A rather interesting piece that I came across over the weekend over at Adam Barr’s blog has had me thinking quite a bit about the term IT Generalist and the “persona” created by Microsoft’s marketing department. The first thing that popped into my head after reading it, and all the comments, is that some of…
Over at Doc’s IT Garage there’s a lengthy post about business needs, and using outside vendors as opposed to internal IT people and the view of IT from the top. A couple of quotes: “FA new study by the white-shoe consultancy Bain & Co. finds that, while 70% of senior executives at large corporations agree…
I’ll be over here most of today, leafing through the latest Microsoft updates, 7 total, 2 critical. Then I’m going to go over here and check out a spellchecker Firefox extension, thanks to a recommendation from Geek News Central. In between, I’ll be helping set up a PowerPoint presentation for a meeting, dealing with some…
An IT director’s lot is not a happy one. No suprise here really, network security and virus threats keep all of us on our toes, and if you’re unlucky enough to be the place where the buck stops when it comes to being responsible for this stuff, it’s a pretty stressful situation. On the other…
An announcement from BrainBench: BIG CHANGES ARE COMING TO BRAINBENCH IN JULY! * All tests in the Branbench library will be FREE from July 1 – July 14 * On July 8, a new capability will be added to your account whereby employers can leave their e-business card with you * Over the years you…
I’ve been busy, as you can probably tell from my not posting at all yesterday, but something that I’ve been thinking a lot about is the “mystery” of technology work. I’m reminded of something my driver’s education instructor told me many, many years ago. He said the goal of good driving was never to make…