Trying to Hit the Nail on the Head

Here’s a TED video you really should see

Here’s another tool you should be using, if you ask me, especially if your carrying around a laptop containing months (even years) of valuable information, like I do. At Mozy you can get a simple but effective tool that creates a backup of your important files on the Mozy servers. The free account has 2 GB of space, which should be enough for the important data, but there’s an unlimited account as well…

Mind you, if you’re really paranoia (or if your boss makes you behave like that) do keep in mind that your files are now on a server that is not under your control…

Yet another nice productivity tool: at YouSendIt you can send large files up to 2 GB to anyone having an email address. The files are stored for a limited time (7 days) on their servers and can be downloaded via a URL that is sent to the receiver.

I wouldn’t use it to send sentitive information (unless you encrypt them yourself first), but even the free version is a nice solution for sending files larger than your mailbox can handle.

I’m always looking for more information/knowlegde – I admit it, I’m an info-junkie – and use goodreads to keep track of the books I still want to read.
 

If you want to see what I’m currently reading (yes, I’m always kind of reading more than one book at a time), have a look at my profile. Feel free to connect as a friend so I can see what you’re reading as well!

Here’s a nice tool I discovered, thanks to Fré.
Fingertips makes starting the programs you always need a lot faster.

I find the following two series of pocket books very interesting for the young professional. They’re short (about 100 pages), low cost (about 5 to 10 EUR), have interesting content (e.g. Making Presentations, Coaching, 360 Degree Feedback, …) and they usually contain just enough models, tips and tricks to get you started (or to improve yourself). If you really want the details on one of these models, … you can then switch to the more traditional management books, which are a lot bigger, more expensive and cover less, but more into detail.

I really can recommend having a look at them:

• Management Pocketbooks
• Essential Managers Series, published by DK Publishing, Inc.

But, of course, they don’t look as good on your book shelve. :icon_wink:

A few days ago, I blogged about TED. Today, I saw one presentation, that convinced me, I know not that much about statistics as I thought I did. (Mind you, I have a Masters Degree in Computer Sciences and, prior to that, I studied Latin-Mathematics).

Watch Peter Donnelly on how juries are fooled by statistics and I’m sure only a few of us will get his answers right.