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The Interactive Agency: Not an Ad Agency, Not a geek squad... a Next-gen Integrator

The Interactive Agency: Not an Ad Agency, Not a geek squad... a Next-gen IntegratorZDNET's cluebags are at in again.This is a blatant advertisement.MaybePerhaps an explicit COI statement is needed? Something along the lines of:Susan Scrupski is a/the (?) founder of IT Services Advisory LLCRazorfish is a current/former (?) customer...

Tags: advertisement, InterActive Agency, IT services, information technology

Discussion threads 2006-11-03

The Interactive Agency: Not an Ad Agency, Not a geek squad... a Next-gen Integrator

In New York, where real estate is still at a premium, one firm is consolidating all its Manhattan addresses and moving in time for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade uptown to Times Square to fill an 80,000 square foot space left by Google.  The new digs will include: a usability...

Tags: AA|RF, interActive Agency, Systems Integration, Applications Development, Web Services

Blog posts 2006-11-03

Rodney Dangerfield & IT Services: The Invisible Third Choice

In the 90s, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal once dubbed me, “The Queen of Outsourcing.”  The outsourcing market has changed quite a bit since then.  Today with outsourcing’s reputation under fire by American workers and, well, Lou Dobbs, I’m not sure I’d want that title again. Yet, when...

Tags: outsourcing, General IT Services, HRO, F&, A Outsourcing, Systems Integration, IT Consulting, Management Consulting, Applications Development, Applications Maintenance, IT Outsourcing, Interactive Agency, Web Services, SaaS, Offshoring

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Additional Resources

Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy

Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policyDon't trust GoogleGoogle has more information about more people, all over the world, than any government agency anywhere in the world. People worry about the Bush administration, but they should be worrying about Google.Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.If you don't...

Tags: Absolute Power, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

I have to stop using Gmail :(

I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update

For years, Microsoft has occasionally updated its Windows Update client software automatically on systems that are configured to check for updates. This has been true even when Windows Update is set to simply check for (and optionally, download) updates but not to install them. That decision led...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Update, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security.  Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...

Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy name

Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy nameJust what is "Equipt"?This name certainly does not contain any hint as to why someone would want it. Product names should be at least somewhat related to the purpose of the product.I also dont like software subscriptions. It seems that they are simply another way...

Tags: Microsoft Equipt, Microsoft Corp., lousy name, good deal, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'

There are copyright infringers -- and then there are felony copyright infringers. That's a really bad copyright infringer. That's Daniel Dove, 26, the administrator of a group of "uploaders" at EliteTorrents.org a page which shows up as merely parked at GoDaddy, reports IDG. He was convicted of...

Tags: Administrator, U.S. Department Of Justice, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Business Card CD-DVD Creator (exe)

Now its simple for anyone to create a custom Business Card or full size CD, and best of all it adds value to your business card. When you hand your business card to a customer they have multimedia, interactive, technologies that promote your business in the palm of their hands....

Tags: Card, CD, TruthCounts, Business Card, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-02

Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ850U

Ever since we gave the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U an Editors' Choice award as our favorite plasma HDTV so far, we've been bombarded by variations of the same question: "Is the more expensive TH-50PZ850U better?" After finally getting the chance to review the 850U, our answer is "no." The TH-50PZ850U is the...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TH-50PZ850U, Panasonic, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2008-07-01

Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past

To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...

Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Adobe makes Flash searchable, crawlable

It's not gadget news per se, but if you consider Adobe Flash a tool in your arsenal, this is big news. Posted on Slashdot today is news that Adobe has figured out a way to make Flash crawlable by search engines: Today Adobe systems made an...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Search Engine, Shockwave Flash, SWF Specification, Search, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Distributed decision making in IT

Distributed decision making in ITMoving the SPOF rearrainging deckchairs.Lets make something clear - that the central SRSS/DumbRay server IS a SPARC. x86 just doesn't cut it for hosting so many users. SO please don't do the same thing as big blue and pull the old bait and switch - OF...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, information technology, server, decision-making

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easierWow!This is a really big deal for Flash developers. We've been waiting a long time for this. No more alternate content solutions and having SEO dweebs trying scab your clients over this issue.Now, all we need is Flash on...

Tags: SEARCH, WebTop, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Tech, telecom join up to beat back trolls

Tech, telecom join up to beat back trollsa larger problemThe laws concerning patents, copyrights, and trademarks have spiralled out of control. What was once protection for a short period of time for something truly inventive has become indefinite protection for any casually obvious concept.The "intellectual property" experiment has failed. We...

Tags: E-mail, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA

Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...

Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-30

(Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week)

(Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week)Infinity ?You give a good rating to the Infinity M45X ?The Chrysler 300 has a hard drive based navigation system with traffic reporting, a great stereo with digital music options, MyGig interactive voice prompt system, adaptive Cruise control, leather seats, is super quiet, has...

Tags: photograph, Chrysler 300, Infinity M45X

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Fatest-growing Web sites in Canada in March 2008

Property Feb-2008 Mar-2008 Growth, % Total Internet 23,814 23,879 0 Groupe Lagardere 930 2,276 145 Six Apart Sites 2,042 2,774 36 Canada Revenue Agency 2,505 3,198 28 CanadianTire.ca 1,774 2,178 23 FunBox.com 2,467 2,922 18 Crave...

Tags: Canada, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Adobe AIR

Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime being developed by Adobe that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications RIAs to the desktop. AIR enables developers to create applications that combine the benefits of Web applications--network...

Tags: Developer, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, AJAX, Desktops, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-06-30