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Whiteboard Junkie & Figuring Out News

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Perhaps this is more of a “true confession” than a work/news tip, but I’m a whiteboard junkie. I love to use the tool to figure out options for development, a user flow, or how to solve some process issue that can’t be understood until documented (in some way). My old Yahoo! and SportStations [...]

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Thank you, NASCAR & Partners

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Thank you to the NASCAR team, especially Ramsey / TJ / Stu, and to all the partners and firms for asking me to speak to you today at your 2008 summit.
As promised, here is the slideshow from today’s keynote presentation. If you need a PDF copy, I am happy to send those individually.
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Big News: Making Life Easier for Producers

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A feature you see frequently in modern CMS systems is the ability to get to the job of editing content straight from the presentation layer. If you’re viewing a story on the site — and you’re logged in — a little edit icon allows you to go straight to that task. This greatly improves work flow and increases efficiency.

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New Blogger, New Design

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Over the course of my professional career, I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the finest people and companies in their industries.  And at each of these stops, I also have been lucky enough to find at least one person who, when we work together, can push me to my best while I hopefully [...]

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GTD

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Getting Things Done” is not a new concept, yet it’s lost on many people who — like me and my team — have more coming at them than time to accomplish said work volume generated.

Setting up a way to handle the influx gives one time to focus on “what’s now” and “priority.” And while I’m no expert, below I’m sharing parts of my system in hopes it can help others. Your system need not follow the steps, but any system will help. [...]

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We’re Hiring!

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Observer Interactive, the division of The Charlotte Observer that is responsible for online product management and development, is hiring a web developer. Know anyone suited for the job (including you)? [...]

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