Solved. . . The end of an iSCSI irritation
Wed, 06/10/09 – 7:11pm | 122 views | One Comment

We have had an issue with our SAN and a couple of Windows servers.  When these servers were rebooted from a script, we lost the network shares that were homed on the SAN volume.  The volumes (drives) …

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Time cannot be managed, but how you spend it can
Sunday, Nov 2, 2008 – 2:45pm | 430 views | 6 Comments
Time cannot be managed, but how you spend it can

Being pulled into twenty different directions at once almost feels commonplace these days.  Everyone reaches a point, at some time, where they say the proverbial “enough is enough,” and they know it is time to …

Everything starts by making a decision
Monday, Oct 20, 2008 – 5:28am | 395 views | 3 Comments
Everything starts by making a decision

Most people fear change, the unknown, and will seek safety in and with the familiar. Avoidance of serious decision making is common place, and often times decisions are deferred to others as a method to avoid …

Has email become a distraction to the point that it causes a loss in productivity?
Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 – 6:02am | 377 views | One Comment
Has email become a distraction to the point that it causes a loss in productivity?

If you review email as it arrives in your inbox, you are lowering your productivity. Email can be as much a distraction or lure as YouTube or online shopping for many employees.
Email as a medium of …

Stay focused and forget the concept of “multi-tasking” was ever uttered by a human being
Monday, Aug 25, 2008 – 1:27pm | 139 views | No Comment
Stay focused and forget the concept of “multi-tasking” was ever uttered by a human being

I love some of my weekend chats with friends. This weekend brought a debate on the concept of “multi-tasking”. Please, oh please, put a nail in the coffin of this bad line of thinking!
You cannot …

Time Management - Tips for a Productive Day
Friday, Aug 1, 2008 – 1:14pm | 209 views | No Comment
Time Management - Tips for a Productive Day

Every single day is a struggle to stay on track with your plan. We experience interruptions coming at us, from all directions, all of the time. If we respond to constant interruptions we will never …

Time Management - Part 3 – Friday, the end of the week – Yea!
Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008 – 1:03pm | 86 views | No Comment

You made it to the end of the week, followed your plan and adapted it to each day. Now what?
Friday is the day to reflect about the week you had and to think about the …