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	<title>bTechSharp - Affordable CompuFiciency</title>
	
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		<title>Learn to Conduct your Business in 3D</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<description>Successful modern businesses must compete in a faster-paced environment than ever before.  The old tools just don&amp;#8217;t get the job done, so businesses have gone from the desktop PC to the cloud, and now to mobile technology.  However, each change adds another level of complexity and frustration, often making problems worse not better.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="readmore"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/learn-to-conduct-your-business-in-3d" title="Learn to Conduct your Business in 3D"&gt;Continue Reading--31 words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/Px_ZKSn4YQ8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>No multitasking for teams either</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No multitasking for teams either &amp;#8211; The Knowledge Lens&amp;#160; -&amp;#160; Original source of this great post.

May 19th, 2011

by Jack Vinson. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="readmore"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/no-multitasking-for-teams-either" title="No multitasking for teams either"&gt;Continue Reading--48 words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/6zMlS4d31ig" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Demo Blog Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 01:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<title>First Communications – Letting Social Media Own the Brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<description>The power of social media to tell the story is far greater than corporations seem to understand.

I have to wonder how many people saw this on Facebook the last few days.  My experience with First Communications customer support and sales has been among the worst ever.  I gave them numerous opportunities to &amp;#8216;get it right&amp;#8217; and explained to the represenatives that I was a customer with five accounts who had been with them for five years.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="readmore"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/first-communications-letting-social-media-own-the-brand" title="First Communications &amp;#8211; Letting Social Media Own the Brand"&gt;Continue Reading--21 words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/OKVLB-MV-L0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>What risks do businesses face when records are NOT destroyed according to applicable directives?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What risks do businesses face when records are NOT destroyed according to applicable directives? Write an answer on Quora

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		<title>What professions or careers have virtually disappeared due to disruptive technologies or innovation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<description>What professions or careers have virtually disappeared due to disruptive technologies or innovation? 7 answers on Quora

What professions or careers have virtually disappeared due to disruptive technologies or innovation?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/4aJJnJ57vcU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Converting Documents to Digital Format – Project Considerations</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~3/5BR67SGLgJo/converting-documents-to-digital-format-project-considerations</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<description>Summarize the types of requirements in a service specification for “back file” conversion.



Why: First and foremost, what is the business purpose  for converting?  Does it outweigh the cost of project?  Is their sufficient planning and completeness to do a backward scan in entirety, versus a critical documents only, versus a this point forward scan?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="readmore"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/converting-documents-to-digital-format-project-considerations" title="Converting Documents to Digital Format &amp;#8211; Project Considerations"&gt;Continue Reading--9 words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/5BR67SGLgJo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Information Management Policy in Organizations</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~3/MeoPmmEm6S0/information-management-policy-in-organizations</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<description>Information Policy and Information Management Requirements Analysis

In any organization, policy is always a double-edged sword.  On the positive side, policy leads to standardization, organization, compliance, efficiency, and so on.  On the negative side, policy is binding; it forestalls initiative and creativity; it becomes a substitute for good judgment. Taken to extreme, excess adherence to policy diminishes creative responses and problem-solving behavior that management hopes to find in valuable employees. Policy must adequately address these far-reaching and disparate elements without so stymieing workers as to halt desire and initiative, and indirectly, profitability. And yet, sound policy of all types is as necessary to an organization’s ultimate success as are sales of widgets.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="readmore"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/information-management-policy-in-organizations" title="Information Management Policy in Organizations"&gt;Continue Reading--17 words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/MeoPmmEm6S0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Rule world during power outage – parts required: 3G cell phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<description>Email to my professor of &amp;#8216;Data Communications and Computer Networks&amp;#8216;

Dear Dr Bakes,

THIS should excite a professor of &amp;#8216;Data Communications and Computer Networks&amp;#8217;!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="readmore"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/rule-world-during-power-outage-parts-required-3g-cell-phone" title="Rule world during power outage &amp;#8211; parts required: 3G cell phone"&gt;Continue Reading--1 words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/n1y-wWMSO4I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Draft eBook ‘Online Collaboration’ – Seeking Comments</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~3/H6P_TD74Nd0/ebook</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian@bTechSharp.com (Brian T Mickley)</dc:creator>
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		<description>This project is picking up steam.  The more I research and the more we use collaboration tools, the clearer it all becomes.

Just as computers alone didn&amp;#8217;t really solve business problems, nor will &amp;#8216;collaboration&amp;#8217; solve problems&amp;#8211;UNLESS&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="readmore"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/ebook" title="Draft eBook &amp;#8216;Online Collaboration&amp;#8217; &amp;#8211; Seeking Comments"&gt;Continue Reading--21 words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mickley/nbRP/~4/H6P_TD74Nd0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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