Yes it’s true, the Blackberry Storm is a turd.
Thankfully I don’t have to use one. But I did get to play with one at a Christmas gathering last weekend. It was pathetically slow, slow switching applications, slow changing from portrait to...
View ArticleUnwinding the Marketing Spin
"The Datapoohbah is frustrated. Frustrated with MBA’s and "Highly Educated" people that quite simply, “do not have a clue”. I have long subscribed to the philosophy that it is simply possible to over...
View ArticleDell e4300 is bittersweet.
We’re Dell fans, especially latitude fans. Super stable hardware. We recently did a technology upgrade in our department and switched from the D-Series Latitudes to the e-Series. We have a handful...
View ArticleAVG Trial Download – Broken
When your business model is try before you buy. It’s in your best interest to make sure the ‘try’ part works. We’re re-evaluating centralized Anti-virus and would really like to evaluate AVG’s Network...
View ArticleCorporate Anti-virus What do you use?
We’re currently evaluating our corporate Anti-virus products. For the past couple years we’ve used Trend Office Scan. For the most part it’s worked OK. The interface and admin tools are horrible...
View ArticleWhen your mouse gets Parkinsons
So the other day… My mouse on my home computer just started shaking, shaking and acting very erratic. This was well after April fools day so I was fairly certain I wasn’t being punked. Items plugged...
View ArticleSetting up Ubuntu? Need a good tutorial?
The Indexer. comes highly recommended. Good tutorial for installing LAMP with apt on desktop. A great theme “Balazan” and links to all the goodies you need.
View ArticleI really dislike XM/Sirius now.
So the only place I use XM is on my motorcycle. XM has value for me, as I typically like to ride long distances. It’s not unusual for me to say ride 2400 miles over a 3 day weekend whilst rallying....
View Articlethe iPad is good, iTunes Pricing is out of whack.
I recently got my hands on an iPad. I’ll be the first to admit I thought the iPad was kind of stupid. After all it’s just a big iPod Touch or a big iPhone without the phone. Then I played with one...
View ArticleCisco, umi is stupid.
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at or played with a product that pushed my buttons enough to write a rant. Cisco umi, is just such a product. What is umi? umi is John Chamber’s delusional...
View ArticleSoftware as a Service and Customer Service
If you provide software as a service (SaaS) on a subscription basis, and one of your customers needs your help, give it to them. Let me tell you a story. Back in the day we used to use AlertSite for...
View ArticleSoftware as a Service and Customer Service
If you provide software as a service (SaaS) on a subscription basis, and one of your customers needs your help, give it to them. Let me tell you a story. Back in the day we used to use AlertSite for...
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