Monday, March 31st, 2008
I have subscriptions to both PC Magazine and PC World magazine. The thing is I only read about half of each magazine when it comes in the mail because they both dedicate so much time to two subjects I care nothing about: cell phones and security.
I have a cell phone, it works - well kinda - so I don’t care about them.
The other is security. I too have a security plan in place that has worked for the last ten years, so I don’t need a review of every anti-virus, spyware, malware, and firewall software that comes to market.
But, seeing the amount of coverage these magazines dedicate to security I’m thinking it must be a hot issue. So I decided I would share my security plan with you all. I fully disclose that this may not be the “best” security plan out there. I’m sure that if some C2-level security specialist read this he would chuckle, but like I said, it’s proven effective for me over the last decade and it’s probably a lot better than what most people currently have in place.
All the software I use is free so that is why you will see these products listed below. Oh, that and the fact they all work extremely well.
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen said Adobe “will work with Apple” to make sure that Flash applications can run on the iPhone. [more here]
Well it’s about time…
Now we just have to wait for the iPhone to support 3G and include GPS. When that happens I will be on board. Some say it may happen as early as June or July.
My question for you guys is: if you or I were to build a Flash app for the iPhone, what would you like it to do?
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
How great are the technological advancements of today?
- I work for a company is San Francisco and live in Colorado.
- I run a blog with people in Belgium and England.
- We can hold conversations with people in Tokyo, Melbourne, London and San Francisco simultaneously.
- Using RAD software we are able to write, debug and deploy software in a fraction of the time it took just a handful of years ago.
Ah, these are truly wonderful times we live in…Or are they?
According to a study by The United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO) US workers are putting in more hours than anyone else in the industrialized world. ILO statistics show that the average American worked nearly 2,000 hours in 1997 — up from 1,942 hours in 1990, the equivalent of almost two working weeks more than their counterparts in Japan.
WHAT? HOW CAN THIS BE? What about all the technology? Isn’t the whole point of technology supposed to make our lives easier?
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
I’m too young to feel this old…
A friend of mine, he’s ten years younger than I am, asked me to text him after the movie was over. I had to tell him that I’m not a texter, that I would just call him, the old school way.
Another friend recently asked me if I was using Window’s Vista yet. I told him I was waiting for Service Pack One. I could not believe it - those were the words my father always used, but never me! I was always an early adopter, sometimes even using beta additions, but no more. I’d like to blame this on all the bad reviews of Vista though. But, theres other concerns:
I have an iPod, but you’re more likely to hear the Greatful Dead playing than Lamb of God.
I have LinkedIn and delicious accounts, but I never did bother with mySpace and FaceBook accounts.
I am a big Instant Messenger user and have been since 1995, anyone remember PowWow? But I don’t get the appeal of text messaging.
I enjoy blogging, but Twitter seems like an annoying girlfriend who wants to constantly know what I’m up to.
What social sites do you guys belong to?
Do you Twitter and if so why?
Do you text message?
and what’s your age?
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Here are 10 signs to tell if your company is in trouble:
- Your development team outnumbers your sales team.
- Your support department is busy, yet you don’t charge for support.
- You have no marketing department.
- Your computer hardware is falling behind.
- You continuously update and add new features to a product that you can’t sell to begin with.
- You continuously add new features to a product, but your sales department has no clue about the new features.
- You have no defined niche or target market, you simply shoot at anything that moves.
- You have no partnerships or relationships with anyone in your market.
- You have no clearly defined objective.
- Your company skips its Christmas party.
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
As a blogger, one of the most rewarding things you can do is look back over your body of work at the end of a year to see what you’ve accomplished. I’ve spent the last week perusing the archives and I am very pleased with what Search-This was able to offer up in 2007. In case you missed anything, here are just some of the great posts from 2007. Enjoy!
Blogging
CSS
SEO
Coding
Other Stuff
Random Bits
Let us know if there is something you would like to have us blog about in 2008. Or who you would like to see interviewed in a Random Bits Podcast. And Thanks for making 2007 a wonderful year.
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Each year Oprah does a “favorite things” show where she shares with the audience some of her favorite things of the year. It’s the loudest, most insane crowd Oprah gets each year. I’m looking for that same reaction here 
These are some of my favorite things of 2007. Keep in mind I have an 18 month old so I don’t get out much. And yes I live a simple life (some may say pathetic) but good coffee and a burger are things I really do enjoy…
So, without further adieu:
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