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Let's Get Ready to Virtualize!
After many months, and a few miscellaneous upgrades to other parts of my network, I'm finally about to get a jump on my home virtualization overhaul project .  A number of things have changed from the original plan, however. Since that plan was presented Read More...
Magazine Interview for Tech Article
I recently had the privilege of being quoted for a technical article in BizTech Magazine , which is published on behalf of CDW .   This is not the first time I have had the opportunity to contribute to an article , but this is the first time Read More...
My Updated LinkedIn Feature Requests
The month of February 2008 was a very busy one at LinkedIn , it seems.  A number of improvements and modifications were made to the site , including network upgrades which now show Group Membership changes, a much maligned News function, and a major Read More...
Random Notes on a Leap Day
I have a little bit of everything to share today. Professional Networking LinkedIn has performed quite a few upgrades in recent days, and they've upgraded their site quite a bit. It looks nice, I must say. I hope this is just the beginning of them implementing Read More...
Letting Go Of Legacy Equipment
It took me long enough, but I'm finally cleaning out some old boxes of computer parts that I have laying around. Really old parts in really old boxes. My wife will be very pleased to see this stuff go, finally. She's been after me to do this for years. Read More...
Home Network Virtualization Project, Part 2
When I wrote part 1 of the home network virtualization project , I didn't realize that I actually had an updated network diagram available . I created it last October, but never posted it -- for reasons which completely escape me right now. I suppose Read More...
Windows Server 2008
Lately, I've been so busy with processes and procedures and policies, that I haven't had a chance to play with the upcoming version of Windows Server 2008 . I have had an opportunity to read a number of reports, including the one from eWeek , and it seems Read More...
On Being A Technology Change Agent
  As I think about it, the title is probably misleading, because being a Technology Manager with change-agent responsibility is not the same as being a Technology Change Agent. In my particular case, I'm not looking to change the technology, necessarily.  Read More...
Can Microsoft Learn from This?
Some days it seems like Microsoft still has a lot to learn about being a team player on a global stage where customers and regulators are interested in open standards and interoperability. They recently got spanked with both the ISO and the IEC while Read More...
What I Need From LinkedIn
As I wrote way back in May 2007 concerning LinkedIn , it is an awesome tool that greatly facilitates Professional Networking. The LinkedIn Answers feature, for instance, is a very nice way to find people who you might be interested in connecting with, Read More...
Community Server Update is on the Horizon...
Service Pack 3 for Community Server 2007 is on the horizon, considering that a beta for SP3 was recently made available by the folks at Telligent. I'm glad that I checked, because I was planning to update my site to CS2007 SP2 this holiday weekend, but Read More...
ASPnix is an utterly worthless web host...
I don't say this too often, but words cannot express how worthless they are. If I were to summarize the ways in which they failed to provide useful service, I could take all month. In short, they were lacking in a number of areas, including: Poor customer Read More...
Lots of changes coming...
It's been a long time coming, but I finally got rid of my previous hosting company. Their sins are too numerous to mention in this post, but rest assured, I will address them in the next couple weeks. I also need to upgrade my site to Community Server Read More...
The Bogus Quest for Productivity
I've been falling behind on my Harvard Business Review reading, in recent months, but I finally made some time to catch up on the July/August issue, and came across an awesome opinion article entitled, " Productivity Is Killing American Enterprise " by Read More...
Needless Vendor Bashing -- by Vendors
In today's story of immense irony , we find a vendor taking time to bash another vendor for a security flaw, only to have diligent 3rd parties point out that the flaw exists for the bashing vendor as well. What a waste of time. If folks would focus more Read More...
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