gizmag: Top ten technologies that will change the world
And the list is here. They all sound reasonably revolutionary, but at the rate things are changing, how long will it take to change the list?
And the list is here. They all sound reasonably revolutionary, but at the rate things are changing, how long will it take to change the list?
This is the second part of the video I embedded from YouTube yesterday. While I am interested in the part about IT as it hits close to home, even for someone on the “old-ward” slide from full time IT, I’m even more interested in the policies and pressures on business that tend to make consolidation…
If you are not making use of telecommuting possibilities for yourself or your employees, you may be missing out on an opportunity to save a some gas money. You could also miss out on savings on utilities and on employee time. One critical thing you will have to do is figure out just what your…
There’s a good post on the Help Desk at TechRepublic on support requests one should turn down. Since I provide support generally on an annual basis, this is something I have already learned. I have also learned that simply having the specifics in writing doesn’t make people happy. When you receive a support call, what…
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,…
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,…
Using the AI Assistant I have added Jetpack’s AI assistant to my Threads blog, and today I tested it on a fairly lengthy post. I thought I’d show what it did here. I found its suggestions helpful, and I implemented most. There was another round, but they went beyond the time I was planning to…