General Information
Text Messaging Codes
Do you Text Message? Does others in your organization? Here is a list of many of the common text messaging codes. 10Q — Thank You 1DAY — One day 1ON1 — One on one 1NC — Once 2 — To/Two/Too 2DAY — Today 2bctnd — To be continued. 2d4 — To die for 2g4u — [...]
WordPress is 2.9
WordPress has just released their newest upgrade. The current version released on December 18, 2009 is 2.9. You may be asking, What’s WordPress? WordPress is one of the most used blogging software. Many Web developers have even moved to using WordPress to create Web sites. And for SMBs, it does create a very nice looking [...]
Are Your Network and Policies Ready?
Billions of dollars will be spent this holiday seasons, but do you realize that you, The Business Owner, could be losing many dollars during the season? The first work day after the Thanksgiving holiday is one the busiest day for on-line shopping. Why is this? This is the day when those who don’t have Internet [...]
Speed Cameras in Baltimore City
Update: I have just learned that Baltimore City has extended the deadline by two weeks before they will stop sending warnings. Original Post: Earlier this year the year the Maryland Legislature approved the use of Speed Camera within a mile radius of school zones and within highway work zone. The law was signed by Governor [...]
Northern Electric
Last week I was part of the team that put on a Trade Conference of East Coast Nortel Users. Anyone who has been following Nortel will no doubt be aware that the company is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the Enterprise Solutions (Telecom) portion of it has been auctioned off. The date for the deal [...]
Time For Replacement? Maybe Not
Many of us want to have the newest of everything available. There’s nothing wrong with it as long as the technology budget is in place to handle it. But in these times many budgets are tight . Now is the time to realize just because something may be a few years old doesn’t make it [...]
Bad Technology Habits
Talking on the cell phone at inappropriate places It seems that sometimes when people talking they forget where they are. Or they get so engrossed in the conversation that they don’t realize who may be near. Not only does the guy next to you in the grocery line, or sitting in front of you in [...]
Acronym: LNP
LNP – Local Number Portability This was defined in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as the “ability of users of telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, existing telecommunications numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another.” In short allowing one to move their existing number [...]
Proper Spelling
Recently I was asked; “What is the correction format for the shorted term for ‘electronic mail’. When asked I have to admit I didn’t know. I have seen it displayed as email, e-mail, E-Mail and E-mail, as well as others. Many times I myself have used eMail and at times E-mail. I began a search [...]
Using IM in Business
Instant Messaging is not new. In the early days of the Internet revolution it was used as a way for people all over the world to talk to one another with out having to use the telephone and the costs associated with those calls. It was free and easy. But because of the perceived ills [...]
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