Weekend at the Neal’s casa

August 6

I had a wonderful weekend! Brandee, myself and Jack headed up to visit my parents for a few days.  We packed up the car, threw Jack in the back (after Brandee piled a bunch of blankets to make him a nice cushion of course :-) ) and then began the journey.  It takes about 3 hours to get there.  We arrived at about 11:30pm after stopping at In-N-Out Burger for…

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AIIM – Professional Membership

After 20+ years I finally pulled the trigger and became a Professional Member of the AIIM community.  I’m proud to have stepped-up to the plate to support AIIM’s non-profit efforts in providing unbiased, quality education and events for information management professionals.  Please consider joining as a Basic Member for free and be a part of the thriving community at www.aiim.org, or become a Professional Member, like me :-), at the…

August 2
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“Fujitsu University” Certificates of Completion

Fujitsu was a terrific company about offering online educational courses to their employees.  I took, and completed, many courses during my employment including, but not limited to, the following topics: C++ Foundation for Non-C Programmers Career Development_Excelling in Your Career Cisco Networking Technologies Introduction Communicating with Difficult People_Working With Difficult Employees Effective Presentations_The Presentation Process Environmental Education FY2007 General Environmental Education Microsoft Visual Basic.NET-Web Development Pt 1_Web Forms and Controls…

July 18
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Document Capture from the user’s perspective

Sometimes it is not the technology itself that dictates either the success or failure of a particular technology.  I believe that the “user experience” helps drive adoption of a particular technology or ultimately will bring its demise.  Let me give you a few examples. Microsoft Windows:  Ask yourself this question; self:  “Was Windows the most robust and feature-rich operating system when Microsoft introduced Windows in the early 1990’s?”  Probably not, but…

July 12
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