I have been using the Internet a long time now, and working on it for a living since 1995, so there are few things that I am surprised no one has done yet. I am sure this is not going to be an earth shaking list, and you might find [...]
Continuing on the thread of security… One interesting story I read this week was about people that use Peer to Peer sharing software like LimeWire and Kazaa to download music from work. Or maybe from their work computer at home. In either case, some of these folks have very little [...]
I am going to write a series of stories on security over the next week. This has been prompted by a number of articles I have read lately, coupled with the fact that I have had speaking clients mention the topic as being hot again. I think it is really [...]
Many of us do work for non-profits on the side and I heard two things lately that warrant me at least commenting on how technology can be used to help these organizations. The first it that Google announced yesterday a special package of services for non-profits. Click here to go [...]
The concept you are about to read may be the most important driver of future success you will find this year. The term eCommunity has been misconstrued to describe Facebook or MySpace type networks. If that is true for you, please read on… Let’s start by redefining what the term [...]
Apple may not be known as an enterprise commodity, in fact, unless you are in marketing or creative you most likely don't have a Mac on your desktop, but on one front adoption might be about to grow. A few days ago Apple announced that the iPhone is ready to [...]
Everywhere I turn these days I am running into new ways that organizations are using the concept of crowdsourcing to get work done through the Internet. Today, it was a review of a Website that allows people to post questions and answers for quizzes online. These questions can then be [...]
Only a decade ago an IT professional likely was the master of one or two large scale systems. Perhaps they owned the Tandem, maybe they were an Informix DBA, or perhaps managed several applications running on the Big Iron; but typically they were specialists in their daily life. Today though, [...]
The other half are OK. I continue to see articles with the title "Will Web 2.0 Invade Organizations?" This is example one why half suck. This is like asking, "Will athletes use less steroids this year?" The answer has already been established. I try to give them the benefit of [...]
First, let me paint you a quick picture: I grew up professionally in the Dot.Com universe. I started as tech support in an ISP and then moved into application development with the Internet as the delivery mechanism of choice. I lived on Unix, 24 hours a day, 7 days a [...]