It’s hard to use its?! Quick apostrophe guidance!
I’ve always been a stickler for grammar. However the other day I struck a brief piece of uncertainty, when I was pondering whether to say it’s, or its. More →
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What can you do for New Zealand?
The weekly NZCS e-newsletter, Newsline, often contains some excellent articles. A recent contribution by Rod Drury (Kiwi Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Xero), was particularly good, and so I thought I would share it with you.
You can find the original article at http://www.nzcs.org.nz/newsletter/article/156: More →
Does chopping IT training pay off? (Repost)
In this afternoon’s NZCS Newsline, NZCS CEO Paul Matthews (who I greatly respect) had written a particularly poignant article entitled “Does chopping IT training pay off?”. I couldn’t possibly say it better, so I’ve reposted the article in its’ entirety below. You can find the original post at http://www.nzcs.org.nz/newsletter/article/157. And if you’re not already a member of the New Zealand Computer society, now’s a good time… More →
Help writing Law essays!
Here’s a nice detour for our blog! One of my favourite cousins asked me to help her with her essay for Health Law. It’s been about five years since I’ve written a law essay, but I put some time into helping her out anyway. The following post is the culmination of fifty minutes rough work – it’s not pretty, I haven’t worried much about the formatting or the flow; it’s just a brain-dump. Standard “don’t rely on this” disclaimer applies. If you found this page because you need help writing your law essay, I hope it helps! If it does, please take the time to post a comment. More →
Fairly dividing the ownership of a startup
A few days ago, Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software posted a fantastic guide on fairly allocating ownership when starting up a new company. After having gone through this sort of thing a couple times, I found his post particularly poignant. I’ve reposted it here in all it’s glory. If you’re thinking about forming a startup company, consider this a must-read! More →
Custom Shortcuts
Do you ever find yourself using the same programs over and over? You could create a desktop shortcut for each of them, but this often leaves your desktop cluttered and not very productive. A more favourable alternative is to use custom shortcuts. More →
How to foster productive meetings
Because my last few posts have been fairly technical, I thought now would be a good time to throw in something a bit more general.
In my position at Gravity, most of what I do during the day is set up meetings with other people. Some meetings are quick, concise, to the point, and overall beneficial. Then, there are some meetings that just seem to go around in circles, take longer than necessary, and simply don’t result in the information that we wanted. More →
Planning for large projects
I’m sure that many of you who have worked on large projects in the past have found that it is definitely a learning experience. Those who are new to that arena can often find themselves frazzled by all the hiccups that arise, and simply want to get it finished as fast as possible. More →