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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The Dangers of Taking Work too Personaly
March 31, 2010 – 6:35 pm | No Comment
The Dangers of Taking Work too Personaly

I started to write about a recent bad experience I had at one of my favorite restaurants, but after a couple of days of cooling off, I realized this was a good example of taking work …

Keeping Your Professional Skills Current…Or Else
January 13, 2010 – 6:52 pm | One Comment
Keeping Your Professional Skills Current…Or Else

My gosh there are a lot of people out of work right now and many of them are looking forward to taking your job right out from under you. Not a very pleasant thought when …

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments
November 19, 2009 – 7:27 pm | One Comment
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments

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Individuals, departments, and companies must track their performance in order to have a baseline and comparator for improvement over time. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are the baseline of understanding needed to determine performance metrics and will keep …

Customer seeking a wireless carrier that is not interested in screwing me
November 4, 2009 – 10:27 pm | No Comment
Customer seeking a wireless carrier that is not interested in screwing me

Verizon Wireless is planning to increase its early termination fee starting on November 15, 2009 to $350 for advanced devices (David Coursey - PC World). While I can sympathize with Verizon Wireless in dealing with consumers who …

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. …

Texting while driving, then starting looking for a new job
September 16, 2009 – 8:35 pm | One Comment
Texting while driving, then starting looking for a new job

Texting and other distracted driver situations seem to be catching the spotlight these days as news agencies continue to report on accidents involving distracted drivers almost daily. Not too long ago the big story was a train driver …