Author Archives: Michael Payne

SXSW 3rd Floor Panels – What’s up with that?

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I really would like to know why in the world the Austin Convention Center is laid out the way it is. It’s kind of fun going to a usability panel in a building that left the third floor off of the usability checklist. If you are on the first floor or the top floor it’s […]

A few SXSW tidbits

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Want to know where everyone is going and what they are doing at SXSW? Try Twitter. (hint: click on a thumbnail on the right) Want to know if you a few after hour events are within walking distance of one another? Try this mashup. Wish you were there and want to live vicariously through others? […]

Off to the SXSW Festival

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I am currently at SXSW on the Interactive path. It is the first time I’ve attended SXSW and it feels like a great event for creative people to get together. The fact that it’s called a “festival” instead of a conference or seminar says a lot. It is a very open and free style environment […]

Lessons in “managing innovation”

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The Harvard Business School publishes Working Knowledge and it often has good nuggets of information for small businesses and entrepreneurs . This article is on Lessons Not Learned About Innovation. Managing innovation sounds like a funny phrase for small business. We tend to just get stuff done and not worry so much about “managing innovation”. […]

Time tracking improvements and more

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We’re excited to announce that our improved time entry experience is going live this evening! What’s new? No more pop-up windows Smoother and more intuitive user experience Enhanced performance Other updates include: Fixed bug where task filter would forget saved settings Enhanced task and project note search functionality – now more powerful than ever More […]

Social Responsibility Defined

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Here is Wikepedia’s definition of social responsibility. The broad pull quote that stands out: Social responsibility is a doctrine that claims that an entity whether it is state, government, corporation, organization or individual has a responsibility to society. For us as a small business the “individual” and “corporation” part impact us. Since technically we are […]

Trying to better people through work

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At Pelago we have a lot of idealism about work and life. We are striving to be a small business that stays small (hopefully no more than 10 people – right now we’re at 7) and puts our priorities in proper order. This is a very difficult task indeed with how much we all work. […]