In the past couple of days there have been many articles published about the introduction of Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect to multiple services such as Twitter and Discuss. Even now many people are enabling both the Facebook and Google services on their weblogs and finding that folks are using their Google and Facebook [...]
Archive for 2008
11 Dec
Mystery Explained!
AppleInsider | TV deals causing movies to disappear from iTunes Store.
Chalk this mystery up with the Bermuda Triangle and Atlantis as ones we thought would never be explained, but today it looks like we have an answer.
I have been wondering for months why movie rentals suddenly disappear from the iTunes music store and now I [...]
9 Dec
Full Disk Encryption for OSX!
WinMagic Hard Disk Encryption – The most secure and versatile disk encryption software..
You know OSX has really penetrated the enterprise when you begin to see full disk encryption solutions coming for OSX Tiger and Leopard. WinMagic has the first solution I have seen which hooks the boot loader and adds a full disk encryption solution [...]
4 Dec
Thinking about change using the transition curve…
Change management is a tricky subject and is something that has been on my mind for some months now. I have realized that being recognized as an effective change agent requires understanding the psychology of change and knowing where your audience is spread along the change transition curve at any given time.
The change transition curve, [...]
1 Dec
Taking the frustration out of data cleanup!
via Magic/Replace – Data Cleanup for Everyone from Dabble DB
Magic replace provides the set of tools you always wished Microsoft would build into Excel. Have you ever wanted to easily split 100s of cells based on a common rule, or reformat values on the fly. The problem is typically you end up concocting many LEFT() [...]
11 Nov
Death of an Architect
Enterprise architects know how to connect with their customers. Unfortunately this relationship can become overwhelming when the architect suddenly becomes the single conduit to IT from the business. The architect / business relationship must not replace a strong service management framework with the IT delivery team. Infact, the architect should strive to drive work requests [...]
15 Oct
Things, Getting It Done For The Rest Of Us!
Things. a relatively new player in the GTD (Getting things done) application space has really impressed me with their simple to use desktop client and powerful iPhone application. The combination gives you your task list in your pocket when you need it most, and allows you to do the heavy lifting on your Mac. The [...]
