… from Toni Bowers at TechRepublic.
I’ve become much more appreciative of Twitter as time goes on (my profile is here) as time goes on. At first it seemed like a waste of time, but I decided to try it. In looking around for folks who were using Twitter in a serious way. I think there should be a simple social…
I think this is a fairly good list. This might help folks deciding whether they can afford to use a Linux station at the office.
The podcast/YouTube channel Into the Desert has been examining a number of issues in religion, philosophy, and politics. They have started a series on the problems with the IT business in general, including consolidation, deterioration of service, and employment issues including instability. Here’s the first video. They’ve made a second, but if you want to…
I just reluctantly switched to cellular service only. I did so reluctantly, even though we were receiving less and less calls on the landline phone. Essentially all it was doing was eating away money. I’m also learning to keep all my tasks listed, my calendar updated, my contacts annotated, and generally my whole life organized…
McKain, Scott. The Collapse of Distinction. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2009. I am not generally a fan of motivational books, and that is what I expected that this book would be when I picked it up–a lot of cheerleading and motivational speaking without that much practical advice. I already know I need a good attitude to…
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,…