Wow, another year has come and gone. Amazing. All in all, even though the end of 2006 kind of snuck up on me quickly, it was a very good year. In many ways, even though I actually changed jobs in 2005, 2006 was more of a transitive year in terms of my life on-line. This…
Our telecom guy at work picked up one of these today. Given how often people come to him because they forgot their charger, or left their charger out of town and won’t have it for a few days, and just need to charge their phone, the ease of being able to hand them something that…
That last post brings to mind an interesting idea in my mind. One that I’d like to get other’s input on because although I’ve only been at my job for a year or so, I’m beginning to understand that the common view of the IT Department had been in the past that we don’t always…
I was litening earlier to the latest In the Trenches, spefically to special guest Chuck Tomasi’s take on how to make yourself more valuable to your employer. He is in management now afterall so it’s a different perspective. I was struck by this idea of getting outside the technology and understanding the core business processes…
It’s hard to believe, I know, but today marks the 10 month mark of working at the law firm instead of being the one man IT Department that I was before. It seems about as good a time as any to do a little reflecting on the plusses and minuses to working as part of…
Regarding my previous question from the weekend about where you draw the line between keeping up a good relationship with your users and letting them walk all over you with non-work technology issues, I would mostly err on the side of letting them walk over you. There’s definitely a line that needs to be drawn…