Shane Schick

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Articles by Shane Schick

Why work/life balance in IT depts is often off-kilter

As I write these words, I realize I may not make it home until 6:30 p.m. My eight-month-old son typically goes to bed before...

5 Twitter users every IT manager should follow

One of the lessons the media has learned, albeit slowly, is that many readers don’t get much farther than the subject line of an...

YouTube Fridays: An IT department talk show

Now this is a first, at least for me: a U.S. post-secondary institution, Iowa State University, has started an ongoing look at its technology...

Why IT managers are Type ‘Z’ personalities

The other day I sat in on an event where the keynote speaker, an industry analyst, started off with a great strategy for warming...

The most trusted resources every IT pro should know

The second of Microsoft’s Ignite Your Career Webcasts focused on “Discovering Your Trusted Resources,” which involved a great discussion on blogs, Twitter and crowdsourcing....

Where there’s a guru, there’s an IT manager roadblock

I was recently exploring some of the challenges corporate enterprises were having around a change in financial reporting that’s going to come to a...

YouTube Fridays: IT manager puts business card on eBay

This is where the recession really starts to hit home. Check out this local news story in the States about an IT manager who...

The telephone: The original social networking tool

I would have thought senior technology executives had had enough of all the social networking talk but “enabling communities” was the focus of discussion...

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