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Archives for May, 2012


What it Takes to Get Employers to Try Work at Home Practices in Chicago: NATO and Handcuffs

by Craig Roth  |  May 17, 2012  |  Comments Off

I’ve been looking forward to the time that more companies encourage their employees to work from home, particularly for my friends, family, and clients here in Chicago.  What I didn’t anticipate is that the first time I would see articles about a slew of companies encouraging work-at-home, it would include quotes such as: "Our goal [...]

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Hey Robots, Go Crawl Somewhere Else

by Craig Roth  |  May 15, 2012  |  1 Comment

If you’re reading this blog post anywhere except Gartner Blogging Network (or your RSS feed reader of choice), it’s been stolen.  Yes, that does happen sometimes.  I’m amazed at how many sites exist to aggregate posts from authors without permission.  I don’t mean referencing phrases or quoting or tweeting – that’s all good.  I mean [...]

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How SharePoint Governance Scenarios are Like Snowflakes

by Craig Roth  |  May 7, 2012  |  Comments Off

How is SharePoint governance like a snowflake?  Is it that it’s backbreaking labor to shovel it up if you wait too long?  That it tends to fall from the heavens and hit you cold in the face?  Well, yes, but I was thinking more poetically: SharePoint governance is like a snowflake in that no two [...]

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