I don't know if this has been addressed already but here goes. Despite that anyone might not actually want to play an original Xbox game on an Xbox 2, this could be damaging for other reasons. Many console purchases are made by the parents of the children who play them. These parents do not possess a wealth of knowledge when it comes to making this buying decision. Therefore when a salesperson says that the older games cannot be played on a system it could have a detrimental effect. A parent might think "Oh, so all the games I bought before are useless?!" this could cost Microsoft a sale. It doesn't matter if it really is a problem or not, the perception of the problem is what can cause the most damage in that situation. Food for thought....
I agree. This looks like the subject of a chain letter or a touching story on the local evening news. For every person you send it to little Timmy will get 5 cents off his iPod.
Agreed, as someone who has ADD and still has a problem of getting things done, I can say there is no substitute for discipline. I'm familiar with the seven habits and I take regular meds. Even still I am just as likely to map out half the internet or clean my room/work area any time I need to get something done.
While this is a hangup for me with school work it can be an absolute killer at the workplace. Working for a consulting company means deadlines and intense project management, so not getting things done in a timely fashion is a thorn in my side.
This is what I've been doing lately to work on overcoming it: Develop an awareness of my tendency to get of track, Remind myself to 1 begin with the end in mind and 2 First things first. When I use the web to help me solve a problem I pay attention to how many pages I visit, articles I read, and time I spend. If I didn't find help in 15 minutes I try to refocus on task at hand. Ask yourself if there is something else you can make progress on, or see if you are solving a problem or trying to perfect something that is already solved.
When I start on a problem or a task develop a workplan, basically break things up into smaller tasks. Don't do the easy or fun things first, if there is something that stands out as being difficult or crucial to the success of everything else, tackle it first. Doing this means you won't waste time on a potential solution only to find it won't work. Don't be afraid to think of other ways to solve a problem if your first plan isn't working, you might find your second attempt to be better than the first.
First I apologize if my question didn't belong on slashdot in the firstplace this was my first post. I was not trying to get anyone to do my research for me I was just hoping to learn from the experiences of others both good and bad.
I have played with apporx 8 demos of diffrent software and learned quite a bit. However, I consider the experience of people who have wrestled with this problem before to be far more valuable than my limited experience. I would consider programming the app myself but my boss is looking to implement a solution around the beginning of march. Second, I dont have much programming experience, at least not enough to fees comfortable writing it myself. I assumed that the time I spent working on it at work would 1: Cause me to neglect my primary responsibilites. 2: turn out to cost almost half as much if you consider the time that I would have to spend coding it given my general lack of experience. I appreciate the fact that writing it myself would probably prove to be the most meaninful solution. However I really didnt consider that to be a feasible option in this situation. In a lot of ways this is one of my first IT projects that involves not only the implementation of the software but the requirements gathering.
I would have provided more details on the requirements if I had known them myself. I met with the full-time employee (I'm a lowly student worker btw) today who is my management liason with this project.
This is what I can provide as an update if anyone is still interested. There will be about 30 employees (also student-workers) using the system. The program must be able to round to the nearest 15 minute interval. The program should be able to print out a version of the report that would be suitable for an employee's signature. The program must be able to either keep its on time, or prevent the user from casually changing the time on the system clock. The program must support a way to print reports sorted by the department the student works for. The program does not need to differentiate between sick/vacation/jury duty etc... Employees need a way to enter a manual time punch (with a supervisor required to enter a password for approval) The interface that the employees will be working with must be intuitve, with a mimimal learning curve.
I realize that I could have sought answers to these questions elsewhere but I wanted the opinions of the readers and posters of slashdot because I respect your opinion more so than I do most other groups out there. I feel that for the most part we have a lot in common, (the/. community that is) we share similar intrests and many of us work with technology for a living. I hope that my question will be intrepreted as a compliment to the fact that I consider this to be one of the most meaninful, worthwhile, and knoledgable sources of information on the net. For those of you who posted your suggestions, Thanks a bunch! If anyone else has anything to add to this topic, now that I have provided more deatails about the requirements, your input would be appreciated.
