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- Why IT doesn't meet expectations
- I got asked, the other day, why big systems projects usually fail - and asked a question in response: "why does it take so long to walk to Calgary?" (About 200 KM). The key reason IT is often a source of cost and frustration is that senior managers...
- Tags: IT IS, Joes, Joes career
- Blog posts 2007-01-17
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- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T
- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-TWHAT???So they let the app slide for two years until they launch their own competing version that proves to be a fraction as popular, THEN they go after these guys cuz their own app can't cut it?I call bullspit!If it was a rights infringement, they should have...
- Tags: Games, Scrabble-Scrabulous, Facebook, patent, game
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- I'm a dad and almost a grad...what's on my wishlist?
- Technically I won't be graduating until August when I wrap up my master's thesis, but I'm pretty close. The four kids hanging around my house asking for food and money probably qualify me as a dad, too. So the question is, as a geeky guy deserving of some...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Laptop Computer, Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-08
- Risking Another Frontline Disaster
- Risking Another Frontline DisasterNatural monopolySounds like a natural monopoly. Regulate it as such.RE: Risking Another Frontline DisasterSeems like another non-elected regulator and two elected pols are gaming the system for their "constituents" benefit, at the expense of "the people." Also seems like the WSJ believes everything must revolve around profit...
- Tags: H-1B program, H-1B visa holder, H-1B, H-1B visa
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Conference for media reform
- Conference for media reformWhy so High Priced?I live in the St. Paul / Minneapolis area and I thought as an individual it would be interesting to attend. No, I'm not a jurnalist (SP?). I'm just a person. When I checked the registration page, I saw it cost a normal individual...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?
- Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?Damn right it helps!Columnists have infinite opportunity to write about, literally, [b]nothing[/b] -- it's better than tea leaves or Kremlinology.I think its good they keep it locked down for nowOne of the things that hurt Vista was how they were talking about all the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, silence
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's outMaybe Microsoft should emulate Apple again...and concentrate on publicizing products, not org charts.But then, when you look at their products.......Not much importantThis is further indication of how a once might tree has fallen and is rotting further.All of the Ballmerian box shuffling cannot hide this...
- Tags: Channel management, Micorosoft, YAHMic, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Still no word on cause of WGA outage or Microsoft's future prevention plans
- Still no word on cause of WGA outage or Microsoft's future prevention plansThe answer to your questionsCan be summed up in a simple phrase "We are the only caterer in town" A phrase from a Flintstones episode in which the town caterer made a mistake, but didn't care, simple...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., caterer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Survey: Done right, SOA pays
- Is your company a best-in-class enterprise or a laggard when it comes to SOA adoption? Is you're part of a best-in-class operation, chances are good you have seen appreciable payback from your SOA efforts. If you're a laggard, well, chances are you're still fussing around with Just a Bunch...
- Tags: Laggard, Middleware, SOA, Survey, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- OSI to defend open source definition aggressively
- OSI to defend open source definition aggressivelyProps, DanaI don't read Tiemann's piece as "ripping you a new one" at all. Seems to me he's giving you credit for pointing out a problem. Put another way, you're the messenger.On the other hand, "aggressive defense" with no teeth is very...
- Tags: Centric CRM, open source, OSI, Dana
- Discussion threads 2007-06-21
- A precipitous drop in CD sales
- According to an article in the March 21st edition of the Wall Street Journal, sales of compact discs for the first three months of 2007 have experienced a precipitous drop of 20% versus the same period only a year ago. Need I state the obvious, but that drop has NOT...
- Tags: music, CD, sales
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Microsoft responds to WGA issues
- Microsoft responds to WGA issuesTypical response...This seems to be typical of the monopolistic company. "So what that you paid for Vista, you ran a non approved software so Vista is now reduced capability until you beg us properly or buy a new license."Granted this was not directly what was said...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 26
- My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 26Fav featureA tie between Spotlight and Expose. Both have saved me a lot of time.Screenshots and lunatic fringesOne freeware tool I find incredibly valuable is Paparazzi, which instead of taking a shot of the entire screen, instead captures an image of an entire webpage...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, irony, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, lunatic fringe, fringe, Linux, Apple MacBook Pro
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- Microsoft quietly tests a new 'pay-as-you-go' rental scheme for Office
- Microsoft quietly tests a new 'pay-as-you-go' rental scheme for OfficeBlech...There's no way this Office rental scheme would be a real success if this is going to be foisted on real home users, unless if it's done more like a leasing program. Make enough payments, and the Office/Operating System is yours...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Office, rental scheme, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- NOD32 2.5
- It won't win any beauty pageants, but Eset NOD32 antivirus will keep your computer free of almost all malware. Our problem is the interface. Although intuitive and improved from previous iterations, NOD32 remains very utilitarian, and the individual AMON and DMON scanners could be confusing to novices who have come...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, NOD32 2.5, antivirus
- Product reviews 2006-10-09
- Security pros provide interim IE patch
- Security pros provide interim IE patchFiguresMS needs to have others provide a temporary fix to an issue that they won't be fixing until next month.I'm NUMBER 1! =-pIsn't it embarassing that others provide a fix way before MS could do it?They are getting more and more insensitive to the needs...
- Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Network administration, programmer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, interim IE patch, SECURITY PROS, patch
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- Banks cheating their way to web security guidelines
- Banks cheating their way to web security guidelinesProblem is the legislative processHaving worked in the banking industry for a number of years, I can tell you that they ain't going to do anything that they don't have to do. In part, that is because they, more than the fire department,...
- Tags: Financial services, Advertising & Promotion, Web, Web security, bank, permission, card
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- Boeing evaluating fate of in-flight Net service
- Boeing evaluating fate of in-flight Net serviceNeeds to be priced rightSorry, but I can't see paying $25-30 which is what these services cost to connect to the internet on a flight. I can see a limited number of business travelers who have to keep in touch with the office...
- Tags: INTERNET, Food & Beverage, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Boeing Co., hour flight, cafe
- Discussion threads 2006-06-23
- Joes MySpace Editor (exe)
- Joes MySpace Editor V1.4.2.1 is a great program to create MySpace Profiles quickly and easily. With this program you can easily create up to a Top 25 for your profile, change colors, add pictures, and music. editor,create,MySpace,profiles,easily,colors,pictures,music
- Tags: MySpace
- Software downloads 2006-06-15
- Ballmer defends Microsoft's cash 'problem'
- Ballmer defends Microsoft's cash 'problem'same story...different day. think of how much money they can save and pay back to investors by freeing up alot of salary money by getting rid of the many levels of useless management. But its good that they try to please their investors, hopefully vista will...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Now IT, Steve Ballmer, shareholder, Microsoft Corp., stock
- Discussion threads 2006-05-31
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