Society
The Power of Analogy
Sometimes, people tell us they worry about how useful Intermz can be when analogical learning is such a difficult and rare thing to do.
But we think that couldn’t further from the truth.
We all know Ford’s Mustang sports car. (In fact, I bet a few of you own one.) When Ford decided to name its new [...]
IT and music
Are IT prone to be musicians–or visa versa?
The Value of an MBA in IT
I recently read a Computer World article that cited a study touting the benefit of having an MBA in the IT industry. A two-year MBA degree would yield an average 8.2% increase in salary, as opposed to two years of extra experience, which would yield an average of 2.8%.
That sounds good. But the study, they [...]
Who is “the IT guy”?
[First published at SQLServerCentral.com on 6-26-2008.]
I’ll be frank. I don’t want to be called an “IT guy.” Among my IT colleagues, when we refer to the IT guy, we mean desktop or hardware support. When tech support calls, we are talking to “the IT guys”; call this elitism, but there it is. (For brevity, I [...]
Is Info. Tech Sexy Enough for Dinner Conversation? (Part 3)
So it’s been a while since my last entry. For a good stretch of time, it was tough to engage someone in a discussion about IT and get a different outcome than I’ve had so far. But now I finally have a some interesting morsels worth sharing - two to be exact.
The first is a [...]
Is Info. Tech Sexy Enough for Dinner Conversation? (Part 2)
Trying to make IT sexy at a wine and cheese party.
Is Info. Tech Sexy Enough for Dinner Conversation? (Part 1)
Can the topic of Information Technology (IT) be interesting enough for dinner conversation? So far, I’m pretty convinced that it’s “not really.” But I am desperate to be wrong.
4 Steps to Supercharged Learning
Follow these steps, any chance you get, and suck in information and develop your skills like a savant. The best part about this process is that you get to share your spoils - which only helps you grow faster. The only thing to be careful of is overloading your brain with all your new found [...]
