desk in comment and analysis
RSS desk in comment and analysis
Sort by: Relevance | Date
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up Moving swiftly on, life isn't any easier for office workers chained to the desk, either. The Round-Up tries not to make a habit of getting caught with its pants down but this week's laughs are brought to you from the surprisingly comfy confines of... [20 Jun 2008]
Paul Greenwood
CIO Profile Two years later responsibility for internal tech also landed on his desk. Former analyst Paul Greenwood is CIO of Clifford Chance, the world's largest law firm - which has some 3,900 legal advisors working from 27 offices in 20 countries. [11 Jun 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment It's dark and rather uncomfortable under my desk, so retrieving the code was not an easy task. But does it justify inflicting misery on legitimate software buyers, asks Martin Brampton. A phrase often crops up in connection with housing... [07 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Unequal opportunities
Comment When I look at job applications as they come across my desk there are very few from women. From the outside, IT looks like an occupation for white males. From the inside, we know that to be true. But what can we do about it? [28 Apr 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday
Comment One chap has put his head on his neatly folded jacket and gone to sleep on the corner desk. Welcome to day three - the day of the clammy handshake. You can practically hear the panic: It'll all be over in but a handful of hours! [14 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Time to wage war on home users
Comment A purchase order for a PC lands on my desk. What do staff really do at home with their company machines? Our embattled hero - newly appointed CIO at a largish firm - discovers there's a big difference between home workers and home users… [04 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to fight the flab in the IT department
Comment Do you switch your monitor off when you are away from your desk? By now you've probably pretty much given up on all your New Year resolutions. Your trainers are gathering dust, the biscuit jar has been raided, the ashtray is full and the wine... [30 Jan 2008]
How to write a killer CV
Comment This is equivalent to saying, 'Robert is a lovely boy and always keeps his desk tidy'. A sharp CV really does count, says Cathy Holley of headhunters Boyden UK Global Executive Search - and certain facts matter more than your skills at tortoise... [17 Jan 2008]
The End of Year Weekly Round-Up: 21.12.07
Round-Up A screen saver of a roaring log fire flickers on a huge LCD monitor perched on a wide expanse of mahogany desk. A tumbleweed rolls beneath the polished mahogany of Ballmer’s desk and brushes against his computer, which restarts with a beep. [21 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.11.07
Round-Up Among the list was a demand for squeezy stress balls: "A cheap idea, these could be placed on every desk within easy reach for people to squeeze away the tension after dealing with an awkward caller or a difficult piece of post" - which presumably... [30 Nov 2007]
Where's the real web 2.0?
Comment Wikis and social networking sites create an element of more parallel interactivity but most of the interaction is delivered by looking regularly at web pages and this ties those contributing to a PC screen and a desk or laptop. [18 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.09.07
Round-Up Steve presses a big red button on his desk to call in his PA. Steve Ballmer is a troubled man. The Microsoft CEO has one eye on an internal memo about 'the EU' and it's bothering him. The other eye is watching his specially customised Vista sales... [14 Sep 2007]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment Just outside the window of Ian Campbell's desk in the open plan office at British Energy's Gloucester headquarters, a mother duck waddles by with her three chicks. A couple of weeks earlier, one might imagine they would have been floating by but... [13 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.07.07
Round-Up Two weeks ago I spent over eight hours unravelling the mess left behind after a friend had complied with the instructions from the Orange technical help desk. Wimbledon will probably be concluding sometime this side of Christmas and large parts of... [06 Jul 2007]
Leader: What can we learn from working at home?
Leader Technologies such as IM, VoIP and VPNs, and kit such as laptops and mobile phones, means few office workers need to be constantly chained to their desk anymore. National Working From Home Day - today - is nearly over for 2007 but it will be... [18 May 2007]
Keep updated for stories matching desk in comment and analysis via RSS
