http://www.thommitchell.com Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/04/25/perceptions-about-where-you-work/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/04/25/perceptions-about-where-you-work/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:39:47 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=1501 I recently joined a new company and it’s been interesting watching people’s reactions when they learn where I now work. Previously I’ve served in the Navy, worked for a children’s toy retailer, for an IT outsourcer and for a large company that made cell phones and software among other things. Now I work for Microsoft. (And [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/04/25/perceptions-about-where-you-work/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/03/28/whats-a-babson-mba-worth/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/03/28/whats-a-babson-mba-worth/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:28:56 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=1377 Will a Babson MBA be worth it? I don’t know whether it will be worth it for you, but I do know the Babson Fast Track MBA was absolutely worth it for me. It was worth the substantial financial investment. It was worth the countless hours of studying and work. It was worth the sacrifices, both my [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/03/28/whats-a-babson-mba-worth/feed/ 4 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/29/new-technologies-creates-new-opportunities/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/29/new-technologies-creates-new-opportunities/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:19:26 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=299 It’s not very often that a new technology comes along and is immediately embraced and put to use by small businesses.  The fax machine was one such technology and it was huge boon for small businesses. Now Twitter is the  new technology that small business are embracing enthusiastically. Still, the first reaction whenever I mention Twitter is “I [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/29/new-technologies-creates-new-opportunities/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/26/is-troubleshooting-becoming-a-lost-art/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/26/is-troubleshooting-becoming-a-lost-art/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:38:31 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=308 I recently helped solve an intermittent network/server problem for a client. This problem had been confounding the IT staff of this firm for quite a while and although this wasn’t why I was on site it was impacting my ability to complete my specific consulting  work. So I stepped in and started troubleshooting the problem in hopes [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/26/is-troubleshooting-becoming-a-lost-art/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/24/using-obsolete-skills-can-be-fun/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/24/using-obsolete-skills-can-be-fun/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:37:20 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=294 No matter how hard you work to acquire them, some skills eventually become obsolete. But even obsolete skills get dusted off occasionally.  And it’s interesting when those formerly needed skills, that you haven’t used on a daily basis, suddenly become useful at the oddest times and in the oddest places. Formerly as a network administrator I had to pull [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/08/24/using-obsolete-skills-can-be-fun/feed/ 1