This has been a crazy week for me, perhaps if I already had my smartphone, I might have been able to complete this post earlier. With this third post, I’m getting to the heart of what I’m looking for in … Continue reading
I’ve been off-line for a week now……..I couldn’t find any way to complete a physical move from a condo to an apartment using the Internet. Got stuck with doing physical work! Thank goodness I wasn’t moving far. I also see … Continue reading
Go back. Way back to your childhood. Before you were allowed to watch the Simpsons. That’s it. Think of that movie with the little deer, the rabbit, the skunk, the owl, the birds, and more importantly the one scene where … Continue reading
Now there is an interesting question. I had to think back a little. I suppose the easy answer is – I didn’t – it chose me. At high school graduation, a classmate asked me what I now intended to do … Continue reading
Do you own a Sony Playstation? Are you worried about the recent hack? Should you be? Absolutely. And when you are done worrying about your PSN account being hacked, then get ready for an even scarier thought. Consider this … Continue reading
Of all the things I am, I am NOT a gamer. In fact, if you want to build your self esteem, invite me over for a night of CoD (Call of Duty, not the fish). While you are massacring the … Continue reading
Thanks Kevin for commenting on my first post in this series, and adding the “bright and shiny” requirement to the requirements analysis, which fits naturally into this post on hardware. When I think of bright and shiny objects, my brain … Continue reading
With this week’s topic focussing on tablets and mobile computing, I thought I’d throw a curve ball. I attend a number of meetings where it is not really appropriate to have a computer in front of me, yet I am … Continue reading
I’m a bit embarrassed, but I don’t have a smartphone. I look around me and everyone has a smartphone, even kids have smartphones. Even some my kids have smartphones. I don’t consider myself a late adopter, maybe just for things that … Continue reading
I play guitar. It’s about the only thing I’ve done longer than being (happily) married, and I’ve been married a long time. If you look at my profile picture under the contestants tab, you will soon conclude that in no … Continue reading
After getting a Playbook early last week (thanks to the community support here) , I wondered what it would have been like to compete on blogidol this year if writing entries on a tablet. In addition to responding to topics posted … Continue reading
Since Kevin is posting pictures of his dog Isabel; I might as well add one of our cat Ebony before I sign off for the long weekend. I was thinking along similar lines to Kevin’s post on powering down to get some … Continue reading
I’m coming to the end of my time allocation for the second Blog Idol topic – Strategies for inspiring, motivating and leading IT staff. I think the posts so far have mostly been about leading and less about inspiring and … Continue reading
Note: This is reposted from my “other” blog Turning Technology Invisible . Tomorrow is a holiday, and I won’t be near a machine to add a Friday post, so enjoy this repost. I recently gave a talk to a group … Continue reading
