One of my Favorite things in life is ...

going to work happy. The moment I'm no longer happy that's the time I know I have to make a switch and look for something else. You know it's Sunday night and you dread it's Monday the next day... that is one thing I don't want to ever do again in life. Life is too short to hate what you are doing.

So, in the meantime, I do everything possible to keep myself happy at work. It helps being a moronically positive person... :-) But being a moron is just too negative so maybe it's "charming" that I'm so positive?!

Look at this site that I discovered last night. I loved so many of the articles. Take a look, learn a few things and find joy in your work!

http://www.workhappynow.com/

oooh Yea!

Love Gadgets? So do I! Check this site out!

http://gadgets.originalsignal.com/

Has all the news you can imagine on Gadgets. Too cool!

We have been holdin out for the Wii

Those darn boxes are so expensive. We wanted one for Christmas and could not justify the inflated prices of the thing. Then we found out that they bundle the box with so many useless games that you still have to pay a lot of money to get one.

Then I really wanted a Wii more than ever because on practically all the weight loss sites that I go to people are now begining to talk about losing weight with the Wii - Oh well -I guess that's awesome for them.

And now I see that Microsoft has made a deal with Netflix (we are Netflix users) to stream movies on the XBox through MSN. It's a brilliant idea cuz MicroSoft will definitely reach people who are not gamers this way. Maybe pull those of us who desperately want a Wii to purchasing an XBox? It'll be interesting to watch how this all plays out.

A few tools to help with Project Management

This is a link to one of the instructor's Blog at The Learning Tree. This week he is teaching "How to use Sharepoint"... and he has really great tips. Ok enough talking and here is a link to the 5 essential tools for a Project Management per Dux Raymond Sy.

http://sp.meetdux.com/archive/tags/Project%20Management/default.aspx

I gotta start using Twitter and then he mentioned Twirl... So many wonderful things to learn!
:-)

A new word that I LOVE

Specially in the light of some of the stuff I've been doing lately....

Wikidemia

An academic work passed off as scholarly yet researched entirely on Wikipedia."An A on my English paper? That's a fine piece of Wikidemia!


Go Wiki!!!!

First Window Washers, Next Glass Doors

I'm amazed at this find. Why hadn't I ever thought of this? During my job search I frequented every Salary site possible and felt as if I had a good handle of what most positions might pay. But this site takes it to the next level. Glassdoor.com but to get a description go to:

http://www.springwise.com/life_hacks/transparency_tyranny_hits_the/

Here is the first Paragraph:

For those seeking a new job, honest information about salaries and workplaces can be near impossible to find. Taking a "give to get" approach to the problem, Glassdoor is a new site that aims to provide a thorough insider's look at what it's really like to work at a company, both financially and otherwise.

One Billion PCs In Use

Oh my gosh. I so remember the days when we use to talk about the number of computers out there and the number of users. The number of computers on Networks or just stand alone computers. Then all sorts of statistics would come up and we'd discuss them as well. Such as which are the countries with the most computers, the age of these users and the types of industries they might be in. And now in 2008 we are talking about a BILLION PCs in use. We have a number...A Billion... It just blows my mind. Such exciting times!

See the article on Reuters. Here are the first few paragraphs from that article:

According to analysts, the number of PCs in use has broken the billion mark, and growth means that could surpass two billion in 2014.

Analyst company Gartner has said that the number of PCs now in use has finally topped the billion mark. What’s perhaps surprising, though, is that rapid growth in the developing world means that the figure is likely to top the two billion mark by 2014.To date much of the growth has been in the mature markets of the US, Europe and Japan, which has accounted for 58% of demand, but that is likely to change.