From
Arlington Cemetery to Main Street USA, this is the annual day to honor
the nation’s military veterans. Some 22 million Americans are veterans
of the armed services. About one-third of today’s veterans served during
the Vietnam era, and about 5 million since the first Gulf War. Some 2
million World War Two veterans still survive to celebrate Veterans Day
2011. Source Link
Could you stay out of your in-box all day today? That’s the goal of “No Email Day” - an effort designed to get people focusing on the work at hand instead of the flood of messages coming in. The campaign’s founder suggests that participants first consider whether the email you’re sending is all that important and then replace electronic correspondence with face-to-face conversations. Source Link
That laptop on your holiday wish list could be a no-show come Christmas
morning, thanks to weather woes half-a-world away. Severe flooding in
Thailand has shut down the factories that make most of the hard disk
drives used in computers. Some drive prices have tripled and one analyst
says remaining inventory could be gone by the end of the month, making
it hard to fill orders for the holiday season. Source Link
Could you stay out of your in-box all day today? That’s the goal of “No Email Day” - an effort designed to get people focusing on the work at hand instead of the flood of messages coming in. The campaign’s founder suggests that participants first consider whether the email you’re sending is all that important and then replace electronic correspondence with face-to-face conversations. Source Link
