AIIM, the global community of information professionals, recently asked its LinkedIn membership two variations of the same question -- one serious, and one funny.

The serious one garnered 11 responses and asked people to define why they were information professionals. The funny one was a takeoff on Jeff Foxworthy’s “You Might Be a Redneck” routine, and asked people how they knew “You Might Be an Information Professional.” This received 27 responses, which may demonstrate that people would rather fancy themselves as famous comedians. The results were interesting and enlightening.

Ah, summer. Relaxing days with the family, long weekends full of leisure activities, and exotic vacations.

Yeah, right.

According to a recent survey from Robert Half International, the vast majority (73 percent) of CIOs said they check in with work "often" or "somewhat often" on evenings and weekends, while only 14 percent said they never check in outside normal business hours.

“First, I'd like to congratulate these CIOs on having a life,” writes ZDNet editor-in-chief Larry Dignan on the survey. “Second, I hope this survey is anonymous since that 14 percent is likely to be hunted down and fired.”

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet."

With the plethora of new C-level titles and the infighting going on between some of them, it’s not surprising that some CIOs are looking for other, ever more grandiose things to call themselves. And while it might strike you as a silly waste of time, there’s value in it. Shakespeare aside, people such as George Lakoff have done a lot of research into “framing,” or political messaging to reflect personal and group values. It turns out there’s a huge importance in the aspect of being the one in control of what you are named and how you are perceived.