a prior generation I think it's exciting. I prefer their approach to research and how to learn. It might be one of the most important lessons that I have learned from my son and his peers.I'm inbetweenlitterally at that. GenX is the year before, GenY is the...
Tags: millennial, GenY, Generation X, Generation Y, GenX
Discussion threads 2008-05-21
Let's try this Trivia thing another way
Whenever I post a list of potential Geek Trivia topics and ask my readership all three of you to guess which I'll choose, nobody musters up even a half-cocked quasi-ironic shot in the dark. I figure if a tactic isn't even worth mocking, it's not worth trying,...
Tags: Column, Worth, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2005-10-20
Don't Ask, Don't Care
One of the hottest forum topics you will find on the TechRepublic boards is one that deals with age. The topic starter is usually something in the ballpark of "I think technology is for young people".Then the comments come flooding in. I know, because I have been tempted myself to...
Tags: Ramon Padilla
Blog posts 2005-11-20
Electronics Stores Treat Women Like Geek-Idiots
I love shopping in electronics stores.  Seeing rows of hardware gets my mouth watering.  I enjoy researching which parts would best suit my personal needs, and the specs of my machine.  I can spend hours hopping from web site to web site making sure that I have found the best...
Tags: System Administrator, Women, Breast, Electronics, Electronics Store, Rebecca Ward
Blog posts 2006-11-17
Don't Stereotype When It Comes To Hiring
I was waiting in the airport the other day for my flight to arrive when a CIO from another organization noticed my ID and struck up a conversation with me. I had not met him before but he seemed like an affable person, so we began to converse. I’m not...
Tags: Career, game, hiring, Hr, Management
Blog posts 2006-11-19
Lunatic Fringe
Lunatic FringeEx-lesbian battles former partner over child Parental rights of Vermont civil union enforced in UtahPosted: December 8, 20041:00 a.m. EasternWorldNet Daily"A woman who gave birth to a child months before entering a same-sex civil union in Vermont is appealing a court ruling that granted parental standing to her former...
Tags: Cheryl Barlow, Frank Mylar, Keri Jones, off-topic, ProtiusX, visitation
Discussion threads 2004-12-08
Opening doors for women in computing
Opening doors for women in computingarticle rootOf course we need women in the workplace:Who else would make the coffee?RE: Of course we need women in the workplacePoor you, can't even fix yourself a cup a coffee!Dumbing it down?quoteAnother focus is reforming college computer science programs to make them less about...
Tags: BloodyUsername!!, computer, programming, women
Discussion threads 2005-02-08
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hello , sir, i wish to join a multimedia course.3D animation .what is the value of 3d animation in future.sir i am among the poor one so i can't do a long term course.big problem is money.I hav big interest animation and graphics i am ready to hardwork.what I study...
Tags: 3D, 3D Animation, 3D-animation, animation, career, t_dheen@...
Q&A 2005-02-28
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