Anyone else out there get an email about a not-yet-released blog-network and aggregator run by Computerworld? Seems they will be doing some ad revenue sharing with blogs in exchange for highlighting posts selected by their human tech editors. Naturally, since I do not do any kind of ads or have any plans to even try…
We’ve been having a great time in Texas this week. The weather’s been great, the food’s been awesome, and even having our train back from a day trip in Austin Sunday delayed turned into a fun adventure. It was cool to be sitting in the little train depot in Austin using Twitter from my Blackberry…
In case you ever run into a laptop like the one I did today, where you had to reload applications, the Internet activation of Office 2003 failed and you couldn’t get the phone activation information to come up. From KB article 875452: SYMPTOMSThe Microsoft Office 2003 Activation Wizard disappears when you use the telephone option…
I got an email notice from my bank today that said starting such and such a date they were implementing a new security feature for on-line banking. On that day if I want to do some on-line banking, I’ll have to enter my password on two consecutive screens to login. Now, I’ll admit I don’t…
There’s been a whole lot of talk about a blogging “Code of Conduct” lately, in response to some rather vicious attacks against a handful of bloggers. (I’m going to be lazy and not bother linking to any of this stuff, I’m assuming you’ve all seen it before now anyway. ) I’ve resisted the urge to…
It’s funny that this was an idea that Douglas Welch pulled out of his Career Opportunities archives a few weeks ago. He talked specifically about the need to not just be a tech generalist, but to have some specialized skills that help you stand out in certain areas. Then new position I’m taking is really…