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Blog: Claudia ImhoffMarch 2, 2008Excess...Every now and then, I use my blog for something that has nothing to do with BI. Sometimes I use it for humor, sometimes a rant against a pet peeve, and sometimes -- like this time -- for something that I found astonishing. Continue reading "Excess..." » August 1, 2007What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate...We communicate mainly by words -- whether spoken or written. Everyone slips up occasionally when speaking but to do so in written form is a major negative. I admit it -- reading poorly written or misworded documents just makes me crazy... (It comes from my childhood -- my Mom always corrected my grammar) So to save my sanity and to perhaps improve overall communications between people, I offer up this blog based on Jody Gilbert's two articles on the topics of grammatical and wording mistakes "that make you look stupid." Continue reading "What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate..." » July 18, 2007The Dog Days Are Here...It's official -- the Dog Days of summer are here. It is hotter than blazes here in Colorado (and I imagine just about everywhere else). So I thought a bit of cool trivia was needed. Who knows the origin of Dog Days? If you do, post a comment with the information. If no one posts a definition, I'll post an "official" one in a few days -- after I recover from heat stroke. Here are some things to know about Dog Days though... Continue reading "The Dog Days Are Here..." » May 17, 2007Rabbit Takes on Snake and Wins!OK -- So MANY of you enjoyed the "Snake Eats Alligator and Explodes" blog that I just couldn't resist another one of these... My husband sent me this gem and it just made my day. The comments by the videographer are priceless! Continue reading "Rabbit Takes on Snake and Wins!" » February 12, 2007What is Web 2.0?I recently complained to my husband that I couldn't keep up with all the marvelous and innovative ways that people are using technology there days. Take Web 2.0 for example. Do you know what it means? Do you understand the ramifications it generates? Do you see how you might use it? Do you understand how YOU will influence it?
Continue reading "What is Web 2.0?" » December 11, 2006Sure Signs That You Are About to Be FiredHello CIOs... Think your job is secure? Think you could never get fired? Hmm -- You might want to check out these signs that you are about to join the ranks of the jobless! Continue reading "Sure Signs That You Are About to Be Fired" » November 6, 2006Tech Gifts -- What's On Your List?OK -- I know it is only November 6 but I am already starting to panic about what gifts to get my family and friends. For some reason, both groups tend to be tech-lovers -- they just have to have the latest gizmo or widget. Here's where you come in. I need your help in sniffing out the coolest techno-gadgets and still remain solvent.To get you started, I have listed a few ideas that I have come up with... Continue reading "Tech Gifts -- What's On Your List?" » November 3, 2006Have You Made a CLM? If So, You'd Better CYA...Business acronyms -- ya gotta love 'em. I ran across an article on these TLAs (some are FLAs) and thought you might want to brush up on these for your next meeting with the CEO... Continue reading "Have You Made a CLM? If So, You'd Better CYA..." » April 6, 2006Western Union Ain't Dead -- It Lives in Teenage GirlsI wrote a blog on the demise of Western Union recently. If you remember, they charged by the letter for their telegrams. This lead to some interesting if not cryptic forms of communication. The best example I can think of was a farmer who sent a telegram to a fellow farmer that the bull he purchased was ready to be picked up. To save money, he sent the purchaser a telegram with a single word on it -- "Comfortable"... Think about, it will come to you. Little did I know that this form of cryptic messaging would be rebirthed in an unusual and unpredictable fashion... Continue reading "Western Union Ain't Dead -- It Lives in Teenage Girls" » December 23, 2005Happy Holidays to All of YouI hope you have a wonderful holiday season. It has been a great pleasure for me to write this blog throughout the year. I hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as I have writing it. Thanks for putting up with my rants and raves. I look forward to seeing your comments on future blogs! Here's to a peaceful, happy, healthy, and prosperous 2006! Claudia December 12, 2005Air Travel Tips to Help Keep Your Sanity!I am home -- with a really bad cold. You don't want to know how bad I feel. So I am surrounded by vitamin C, cough medicine, sore throat lozenges, etc., and my favorite non-technical magazines. This is not the time to read hard core IT journals. It is a time to catch up on what is happening outside of work. So, in my "light" reading, I came across an article on air travel tips from "Real Simple" - one of my favorite off-hours magazines. Because of the large amount of travel that I do normally and the upcoming holiday travel season that many of us must endure, I offer this information in the hopes that it helps you out. The following tips were the ones that I found most interesting but you should read the entire article for other tips. Continue reading "Air Travel Tips to Help Keep Your Sanity!" » November 16, 2005And You Thought Driving and Talking on Your Cell Phone Was Distracting!Ford Motor Company recently announced that it will soon offer a complete