Commentary
Spring Ahead, to Fall back!
Once again, as it does every year just like Christmas and Tax day, Daylight Saving Time begins. For those who don’t know the rhyme we spring ahead, in other words set the clock forward one hour, in the spring and fall backward, set the clock time back one hour, in the fall.
In 2005 President [...]
10 Ways to Conserve Energy
Recently I was invited to a 9th grade class to talk on ways to help the environment. I developed this 10 Ways list a few years ago giving ideas to conserve energy in the office. I handed it out to each of the students and the teacher with a plan to gloss over [...]
Pet Peeves – E-mail
E-mail has become a common office tool for communications. For some it may be their major form of communicating with clients and associates. There may even be others whose only form of communications is through e-mails.
I firmly believe that Business E-mails should be treated exactly like a business letter, following the same format. [...]
Acronym: MAC
Recently I was talking with a business owner and we were discussing how acronyms have overwhelm many of us. One of the ones discussed was MAC so I thought I would republish this tip.
MAC – For many who work in Telecom and Telecommunications MAC stands for Move, Adds or Changes. It usually refers to [...]
Advice for the New Year
If I had I could only give a business one piece of advice for the upcoming year, it would be to invest in a Technology Consultant.
As a Technology Consultant, you may think that this is just an advertisement for my services. Maybe it is, but technology changes everyday and keeping up with those changes [...]
Predictions for 2009
For businesses in general and for those businesses that fall under the umbrella SMB, 2009 will be a turbulent year. Here are 5 predictions of mine for 2009.
Social Networks will be used for business
MySpace is already being used by business as a place to advertise to the youth. But i really [...]
2008 – A Year Longer Than Most
I just discovered this little bit of information so I thought I would share it here. No only is 2008 a leap year, it will be a second longer. The time difference between Atomic Clocks and the astronomical time is 1 second. Scientist have decided to add that one extra second to [...]
Use the Internet, Luke!
At the end of the original Star Wars, the voice of Ob-Wan Kenobi informs Luke Skywalker to use the force in his attempt to destroy the Death Star. As the US election draws near, I am changing that phrase a bit to say use the Internet. Use the Internet to help you make an informed [...]
Gadget Gone Bad. Now what to do?
There is pretty much one thing that will surely happen with any gadget. One day it will stop working.
There are many reason for it to stop working. The most common is that the battery that came with it will fail stop supplying power will refuse to recharge. Or it may because [...]
Secure your wireless network!
Not too long ago it was hard to have all of the computers in the office networked together. To do it you had to string wires all over the office or pay the expense to have those wires property installed in the walls. At times a decision to not network may have been [...]
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