j.ello on IT Part 8: pWNing IT Management
Yes, I could devote every article to the pervasiveness of bad IT management and it’s chilling effects on business, but it depresses me and it’s time to move on, so we’ll wrap that up today. The next...
View Article4 (Uncommon) Habits for Better IT, part 1
Jump to part 2… I’ve seen my share of IT gone wrong, and I pay attention when it does. Sure, the problems and solutions may seem obvious, “do good, don’t do evil” as a CIO colleague of mine likes to...
View Article4 (Uncommon) Habits for Better IT, part 2
Jump to part 1… II - Use the Resources you have - Damn, if I had a nickel for every organization that bleeds money on unimplemented technology and underutilized, or more accurately “inappropriately...
View ArticleThe iPhone is Great! (For Everyone Else)
Stephen Colbert may not be able to get his hand on an iPhone, but yours truly can. :) (Sorry Stephen, but you’re still our #1 American). I spent some hands-on time with the iPhone a couple days ago...
View ArticleID Theft, Good for Business
On their web site, the FTC estimates that "as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year." There are 300 million people in the US… you can do the math. On average, they say,...
View ArticleTwo Weeks Touching It (The Sprint Touch)
Six months ago I got a sneek peek at the iPhone. A beautiful piece of machinery lacking only in 3 critical places: It is a 21st century network device tied to a stone-age cellular network. Its...
View ArticleThe real meaning of Comcast generosity
In the old days - 10 years ago, I entered the "broadband" world as a DSL customer with GTE. I started at 768 kbit/s service, and it was about $35/mo. A lot has happened since then, GTE spat out...
View ArticleFinding oneself, lost, in plain sight: Distress calls for satellite imagery
News, Movies, and The Life Random – A little about how my brain works: I was watching the news, hearing about those football players lost at sea, and I saw how big and obvious the overturned boat...
View ArticleVirtualBox 3.0 Beta: Finally something exciting in desktop virtualization
Sure, but can it run Excel? - The 3d animator in me appreciates big iron, massive compute clusters and grid computing. As my compatriots at Pixar and LucasFilm will attest, there is NEVER enough...
View ArticleThe Unspoken Truth About Managing Geeks
This article was published on ComputerWorld on September 8, 2009 - I can sum up every article, book and column written by notable management experts about managing IT in two sentences: "Geeks are...
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