Improve Your Reputation via Email and Voicemail

Business Productivity , IT Training , Organizational Behavior No Comments »

Today, we’ll discuss how modern messaging problems emerge, how those problems impact our colleagues’ impressions of us, and how we can head off those problems before they negatively affect our professional reputations.

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The Great Password Reset

IT Management , Passwords 2 Comments »

In this month’s edition of Gigabytes we examine passwords, their flaws and their undeserved longevity.  Then, we will reintroduce a password management strategy that can reduce password aggravation, while improving our personal online security. 

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Deep Blue, Watson, and Zyggy

Artificial Intelligence , Business Intelligence , Business Productivity No Comments »

In a recent demonstration of the continued evolution of Artificial Intelligence, IBM’s Watson (a bank of computers without a connection to the Internet) recently defeated 74-episode Jeopardy! champ, Ken Jennings.  Certainly conceived as an IBM publicity stunt, the Watson victory is still important to business because it demonstrates the next level of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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BREAKING NEWS: Trained Employees Can Use More Than Just 10% of Their Brains

Business Productivity , IT Management , IT Training 1 Comment »

In preparing for this article I thought it would be fun to compare this oft-repeated axiom with my personal feeling that we sadly use only 10% of our software.  Alas, another perfectly good Gigabytes’ premise has been slain by MythBusters.

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Disruptive Technology

Business Productivity , Concentration 2 Comments »

Multi-Tasking for Dummies
In case you haven’t already heard, the notion that multi-tasking drives greater productivity is, in most cases, utterly false. Sure, any dummy can cook dinner and talk on the phone at the same time.

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