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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

Thank you for hilighting the other important notable differences other than just AI! Good to hear about Product management and…