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Archive for August, 2010

There are many network books out there — this is the only one that focuses on networks inside business organizations. Being a management consultant who has applied Social Network Analysis to organizational issues since 1987 this book mostly fits my experience.

This book is an excellent introduction for the internal or external consultant considering their first social network analysis project. Cross & Parker provide many examples, and discuss both network mapping and measuring. They focus on the network methods and metrics that are understandable by common business people — no PhD required, an MBA will do fine.

Coming from a research organization, the authors don’t always go into great deatil on how to apply network analysis in solving business problems. A couple of stories of before/after networks are shared. Yet, how they apply interventions and solutions is often glossed over. The last few chapters delve into this with more detail, but it may be too late in the book for some readers. Several of the the network examples could have used more details to provide the reader a better context of what was happening in the organization.

The Appendix is great — how to get started in a social network analysis project. This section alone may be worth the price of the book for many hands-on consultants.

As business schools start to teach social network analysis, this book will make an excellent textbook for both undergraduate and MBA students.
The Hidden Power of

This book is great and gorgeous. It’s great to learn how to make your first softies (softies that I know well from the artist’s blogs). It’s gorgeous with beautiful pictures and a very inviting layout. The artists are so generous to share their patterns! I have tried already a couple and it was easy. And it also help me to open my mind and make my own designs!
It’s a book worth it to buy, have and enjoy!
Softies Only a Mother

This order was a replacement for this steamvac that we had before that broke. We are happy with the machine but was disappointed because there was a missing bolt. We spoke to customer service who then sent us the wrong bolt. It became clear that we were never going to get the correct bolt. We went to the hardware store and bought parts to make the missing bolt.
20 PACK 3 FT

I found that the story with interest did not happen till the latter part of the book. I had just been to a tent circus—so i found it to b e an apprapo book to read.
Teton Seasons DVD

Buying more ! Improved my HD signal from my DVD and TV, buying another for my Roku box!
Slim Jim Lockout Tool

It seems to stay in place.
It makes it easier to remove it from the dash when exiting.
Star Wars 3D Feel

As with many of the people who bought this, they looked at the CNET article about how there is no difference between a 50 dollar HDMI and a cheap on like this. This was very cheap and even included free shipping. Even if this one breaks you can always buy another one for 3 dollars.
Baby G Ladies Watch

Tribute Violin and Piano

I bought Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student but the only part of it that I’ve really used is the Excel part. The software appears to be well written. When you add all the capabilities in it, I think it’s a very good deal for around $100.00. It’s got hundreds of built in mathematical, scientific, statistical, and financial functions. It allows you to build and work with tables of data in a manner similar to working with databases. You can do graphs. That’s a pretty sophisticated capability that allows you to show them in various formats. You can do scenarios and what if types of studies. The ability to generate and modify Pivot Table Reports on the fly is an amazing capability all by itself. I’m impressed and I haven’t even started to work with Word and Powerpoint yet. There’s even more. You can create and read XML files, import and export data from and to other databases, Publish Worksheets on the web so others can view them, print, share your workbook with other users, etc., etc., etc. What I’ve worked with appears to work well. No software is perfect and this software isn’t either, but it’s very, very good. I always test it to see if it’s doing what I want it to do. It has passed the test just about every time. Where it hasn’t, I only needed to tweak it a little to get what I wanted out of it. That’s a good software.

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I didn’t want to like this book, but I stuck with it, and it drew me in. There’s a great “twist” at the end- something you thought was one situation ends up being quite another indeed- that somehow redeems the whole thing. Delightful ending.

I recommend this as a light summer reader.
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