Archive for the ‘management’ Category
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
There was big news in the tech world today as sources within Google let it be known that the company was moving away from using Windows on its workstations. At RightSite, we can only say, "What took you so long?" As reported today in the Financial Times, Google has put ...
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
[gallery link="file" columns="4"] One of the key factors in the whether a startup is successful is how effectively the team collaborates in accomplishing their goals. At RightSite we are a small team producing a very big website so we are always looking for tools that help us to share information ...
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
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Since it's Sunday, it's now this week, and last week is history, or at least it will be when we record what happened for posterity.
While this may not be recorded in the college textbooks for future scholars to ponder, September 3 -5th marked ...
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
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The highways of China are littered with the roadkill carcasses of foreign Internet giants who stumbled, staggered, and got left for dead in their quest for the world's biggest Internet audience. eBay, Google and Yahoo have all ...
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
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We are wrapping up a busy month at RightSite and the focus this month has been on team-building. We've added three new team members and interviewed more than 60 people. But as always, we have tried to do all of ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
I love Google Docs. We use Google Documents for sharing files across RightSite.Asia and it has help us work together more efficiently. Until this week.
This week we have often been unable to access our Google documents
When we have been able to access our Google documents, we have at times not ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
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We've finished another week here at RightSite, and besides completing our performance appraisals, we also seem to have figured out our trixbox-based phone system.
After looking into various equipment options, we've made some decisions and ordered some ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
This is maybe the only metric that we don't use in RightSite's performance appraisalIt's January, so not only are we suffering from chilly toes here at RightSite, but we are struggling through our semi-annual performance appraisals for staff.
Actually, I shouldn't complain. Although administering the performance appraisal process is a pain ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
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There are a lot of "I's" in RightSite, but that doesn't mean we are not all about team. And since building our team and managing our staff effectively is out top priority at RightSite, we put ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
We have just finished our first year of Mingtiandi and our first year (almost) of RightSite.Asia. Although, I may be biased, I would have to say, "Not bad." Here's what I think our major accomplishments during the past 12 months:
Built the beta version of the RightSite.Asia's first stage
Assembled a database ...
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