August 27, 2008

Debunking The Myth of Multitasking

"In a fast-paced business culture of "get everything done yesterday," it's easy to admire and reward those busybusy people who always seem to be juggling 14 things at once. But business coach Dave Crenshaw argues that the most common kind of multitasking doesn't boost productivity—it slows you down. "

August 24, 2008

Zapproved Helps Groups Come to a Consensus

"Users create proposals and then send requests to their coworkers, family, and friends. The requests appear as emails to the recipients who can approve or deny the proposal with or without commenting on it. Users don't have to sign up with Zapproved to participate in the voting process. Zapproved tracks who has approved, denied, or not responded to proposals to foster accountability among team members. "

August 14, 2008

Robot with Rat Brains Learns to Avoid Obstacles; Holy Crap, a Robot with a Rat's Brain

"A group of mad scientists from Reading University in the UK have hooked up a bunch of rat brain neurons to a circuit board and gotten it to control a robot."

August 08, 2008

The Loudness War: Why Your CD’s Sound Quality Sucks

Make Word 2007 Default to .DOC Filetype

"If you're sick of co-workers with older versions of Word not being able to open your .DOCX files, weblog Technix Update explains how to change the default file format to .DOC when you save files in Word 2007."

Protect Your Kids Online Using Open DNS