An iPad to Bring Them All Together
May 20, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look …

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Bound by the chains of legacy
October 13, 2009 – 9:15 pm | No Comment
Bound by the chains of legacy

Legacy systems are the bane of most IT organizations. They handcuff us to the past and burden of our staff and budgets. The only problem is that we cannot ever seem to let them go. …

Has email become a distraction to the point that it causes a loss of employee productivity?
September 29, 2009 – 6:02 am | One Comment
Has email become a distraction to the point that it causes a loss of employee productivity?

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

Live Writer: A blog editing application that may have value
September 20, 2009 – 9:19 pm | 3 Comments
Live Writer: A blog editing application that may have value

I have yet to be impressed with any blog editing software that I used. Most blog editing or authoring applications do not see to offer much in the way of new or additional features that …

Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?
September 11, 2009 – 6:15 pm | One Comment
Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?

Who needs to show commitment first, the company to a new employee or the new employee to the company? By new employee, I mean any person who is newly working for a company as an …

Win a Free Copy of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
September 5, 2009 – 7:46 pm | 2 Comments
Win a Free Copy of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

I am reading Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, and I want to share the book with you!  Register for a chance to receive a new copy of David Allen’s book.
No strings attached! I …

Computing under lock and key, the corporate computing life
August 31, 2009 – 9:10 pm | One Comment
Computing under lock and key, the corporate computing life

We live in the  age of corporate compliance, complex system support, lawsuits, social media, and numerous security vulnerabilities that necessitate corporate IT environments remain locked down. For many years, cries have come from the user base to “free …