I just came back from the best technology training I have had in years: a world-first Microsoft SharePoint Elite Information Architecture course designed and delivered by Paul Culmsee. It has taught me a great deal across ALL facets of the day-to-day work that I do as a SharePoint architect. Among the more generic, philosophical takeaways [...]
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Although this post is filed under the Tech Notes category, it really applies to everyone no matter how tech-savvy they may be. I previously wrote about issues with modern keyboards: how to enable arrows on the keypad and also about the position of the Control key. I am ranting once again because: a) this is [...]
When building things inside virtual machines becomes an integral part of one’s real-life job, most people are faced with two insatiably limiting factors: amount of memory (RAM) and disk speed. While disk *space* is cheap and plentiful, RAM and fast disks still remain much of a technical barrier when it comes to equipment not only [...]
The drama over the may-or-may-not-come-into-existence Apple Unicorn Tablet is REALLY spiralling out of control. OK, so Apple is finally announcing the Tablet… What’s the problem? Report: Apple tablet could earn $3 billion in a year Apple 2010 Earnings Will Likely Be Affected by Tablet More Hints at Apple’s Desire to Hold ‘iPad’ Trademark for Tablet [...]
Smartphones are selling like hotcakes and in a couple of years time from now virtually all mobile phones will be smartphones at least throughout the developed world. It seems odd, then, that the various smartphones and Mac OS X don’t seem to get along very well with each other. When it comes to synchronising stuff [...]
When I said “as a corporate customer of Microsoft products, the probability of me installing Windows 7 on a physical machine any time soon is infinitesimally small” less than a week ago, I spoke too soon. That’s because, err, I am now running Windows 7 on my ThinkPad T61 laptop at work. This is my [...]
As I ranted over and over, I am not a big fan of glossy laptop screens at all and I know I am not alone. If you have no idea what this is about, check out the picture in this report. After years of nonsense, however, at least one manufacturer is heeding the voice of [...]
Does a person’s occupation or professional title dictate whether they are a geek? Probably not. This might serve as a counter-example (translation: Is Mr Fillon our Prime Minister a true geek?). Even in workplaces whose members are allegedly tech-savvy, it’s kind of hard to find people who are geeky at the core. I, too, have [...]
It’s been a week since the Great Apple Announcements of 2009: new operating system, new laptops, and new phone. It’s no secret that Apple profits hugely from its culture of secrecy; publicity generated from worldwide speculation on its yet-to-be-made product announcements must be worth an astronomical sum every year. What’s also unique about Apple is [...]
Recently, I spent some late night hours reviving my first Mac, a 12-inch iBook G4 manufactured in the 22nd week of 2004, which had been quietly collecting dust for tens of months. Bringing a five year-old laptop back to life is kind of like restoring a classic car, though I’m no automobile enthusiast. The 1.07GHz [...]