Backspin: How to contend with last-minute project changes from management, 09/20/07: So you’re thrashing out the final details of, say, how to implement the next phase of your CMS or your ERP system. You’ve gone from the big picture (“We need a system to …”) and after countless meetings finally got down to details (“We need these …
‘Net Buzz: ‘Hello, you have reached my iPhone’, 09/17/07: I know what you’re thinking: No one could possibly be so enamored of their iPhone — not to mention so pretentious and/or oblivious to the potential snickers — as to drop the name of the world’s most famous tech toy into their answering machine message.
Musthaler: IT on a shoestring, 09/18/07: A few weeks ago, Howard Anderson wrote a column titled, “The life of a CIO: It’s not pretty”, in which he used the example of his friend Gomez (not his real name), the CIO of a large company. If the job Gomez has is not pretty, then it must be …
Gearhead: Testing PHP script testing environments, 09/18/07: Last week in Gearhead I discussed the struggle to get my hosting provider to give me a server with the version of PHP I needed to run a PHP-based groupware system.
Dr. Internet: Finding a working copy of the GNU compiler, 09/18/07: I want to use the GNU compiler for Java on my Mac but the GNU compiler in the Apple XCode package does not include it. I installed all the developer tools, the X-Windows environment package and downloaded the source code for the latest GCC release but …
Johnson: One, two, three… many screens, 09/18/07: I recently noticed that AT&T is promoting its “three-screen” vision — meaning, in essence, that the Internet will reach users in three distinct ways: the TV screen, the PC screen and the mobile device. I like the idea, but I don’t think it goes far …
Nutter’s Help Desk: Getting UltraVNC to work across the Internet, 09/17/07: I am currently using UltraVNC and was there when the product originally came out. I’ve used this product successfully both in home network and office network environments. But that’s intranet. I cannot get the thing to work for me when I am trying to …
Bradner: Digital breadcrumbs getting harder to hide, 09/17/07: The New York Times discussed one effect of today’s information-producing technology in a Sept. 15 article titled “Tell-all PCs and phones transforming divorce.”
Network Guardians: What is identity-based networking? 09/17/07: I have heard the term “Identity-based Networking” in relation to LAN Security. What is the relationship between identity management and securing the LAN?
Talking Tech: VoIP update: What small and midsize businesses should consider, 09/17/07: Although the self-anointed tech-savvy often deride them, late adopters of technology sometimes have a distinct advantage in that they are working with proven, mature technologies. The key step for late adopters is knowing when the pendulum has swung …
