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I can only think about one thing at a time. Any girl reading this just going to roll her eyes and think, “Of course. You’re a guy!”. But it’s not just true for me, it’s true for everyone. It’s true for you. And not in that way.
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EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
This open source release has already led to many efforts to foster further development and provide EtherPad-like services. If you are looking for a service based on the EtherPad software, or want to run your own EtherPad server, see the following links (not affiliated with Google, use at your own risk): If you are looking for a Google alternative, the new document editor for Google Docs provides fully-real-time editing, chat, advanced formatting options, and commenting features.
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Thoughts on Google’s 20% time
Everybody loves to think one little trick can make their organization transform into a super creative powerhouse. With the rise of Google, no single tactic comes up more in innovation circles than their concept of 20% time . Simply put, employees get 1/5th of their time to work on projects of their own choosing. For the myths of innovation book i spent time studying lots of concepts, models and approaches similar to 20% time, and even talked to a few Google employees about how they see the idea.
Take a sheet of paper and write down everything you can think of that's white. You have 15 seconds, go. Done? Good, now take 15 seconds and write down everything that is or could be in your refrigerator that's white. Finished?
BIF-3: Dan Heath - Think Inside the Box
unleash creativity and innovation by — recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value , and creating an environment where they can make a difference . Written 2005: David Anderson, Sanjiv Augustine, Christopher Avery, Alistair Cockburn, Mike Cohn, Doug DeCarlo, Donna Fitzgerald, Jim Highsmith, Ole Jepsen, Lowell Lindstrom, Todd Little, Kent McDonald, Pollyanna Pixton, Preston Smith and Robert Wysocki. The “Declaration of Interdependence” for modern (agile/adaptive) (product/project) management How would a manager implement agile development with respect both to a team and to higher management? What if a product (not project) manager wants to use the general ideas of agile development, but isn’t making software? How about a general manager who wants to update and correct the rules of behavior for the organization’s management teams, keeping up with the best ideas in the business, and isn’t terribly interested either in the term ‘agile’ or in the creation of software?