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Friday Five – March 4, 2011

#1 – Videos from Design of Everyday Things [Don Norman's jnd.org] One upon a time, many years ago — 1994 to be precise — The Voyager Company produced a delightful CD-ROM that included copies of several of my books (“Design … Continue reading

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Friday Five – February 4, 2011

This week… a little bit of IT in the world of politics and a little bit of politics in the world of IT… #1 – How Egypt Turned Off the Internet [Gizmodo] “Under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right … Continue reading

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Friday Five – January 28, 2011

Here are this week’s five interesting articles… #1 – Microsoft UC Team Blog: Don’t Be the Last Company on Notes [Ed Brill] On behalf of 50,000 organizations worldwide, let me say this in the most professional way possible: Don’t insult … Continue reading

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Friday Five – January 21, 2011

Here are this week’s five interesting articles, handpicked by yours truly. A History of Enterprise IT in One Slide [AIIM Digital Landfill] I love a good graphic, and this one is a pretty clear illustration of computing history. Part 1 … Continue reading

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Friday Five – January 14, 2011

I also blog at work (internally) and resolved to post more frequently this year.  I figured the best way to keep that up was to institute a regular weekly feature which I’m calling the Friday Five – five technology-related articles … Continue reading

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