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Because it’s there…
Fifty days from now, I will be retired and on a plane heading to Washington, DC to start a month-long trek on the Appalachian Trail. I’ve been hiking the AT for about 15 years now and covered a respectable portion of it. But I’ve never been gone for a month, and never by myself. The…
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The Bull is Dead.
I bet that got your attention. This is the first line from a well-known story that illustrates the difference between pyramid reporting, and inverted pyramid reporting. Pyramid reporting, also known as academic style reporting, is characterized by starting with a problem statement, elaborating on the background, discussing influencing factors and finally stating the conclusions. When…
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You want me to do WHAT?!?!
Nobody likes email retention, especially me. Believe me. No … really. Why on earth would I ask you, a productive researcher with no time for chit-chat, much less time to police your email, to spend time looking at your email, pondering it, and (hopefully) deleting a bunch of it? No sane person would do that.…
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NIS Strategic Plan Posted
NIS recently published an updated strategic plan. High-level objectives include: Move Toward a Cloud-First Environment Support Mobile-First Computing Support Research Computing Develop NIS Staff Mature IT Service Management Practices
Very nice!