the reality of working in IT for the last decade
I think I am the last person to get a new Blackberry. This is a little ironic as I am the head of an IT department. My last device had been working great for the last two and half years and I really did not need a new one until now. It was time for us to part…me to a new blackberry and my old device to the e-recycle bin. I went with the Blackberry Curve and what a nice…
A few articles came out today about the NY deal with a few of the largest ISPs to help stop the traffic of child porn. I strongly agree with the principal and goal but this “deal” seems to be more a cash shakedown of large Internet providers and “feel good” public relations move. From what I read today, the ISPs are blocking about 88 newsgroups and scanning website content they host for image hashes. This is utterly pointless. There are…
I was looking at recent press releases and new articles about the future of software development. It looks like the industry is moving towards hosted applications as the model of choice. This I find very interesting as it is a major divergence from the traditional fat client. I am not a programmer in any way, shape (well maybe – 😉 or form. I do not know the back end work and how much of a change it is at the…