- Those Optimize Guys Episode 8 - Defining Key Performance Indicators
22 February 201110:47:42 am by Sergio T. Ruiz
Critical Success Factors
We discuss how to measure why an idea succeeds or fails.
* Success is not more difficult than inaction, but there is alot of work.
* "It's simple, but it's not easy." Ronald Reagan.
* Critical Success factors are the things we have to do absolutely right to gain succ...
- Those Optimize Guys Episode 7 - Defining your Core Values
10 February 201111:53:23 am by Sergio T. Ruiz
Core Values
This week, we talk about core values, what they are, and how to assign them.
* Core values are the heartbeat of your being.
* They are the non negotiable things in life.
* Core values should not change very often.
* Core values should seek to eject those who don't embrace them....
- Those Optimize Guys Episode 6 - Maximizing Life and Business Roles
4 February 201110:15:36 am by Sergio T. Ruiz
Maximizing Life and Business Roles
This week, we take a bit of a turn from the usual tech based tips to methods for thinking about maximizing your ability to "scratch your itch" in life. The gist of the discussion is: are you working "on" your life, or "in" your life? These ideas include:
* M...
- Those Optimize Guys Podcast - Episode 005 - Collaborating with Google Docs
6 January 201110:00:25 am by Sergio T. Ruiz
This Week - Collaborating with Google Docs
For a collaborative environment, Google Docs brings a great deal of functionality to the collaborative team.
Google documents will NOT save you from your own stupidity, as evident by Sergio's goof up.
Great collaborative uses for Google Docs:
* Deve...
- Those Optimize Guys Podcast - Episode 004 - Backup Systems and Strategies
28 December 201010:28:08 pm by sergio ruiz
This week - Backup Systems and Management
This week, we discuss the following:
* Sergio reads "". It's a story about what can happen when the government tries to take over the system as is.
* Sooner or later, you are going to have a hard drive crash. If it hasn't happened to you yet, your day...
- Those Optimize Guys Podcast - Episode 003 - Password Management
21 December 201010:00 am by sergio ruiz
This week, we take a look at password management. This has been a hot topic for the past few weeks following the Gawker Blunder.
We discuss the method I have been using for the past few years, Password Hashing. For more information, see the following links:
Password Maker - For password hashing...
- Those Optimize Guys Podcast - Episode 002 - Inbox Zero
14 December 201010:00:54 am by sergio ruiz
This week, we take a look at a concept called "Inbox Zero." The idea being that it is indeed possible to keep zero messages in your inbox, and no one will die or be horribly maimed.
* I mention that i did not reread the original document, as I read it initially years ago, and was afraid to taint ...
- Those Optimize Guys Episode #001
20 November 20104:36:05 pm by Those Optimize Guys
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the "Those Optimize Guys" podcast! We hope you find enlightenment, information, and maybe a little entertainment.
For our first episode, we discuss the following:
* Doug has 1,326 emails in his inbox! Is there a methodical way to attack this problem?
* The i...
