November 2011
6 posts
Fat Apps Are Where It's At →
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is seeing something of a revival lately due to the increased penetration of mobile tablets. Why lug a laptop around that has a short battery life and takes forever to…
Can Dell Do For Networking What They Did For... →
Dell is focused and while they aren’t considered by many to be a solutions provider—many consider Dell to be a box pusher—they plan on changing perception. As Frtiz Nelson points out discussing…
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Twitter As A Resource
I like Twitter for a number of reasons—the social interactions, following up on what others find interesting, posting things others hopefully find interesting, etc. As someone who works from home 100% of time, Twitter is a good social outlet. Twitter is also a resource provided you follow the right people (subject matter experts, people with the same interests as you) and they follow...
New And Notable On Network Computing →
It’s been a busy year for our IT staff. We’ve moved to a new platform that is more stable and faster. We have a new commenting system in place and we are adding more kinds of content. Network…
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What An Aggressive Response to Passive/Aggressive...
I saw a Tweet today “When will people learn I respond to passive-aggressive with aggressive-aggressive?” that was retweeted and +1’d (it’s not the first time I have seen it) that reminds me how many Internet memes have more sound than sense.
If you respond to Passive/Aggressive behavior with aggression, you have successfully played your role. Here is how it works. The...
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When Word Wastes My Time
Here is a prime example if why people hate Word and Microsoft Office. For years, I have used Track Changes and comments to edit documents. I find these tools useful. Today, for some reason, Word decided on its own, to stop wrapping the comments box. I don’t know why. I don’t know how to change it (Options->Advanced->Word Wrap didn’t solve the problem) and it is...
