Bad E-Mail Habits
This download from TechRepublic, 10 e-mail habits that waste time and cause problems is well worth reading. These tips could help you (and me!) avoid some problems with e-mail communication.
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Link: Ethics and AI (Design and Engineering)
4 misconceptions about ethics and bias in AI (opensource.com) is well worth reading, whether your designing AI or thinking about its use in society.
Vista Robocopy for Backup
TechRepublic has an excellent video, and a text article. I have been slow in moving toward Vista, but I now have a few installations to deal with. The basis of this video and article is that often one wants to have extra backups of certain critical files. I do this because quite frequently I want…
Congratulations to Ford Motor Company
There are a number of things I like about the Obama administration, largely in foreign policy and to a lesser extent in terms of civil liberties. But there is one area where I disapprove totally. I think a company that fails should be permitted to fail. The only cushion provided should be the bankruptcy laws,…
The Humor of Customer Support – Seriously!
TechRepublic has been running some of the humor of customer support, most of which has to do with clueless users and how funny some of their responses are. I am acquainted with this kind of humor and occasionally pass some of it on myself. I also know some stories of really dumb tech support guys,…
Five Mistakes Managers Make
… from Toni Bowers at TechRepublic.
Foresight and Solving Technological Problems
I’m a strong advocate of thinking long term when trying to solve problems in government, not to mention business and personal activities. Very often problems result from not thinking long term enough. This reminds me of the time way back in prehistory (1992, to be precise) when I was a Computer Specialist at Radio Shack….