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FireAway 2.01 (Mobile): FireAway provides time saving features such as computing RH and dewpoint from dry/wet bulb readings and computing fine dead ful moisture (no more fumbling with tables!), and very sophisticated surface fire modeling to predict fire spread and intensity. Until now, most firefighters in the field did not bother obtaining this...; Tags: Mobile, Computing, Christopher G. Brand, FireAway, Research & Development, Business Operations; Software downloads 2002-09-04
FireHose 2.01 (Mobile): Many firefighters learn all about flow rate, friction loss, and pump pressure during a class, and after that we go into the field and just "wing it". If there is not enough pump pressure, you just add more, right? Well, in some cases that is how you are forced to...; Tags: Mobile, Pressure, Christopher G. Brand, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing; Software downloads 2002-03-19
Phantom 0.39 (Windows): Phantom is a background email notification utility that includes:Multi-Account supportSpam filtrationicon and sound notificationuser configurable email checking intervaland much more; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Christopher G. Brand, Phantom, E-mail, Online Communications; Software downloads 2000-06-01

Would your students hand over their passwords to Bozeman?: The first question most people probably asked when this story broke last week was "Where the hell is Bozeman?" As it turns out, I was born in Bozeman, Montana. I didn't stay there long since my dad finished up his graduate work at Montana State University and moved us...; Tags: Job, Password, Bozeman, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2009-06-20
Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?: Tech giants are spending heavily on research and development, but it's difficult to follow the bouncing return on investment ball. The research and development return topic was brought up by my ZDNet UK colleague Rupert Goodwins earlier this week. Rupert went on a tour of Microsoft Research...; Tags: R&D, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IEEE Spectrum, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-05-14

Harvard Business Review: 20 top ideas that challenge what you know: The Harvard Business Review has a list of top 20 "Breakthrough Ideas for 2007." Some interesting, ideas here that are counter-culture in that they challenge accepted thinking in many different areas. Siobhan Ford from HBR says that the list is free to read for all of February and that the...; Tags: Disruptive, Emerging Hotbed; Blog posts 2007-02-05

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