“Most of the time,” my friend told me,” they were just doing really manual work. Copying and pasting, doing very routine things that could have been automated. And they’d do these things for 8 or 9 hours a day, sometimes more. They’d come back on Saturdays just to finish their work.” He was talking about... Continue Reading →
This is a story worth reading: How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail
Amazing story of how Newegg defeated a patent troll
Adoption of technology: Sell the benefits, not the features
I suppose it's a saying as old as marketing itself, but when trying to persuade people to take up an idea, sell the benefits, not the features. And yes, for you involved in technology adoption in a corporate setting, this includes you as well. Let me explain with a story. I gave my dad my... Continue Reading →
Always overestimate the difficulties of simple projects
I've worked in plenty of projects, at school, at work, and at play. One thing I've learned is to always overestimate the difficulty of a project. Especially if it appears easy. A friend and I are currently working on building a website for a local B2B (business-to-business) company during our spare time. When we first... Continue Reading →
The IT-Marketing Divide
I’d heard and read plenty of stories about the IT-Marketing divide, about how IT people don’t really see eye-to-eye with the “business” people. But I never really believed it because I’d never experienced it. As a business/marketing analyst I interact with both sides quite a bit of the time. So if it was so common,... Continue Reading →
Why you need to learn MS Excel
Just five years ago Microsoft Excel was as alien to me as table manners is to a two-year-old child. Then during my university summer break in 2007 I got a job at a bank that changed all that. I learned that Excel makes calculations of complex formulas easy; Excel works great as a basic reporting... Continue Reading →
Why touch typing is the most important computer skill
It is one of my strongest beliefs that touch typing is the most important computer skill that you can learn and should master. Here are 6 reasons why: It can help you become more productive. Time saved typing means more time for more value-added work. I cannot emphasise this enough. I've seen countless of my colleagues spend hours crafting... Continue Reading →
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