Now that I've shifted to wearing my consulting hat, I'll be giving more presentations and facilitating more workshop sessions on Web 2.0, collaboration, Generation Y, and other topics. I have a couple of sessions to prepare and deliver over the next two weeks. I thought I'd take some time to "sharpen the saw" by planning [...]
"How are you?" asked a client after the Canada Day holiday.
"Fantastic!" I replied.
She was surprised by that. Perhaps she expected me to say that the holiday was too short, or to wish that the weekend were here. So I told her about how I filled my holiday to the brim with wonderful hobbies, and how [...]
I spent Canada Day indulging in hobbies that benefit from concentrated time. It was terrific!
I started the day by sewing a pajama set from the adorable penguin flannel I picked up last week. I modified Simplicity 3548 to make shorts instead of pants, and I tried to copy one of my existing pajama tops. The [...]
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Post from: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek.
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If you're new to social media and Web 2.0, you probably feel overwhelmed by all the different tools that are out there. Should you use Twitter? Get on Facebook? Start a blog? Share photos? Share videos? It seems that as soon as you've worked up the courage to try something new, another ten new tools [...]
I usually spend the evening before a flight putting together a travel dossier. It includes:
a map of the route from the airport to the hotel
a map of the route from the hotel to the meeting center
public transit routes for the airport to the hotel
some events and background information
This is something a virtual assistant can easily [...]
Business travel makes me anxious.
When I book my flight and hotel, I wonder if I've chosen the right airport and the right flight, and if I can get to the hotel and to the venue easily. I wonder about the moments I'll miss, the stories I'll skip by being away. I worry about my visas [...]
I learned a lot from another three months doing Drupal. Here's a summary:
I learned how to write low-level design documentation. I used to hate doing this because I was much happier prototyping things in order to figure things out, and writing in a word processor instead of a code editor seemed slow. Also, laying out [...]
I'll be changing hats at work. For the last year or so, my primary focus had been a Drupal-based project to help IBMers transition to new careers in nonprofit organizations, education, or the public sector. I learned lots of technical skills along the way, and became one of IBM's subject matter experts on Drupal. I [...]
From last week's plans:
Complete contact preferences feature and admin feature for forums (Drupal) Skipped
Givetwo presentations at work (LinkedIn and Twitter, Totally RockingPresentations at IBM) and submit a third (I.B.Millennials: Working withand Learning from Gen Y)
Sew a nylon bag for carrying lots of stuff I have my own tote! =)
Host a dinner get-together That was [...]
