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Don’t chisel first estimates into stone

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 28, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

6th    Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone 5th Installment: Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool 7th Installment: Don’t Over or Under Manage   “It is a bad plan that admits of no modification”  – Publilius Syrus (1st century … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, Publilius Syrus, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison, Uncertainty Horizon | 2 Replies

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 24, 2013 by Michael HughesDecember 20, 2016

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies By Jared Diamond Publication Date: April 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0393317552 | ISBN-13: 978-0393317558 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book attempts to explain … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anthropology, Book Reviews | Tagged Culture, History, Jared Diamond, Society Trends, Understanding Culture, Understanding Society Trends | Leave a reply

Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Crew

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 18, 2013 by Michael HughesApril 27, 2018

Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Crew: How They Lived and Died  – April 1, 1999 by Melvin W. McGuire (Author) , Robert Hadley (Author)   Publisher: Yucca Tree Press (April 1, 1999) ISBN-10: 1881325075 ISBN-13: 978-1881325079 This book has special meaning to me as my Father William … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Reviews, History | Tagged 15th AAF, 15th AAF B-17 20th Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 2nd Bombardment Group 5th Wing, 5th Wing, Amendola Air Base, B-17, B-17 Crew, Foggia Italy, Melvin W. McGuire, Robert Hadley, William Hughes, WWII | Leave a reply

Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 8, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

5th  Installment:  Manage the Project not the Project Management tool 4th Installment: Reward Bad News, Question Good News 6th Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone  “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”  – Gertrude … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers | 2 Replies

How Secure Is Your Password?

Michael William Hughes Posted on November 13, 2013 by Michael HughesFebruary 6, 2014

Create a strong password that you can remember. How to come up with a password Substitute numbers or symbols for letters or words:  For example: I becomes 1 or !, e becomes 5, b becomes 8, the letter o becomes … Continue reading →

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Posted in eMarketing, IT | Tagged Breaking Passwords, Password Strength, Passwords | 3 Replies

Reward Bad News, Question Good News

Michael William Hughes Posted on November 5, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

4th  Installation:  Reward Bad News, Question Good News 3rd Installment: The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work  5th Installment: Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool “You won’t find a solution by saying there is no problem”  … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Bill Gates, Clutter of Reality, Culture, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Management, Peter Drucker, Project Failures, Reward Bad News, Sholem Asch, William Rostler | 2 Replies

The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work

Michael William Hughes Posted on October 11, 2013 by Michael HughesJune 10, 2019

Third Installment: Increasing Collaboration 2nd Installment: Project Managers Matter  4th Installment: Reward Bad News, Question Good News A friend recently posted an article from the Wall Street Journal (Oct 8, 2013)[1] that stated that moving employees every few months can increase … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, co-location, Collaboration, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, seating | 2 Replies

Cool Free Web Developer Tools

Michael William Hughes Posted on September 13, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 24, 2021

 How do I know that I have built a technically good website and not a hard to maintain mess that doesn’t work on all browsers? There are a number of  World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) tools I use regularly to check … Continue reading →

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Posted in eMarketing, IT | Tagged Atom Checker, CSS Checker, Feed Checker, HTML checker, link checker, Mobile Checker, RSS Checker, Website test tools | Leave a reply

Project Managers Matter

Michael William Hughes Posted on September 11, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

Second Installment: Project Managers affect the outcome of the project 1st Installment: Thoughts on Project Management  3rd Installment: The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work “Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that … Continue reading →

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Posted in IT, Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, rd Installment on Project Management | 2 Replies

History’s Great Untold Stories

Michael William Hughes Posted on September 7, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

History’s Great Untold Stories: The Larger Than Life Characters and Dramatic Events That Changed the World  by Joseph Cummins My goodreads rating: 5 of 5 stars Publisher: National Geographic (March 20, 2007) ISBN-10: 1426200315 ISBN-13: 978-1426200311 This book covers 28 interesting events and odd stories … Continue reading →

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