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Charlotte Oades

Global Director of Women’s Economic Empowerment, Coca-Cola

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Wireless Networks to Go: Useful or No?

This week I tried a nifty new gadget from Netgear — the <a href="http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WGR101.php">Wireless Travel Router WGR101</a>. It’s an 802.11g wireless router that’s about the size of an iPod; add it to the power adapter and ethernet cable inside a slim black case, and the whole package comes to about the size of 2 iPods side by side.

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Wireless City, Redux

Last January I wrote about San Diego’s move to become the <a href="//www.fastcompany.com/magazine/78/wireless.html">most wireless city</a> in the USA — based on the city’s history of playing host to a number of telecommunications pioneers, and on the unique and creative applications for wireless technology that San Diego businesses are experimenting with (from hotel housekeepers and real estate developers, to hostpital and pharmacy employees). Lately, I’ve noticed that a number of cities are looking to give San Diego a run for its money:

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For the Truly Addicted…

Recently a whole pile of us here at FC Now got fired up about the fall television line-ups at the five broadcast networks. And last winter, Ryan Underwood and I didn’t even try to hide our fascination with all things Apprentice (it’s just the tip of the reality-tv iceberg for me!). So for all of you who can relate — or if your TV fascination runs even deeper, check out this gadget: the <a href="http://www.dynamism.com/tv-watch/">VTV-101 TV-wristwatch</a> from a Japanese company called NHJ. That’s right, boob-tube addicts, forget TiVo, now you can watch TV <i>on</i> your watch!

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David, How Could You…

I’ve been enjoying my colleague David Lidsky’s hilarious <a href="http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2004/05/18/nbc_not_broadcasting_comedy.html">rants</a> about this week’s “Upfront” presentations by the beleaguered television networks, but <a href="http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2004/05/19/the_wb_what_bunk_.html">this bit</a> just kills me:

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Trump’d: Wisdom From That Other Guy at the Table…

Ok, one last <a href="http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2004/03/11/the_apprentice_ethics_vs_cash.html">deconstruction of tonight’s Apprentice episode</a>. In the boardroom showdown between Troy and Heidi, Trump’s henchman made a fascinating comment on the subject of how to be a ‘real’ leader when one must fire a colleague: “If you think someone should go, they go — and you don’t have to explain why. Explaining only makes you weaker as a leader.”

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The Apprentice: Ethics vs. Cash?

So I’m watching <a href="http://www.nbc.com/The_Apprentice/">The Apprentice</a> with my psychologist friend (Troy and Heidi are awaiting their fate outside the boardroom as I type…) and <a href="http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2004/03/01/women_and_the_donald.html">we’re stuck on something</a>: The interaction between Nick and Bill when they realized one of their customers’ ads had been destroyed, and Nick was sent to the customer to negotiate whether to offer a refund.

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More News on That Supposed Job Boom…

Just got a <a href="http://www.accenture.com/xd/xd.asp?it=enweb&xd=_dyn\dynamicpressrelease_701.xml">press release</a> from the consulting firm <a href="http://www.accenture.com">Accenture</a>, announcing the results of a global survey of 954 executives: Apparently 83 percent of US companies plan to start hiring again in the next 3 months. 22 percent are already actively recruiting. Though more than half of employees say they’d stick with their current jobs, Accenture predicts that people will change their tune if attractive opportunities and sweet salaries come their way.

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What Do You Think of Your Co-Workers?

A friend of mine who is a recent social psychology Ph.D. at Columbia University (and teaches courses on organizational behavior) is conducting research on the impressions people form of each other at work. Her web-based survey asks about a first impression of a colleague that changed over time, as well as what traits you ascribed to that person when you first met. <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~lkk7/FFGStudy/">Take the survey here</a>, and we’ll publish the results when she finishes the study. <a name="more"></a>

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Searching for the Perfect Search Tool

Ever since I wrote <a href="//www.fastcompany.com/magazine/80/techsupport.html">this month’s Tech Support column</a> about an <a href="http://www.statalabs.com/">email product called Bloomba</a>, which wants to become the “Google of Email” by popularizing search as the preferred way to sort email, I’ve been inundated with messages from readers who want to let me know about other email alternatives, and by PR reps from companies who say they’ve got even more innovative search-based products for email, the web, even for sifting through files on your desktop.

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