I wish my cap was 1.5Mb. Down here we have a 15KB upload cap. Granted this is not bi, but I believe that 15KB is kinda stingy. The d/l is about 760kb on a good day. I wish DSL was available in my location:(
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I don't know if this has been addressed already but here goes. Despite that anyone might not actually want to play an original Xbox game on an Xbox 2, this could be damaging for other reasons. Many console purchases are made by the parents of the children who play them. These parents do not possess a wealth of knowledge when it comes to making this buying decision. Therefore when a salesperson says that the older games cannot be played on a system it could have a detrimental effect. A parent might think "Oh, so all the games I bought before are useless?!" this could cost Microsoft a sale. It doesn't matter if it really is a problem or not, the perception of the problem is what can cause the most damage in that situation. Food for thought....
I agree. This looks like the subject of a chain letter or a touching story on the local evening news. For every person you send it to little Timmy will get 5 cents off his iPod.
Agreed, as someone who has ADD and still has a problem of getting things done, I can say there is no substitute for discipline. I'm familiar with the seven habits and I take regular meds. Even still I am just as likely to map out half the internet or clean my room/work area any time I need to get something done.
While this is a hangup for me with school work it can be an absolute killer at the workplace. Working for a consulting company means deadlines and intense project management, so not getting things done in a timely fashion is a thorn in my side.
This is what I've been doing lately to work on overcoming it: Develop an awareness of my tendency to get of track, Remind myself to 1 begin with the end in mind and 2 First things first. When I use the web to help me solve a problem I pay attention to how many pages I visit, articles I read, and time I spend. If I didn't find help in 15 minutes I try to refocus on task at hand. Ask yourself if there is something else you can make progress on, or see if you are solving a problem or trying to perfect something that is already solved.
When I start on a problem or a task develop a workplan, basically break things up into smaller tasks. Don't do the easy or fun things first, if there is something that stands out as being difficult or crucial to the success of everything else, tackle it first. Doing this means you won't waste time on a potential solution only to find it won't work. Don't be afraid to think of other ways to solve a problem if your first plan isn't working, you might find your second attempt to be better than the first.
Hope this helps!
Rhett C
First I apologize if my question didn't belong on slashdot in the firstplace this was my first post. I was not trying to get anyone to do my research for me I was just hoping to learn from the experiences of others both good and bad. /. community that is) we share similar intrests and many of us work with technology for a living. I hope that my question will be intrepreted as a compliment to the fact that I consider this to be one of the most meaninful, worthwhile, and knoledgable sources of information on the net. For those of you who posted your suggestions, Thanks a bunch! If anyone else has anything to add to this topic, now that I have provided more deatails about the requirements, your input would be appreciated.
I have played with apporx 8 demos of diffrent software and learned quite a bit. However, I consider the experience of people who have wrestled with this problem before to be far more valuable than my limited experience. I would consider programming the app myself but my boss is looking to implement a solution around the beginning of march. Second, I dont have much programming experience, at least not enough to fees comfortable writing it myself. I assumed that the time I spent working on it at work would 1: Cause me to neglect my primary responsibilites. 2: turn out to cost almost half as much if you consider the time that I would have to spend coding it given my general lack of experience. I appreciate the fact that writing it myself would probably prove to be the most meaninful solution. However I really didnt consider that to be a feasible option in this situation. In a lot of ways this is one of my first IT projects that involves not only the implementation of the software but the requirements gathering.
I would have provided more details on the requirements if I had known them myself. I met with the full-time employee (I'm a lowly student worker btw) today who is my management liason with this project.
This is what I can provide as an update if anyone is still interested. There will be about 30 employees (also student-workers) using the system. The program must be able to round to the nearest 15 minute interval. The program should be able to print out a version of the report that would be suitable for an employee's signature. The program must be able to either keep its on time, or prevent the user from casually changing the time on the system clock. The program must support a way to print reports sorted by the department the student works for. The program does not need to differentiate between sick/vacation/jury duty etc... Employees need a way to enter a manual time punch (with a supervisor required to enter a password for approval) The interface that the employees will be working with must be intuitve, with a mimimal learning curve.
I realize that I could have sought answers to these questions elsewhere but I wanted the opinions of the readers and posters of slashdot because I respect your opinion more so than I do most other groups out there. I feel that for the most part we have a lot in common, (the
I wish my cap was 1.5Mb. Down here we have a 15KB upload cap. Granted this is not bi, but I believe that 15KB is kinda stingy. The d/l is about 760kb on a good day. I wish DSL was available in my location :(