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| | Yesterday I mentioned that I (very) briefly considered a career in IT until I discovered I wasn't very good at it.
But I was chatting with Mike Stone yesterday and we were amazed by how much IT training has evolved over the last few years. Now we're wondering if you have any must-read IT or SaaSOps books. Shout out to our friend Nate for sparking this conversation by sharing his recently-published book on surviving the first 3 years of a new IT leadership role.
What would you recommend to your colleagues? And if a student is floundering like I was back in 2007, which books would you urge them to check out? Let us know by chiming in on this thread. |
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| | | Quill, the Messaging App Backed by Index, Quietly Comes Out of Stealth To Take On Slack | | TechCrunch | Today, a new app quietly launched out of stealth called Quill, available by way of apps for the web, MacOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. Like Slack, Quill is a messaging app for co-workers to update each other on what they are doing, have conversations about projects and more. Unlike Slack — the implication seems to be — the difference is that Quill is about delivering messaging in a non-distracting way. | | 10x Your IT Operational Efficiency: How to Do More with Less in the Digital Workplace | | BetterCloud | Recent events have drastically changed business operations for every organization. And when times get lean, IT must also. In this ebook, we discuss the four essentials to amp up IT efficiency, how to measure it, and tools to help improve it. | | Google’s Password Checkup Feature Coming to Android | | ZDNet | Android users can now take advantage of the Password Checkup feature that Google first introduced in its Chrome web browser in late 2019, the OS maker announced today. On Android, the Password Checkup feature is now part of the "Autofill with Google" mechanism, which the OS uses to select text from a cache and fill in forms. | | Microsoft Slashes Windows 10 Long-Term Support by Half | | Computerworld | Almost two years ago, Microsoft said it would deliver another LTSC "toward the end of 2021." What wasn't anticipated: The massive reduction in support. "Windows 10 Client LTSC will change to a 5-year lifecycle, aligning with the changes to the next perpetual version of Office," Microsoft's Joe Lurie wrote in a recent blog post. |
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| | | How to Create a Progress Bar in Microsoft PowerPoint | | How-To Geek | A progress bar is a graphic that, in PowerPoint, visually represents the percentage of the slideshow that has been completed. It’s also a good indicator of the remaining amount. Here’s how to create a progress bar in Microsoft PowerPoint. | | How to Keep Important Emails Out of Gmail’s Promotions Tab | | MakeUseOf | Whether you're applying for a new job or signing up for a newsletter you're highly interested in, keeping emails out of your promotions tab in Gmail can be crucial to getting the content you need. Let's learn how not to lose your important emails in the bog of the Promotions tab. |
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