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Welcome to Ask Bloggy

Paul Murphy suggested y'all might like an advice column. I agreed.We have different perspectives. He's technical and corporate. I'm not. But over the last several months the two viewpoints have proven valuable, a point-counterpoint for ZDNet readers.The idea is based on the advice columns produced for nearly 50 years now...

Tags: Ann Landers, Abby

Blog posts 2005-08-07

Additional Resources

NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout

NCIS: Episode #140: BreakoutNCIS ScriptPaul, keep taking the medication mate.Paul, you really are losing it.If you were to assess laptop marketshare by what you see used on TV, then you could easily be forgiven for concluding NOBODY BUT Apple makes laptops!This clearly isnt the reality of the world - its...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, NCIS, TV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul

Discussion threads 2009-05-09

Are trolls missing a couple of things?

Are trolls missing a couple of things?Are you expecting a large number of talkbacks here?I fear you will be disappointed, because AFAICT almost [b]everyone[/b] here uses a fake name. Not that I can confirm that those [i]very[/i] few people who post under credible-sounding names are using their [u]real[/u] names, either.And...

Tags: Linux, troll, real name

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

In IL patronage scandal, guv's office tries to suppress emails

Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, is in the middle of a political maelstrom over accusations that his employees manipulated who gets state jobs - in violation of a Supreme Court ruling. ZDNet previously reported that the administration rolled out a Web-based employment system aimed at stopping...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, applicant, e-mail, Michael Casey

Blog posts 2007-01-26

Handmark adds MobileCierge 24/7 assistant service to Pocket Express

A couple years ago at CES I met a Handmark representative who showed me their new Pocket Express service. I then used Pocket Express on my Windows Mobile Smartphone and Treo 650 for about a year or so. I havent tried it now for about 6 months, but just received...

Tags: Pocket Express, MobileCierge, Smartphone, Mobile software, Windows Mobile

Blog posts 2006-12-04

ComiX 0.2.1.24 beta 3 (Windows)

This is one stop to all comic strips! If you like all the comic strips or just one most likely that this program have it. You can now read all comic strips right from your pc. It can read: 5th Wave, 9 to 5, Adam@Home, Agnes, Alcaraz Lalo, Andy Capp,...

Tags: Clear, Beta, GravityFX, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-11-06

Grassroots media is all around us

I was in Salt Lake this morning for a meeting and stopped by the KCPW offices at Library Square to talk to the News Director, Bryan Schott. Bryan was telling me about Open Source, a radio program that they air in the evenings and it's innovative mix of...

Tags: blogger, Bryan Schott, open source

Blog posts 2006-01-17

Bollywood Ringtone - Phir se 1 (Mobile)

Ek Se Badhar Ek, Abby, Hindi, 16 Polyphonic ringtone.

Tags: Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2005-12-27

Effective professional blogging

span.bd {font-size:1.1em;font-weight:bold;}TechRepublic VP Bob Artner explains what it takes to be an effective professional blogger. He advises avoiding the mistakes of many personal blogs, which he says Bloviate and are Loud, Obnoxious and Gabby.

Tags: blogging

Whiteboards 2005-07-22

IBM and Sun: Using the system vs. beating it

Through Technorati, I was led to a quickly sprouting tree of threads regarding my recent commentary on Sun's 1,600 patent deal, and then my colleague Dana Blankenhorn's follow-up to that. First, I think I was able to follow all of the various branches to their ends and want...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., patent

Blog posts 2005-02-03