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Keeping up!

Someone admitted to me in e-mail today that they " have finally begun to feel like ......I...

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Dealing with people who have a “change anti-virus”

My latest Association Agenda article is online: "Many people seem to be driven by a rather...

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How to think about innovation

My newsclipping picked up a great quote by Home Depot's CEO: "The landscape is strewn with...

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Innovation article : “…you’ve got to instill a sense of courage….”

The Globe & Mail today features my article that outlines how companies must get back into an...

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“What’s happening to our careers?”

The article I wrote for a variety of association executive publications throughout North...

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“At least begin doing something”

"...are we now witnessing the death of IT innovation in business organizations? Have we seen...

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Association related articles

I've been writing a bi-weekly column for executive directors of associations. The articles are...

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No more spam!

Well, it took a while, but I have a spamless life. My setup is now rather unbelievable; mail...

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My dad was a cool guy …..

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Perfect Microwave Popcorn!

Eight years ago, I started telling my story about "perfect microwave popcorn" -- a story as to...

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“Daddy, do we have a firewall?”

So asked my 8-year-old when he woke up this...

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Win me!

Monster.Ca is running a new direct mail campaign with respect to a new resume management tool,...

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Helping kids remember…

I'm off to do my keynote for the US Department of Defense tomorrow. I just found this little...

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Feedback from my recent keynote for SAP America

From the VP of MarketingSAP could not have been happier with Jim Carroll's performance at our...

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My weblog is one year old today

Check the calendar over on the right, and have a peek at...

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Thoughts on risk

In Forbes: "Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is...

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Election fraud in the future

I've just caught on to this story, which seems to have been going on for a while, in which it...

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“That’s from the olden days, daddy!”

I've started writing a bi-weekly column for the online newsletter of an association of...

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Department of Defense keynote

Next week, I'll provide the opening keynote for the US Department of Defense DoD Maintenance...

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Apple’s sense of humor

Apple announced iTunes for Windows today (everyone knows that) but you might not have seen...

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A keynote for the American Federation of Teachers

I'll be keynoting the semi-annual American Federation of Teachers technology conference in...

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Nomadic workers….

It's Small Business Week. Here's an interesting stat spotted in the New Zealand Herald-Tribune...

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The lengths they’ll go to…..

Spammers and net-con-artists try to get more sophisticated all the time. I received this...

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Another broken music service

Much fanfare announcing Puretracks today, a Canadian service that offers tunes for sale. I...

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Another keynote for SAP — next week in Chicago

I received an e-mail from SAP this morning: "...thank you very much for the excellent...

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Smart frogs ….

Today is my keynote at the SAP Business forum ... with the key message being that it is the...

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Traditional offices — Boring as sin!

I'm quoted in the Edmonton Journal today in an article about an innovative, new, cooperative...

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I’m digitizing my life …..

Well, at least all the photos. For the last two weeks, I've scanned about 2,000 old photos...

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Go to a bar — and be tracked!

Vancouver Sun article: "Vancouver bar patrons will soon have to produce identification and...

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Unreal … another digital camera advancement

A company has come out with 4.8 gigabyte compact flash cards --- which you can use in a...

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Ten years of change

Ten years ago today, I was approached by a major publisher, asking if I could write a book...

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Look up!

Went to get the morning paper just now .... and it's a crisp, cool October morning. The stars...

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“The curse of the information age …..

.... is information." Great line from a novel I was reading last...

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I’ll keynote the American Federation of Teachers conference

Just in ... I'll keynote their annual I/T conference this December, examining a number of...

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“THIS IS A TREND AND COMPANY TO WATCH”

My Vonage IP phone arrived today. I simply plugged it into my home network -- waited two...

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HP ScanJet 5500c issue appears resolved

And based on this, I'd highly recommend the product to anyone. Early indications are that...

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Easing the digital divide…

I'll be addressing the annual meeting of Computers for Schools Ontario tomorrow. This is an...

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Hmmmm … does this mean something?

On CNN, a brief clip that noted that today marks 666 days since the Enron collapse....

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The American Federation of Teachers: The Future of Activism!

The American Federation of Teachers had Jim do a session examining the future of labour...

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What I Learned from Frogs in Texas

Notes the Chicago Tribune in an article about the global networked economy, on September 23,...

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