wireless office in its F-series pickup truck. I am not kidding... And what does this baby come with? Read on. Continue reading "And You Thought Driving and Talking on Your Cell Phone Was Distracting!" » November 12, 2005Peter Drucker - Considered the Greatest Management Guru - Dies at 95How familiar we are with these phrases - "management by objective" and "knowledge worker" and we owe it all to Peter Drucker. Sadly this highly regarded business guru's voice has been silenced. Mr. Drucker died last Friday. Here are just a few of his accomplishments. Continue reading "Peter Drucker - Considered the Greatest Management Guru - Dies at 95" » October 24, 2005Are You "Interruption-Driven"?Has this ever happened to you? You get to the office all raring to go on that "To Do" list you made the night before - only to get about 5 minutes into the first task when - WHAMMO -- you get interrupted... and interrupted... and interrupted... AND INTERRUPTED. By the end of the day, you have managed to get nothing finished on your list because of these distractions. Lots of people complain that this form of office multi-tasking is -- to say the least -- annoying, unproductive, disturbing, and off-putting. If you are one of these, you may want to read an interesting NY Times article sent to me by a friend, titled "Meet the Life Hackers". Here's the gist of the article and what one technology company is doing to help you. Continue reading "Are You "Interruption-Driven"?" » September 23, 2005How to Tell if an Employee is About to LeaveThere are several sequential and predictable steps that occur as an employee moves in the direction of leaving his or her current employer. I underscored the predictable part because it seems that some managers are so busy or clueless that they would not notice if their employees walked around with signs hanging off them stating "Hate my job -- hate my boss" or "Looking for anything better than this!" Here are a few of these steps and why they occur... Continue reading "How to Tell if an Employee is About to Leave" » September 22, 2005Do Airlines Pay Too Much for Their Pilots? I Don't Think So...Yesterday, a JetBlue airliner had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles due to a malfunctioning nose wheel. Apparently the pilot could detect that the nose wheel was stuck sideways and would not face forward upon landing. The video of the landing is astounding but even more astounding was the fact that the pilot was able to keep the plane going straight down the runway -- never veering to one side or the other. Now that's a pilot! The passengers were scared but fortunately unhurt. Click here to see the video (unfortunately you have to endure an ad first...) June 21, 2005Who Should the CIO Report to?With the emphasis on IT's critical role in compliance monitoring and reporting, as well as in supporting such initiatives as CRM and Business Performance Monitoring (BPM), perhaps it is finally time to recognize that the CIO must report directly to the CEO - not the CFO as is traditional. The importance of this direct reporting role cannot be stressed enough but, unfortunately, many CIOs have still not made that case in their organizations. A recent article in ComputerWorld lists 8 reasons why a CIO should report to the CEO. Here are some of these reasons. Continue reading "Who Should the CIO Report to?" » June 14, 2005DIA's Baggage Handling System Declared DOAFor those of us in the Denver area, we have long known about the infamous baggage handling system problems. For more than 10 years, Denver International Airport (DIA) has been trying to get its ultra-modern, $230 million computerized system to work. As one of its victims (my bag was shredded), I know I am happy to hear that United Airlines is giving up on trying to make it work. Continue reading "DIA's Baggage Handling System Declared DOA" » June 1, 2005Survey says: Americans are hooked on emailIn case you haven't heard, we Americans love our emails. So much so that we check them in the bathroom, in church, and even while driving... So says a new survey sponsored by one of the biggest email providers, America Online. Continue reading "Survey says: Americans are hooked on email" » May 18, 2005So You Think You Are Alone. Think AgainI recently got an email from the Personal Tech Newsletter regarding a new service from Google – Google Maps. It is a beta product that offers maps and something that is not available in Mapquest, the current favorite for directions – something that will knock your socks off when you see it. Read on for details. Continue reading "So You Think You Are Alone. Think Again" » April 6, 2005CEOs Take Stock in America's FutureI just read an interesting article in April's CEO Magazine entitled "Fixing America's Future". Apparently, our public school systems have caught the attention of concerned CEOs. More and more of them are committed to championing school reform. Why? Read on to find out. Continue reading "CEOs Take Stock in America's Future" » March 18, 2005Imperial CEOs... Are they long for the world?Walt Disney, AIG, and Hewlett-Packard – what do these massive companies all have in common? They have all dumped their “Imperial” corporate leaders recently. So what about other “Titan” CEOs? How do they rank on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the most vulnerable) and who on this list is likely to be bounced? Continue reading "Imperial CEOs... Are they long for the world?" » |
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