One of the things I’ve long wondered about bloggers writing about good service from a company is whether they got that service because the company really cares about taking care of it’s customers, or if they got that service because of who they are. A fine example came about last weekend when Louis Gray wrote…
I wrote earlier about Index Engines and how I thought that technology might change the landscape when it comes to determining what’s inaccessible electronically stored information. I also saw today that RenewData has announced their own technology to make data on tape backups more accessible. Sean Doherty over at EDD Update has some details on…
A few weeks ago I mentioned that the Facebook feature for friend suggestions could use some improvements. Well, today was the first time recently that I went over to Facebook and noticed that they’ve made some changes to it. They made it worse. Now instead of suggesting people and telling you what friends you have…
In preparation for being in DC next week, I’ve been reading some history. Namely, I’ve been reading Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails: How Abraham Lincoln used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War. I found the premise interesting, in that the telegraph really changed the dynamics between the commander in chief, and his generals. Rather than having…
Despite the fact that I haven’t even been an SCT for more than 6 months, I was informed today that I will need to re-certify on the new version of iBlaze, 2.9, before August 1 to remain an SCT in good standing. I’ll have to sign up for an online review session, pay my $200…
Lots of upgrading since last night. First it was the new version of Twhirl, 0.8 with the additional Friendfeed support. On my Vista desktop last night it had some stability issues after I first installed it and tried connecting to Twitter and Friendfeed at the same time. It crashed a couple of times on me,…