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Using Fastpush to install VNC flavors to multiple systems

Using Fastpush to install VNC flavors to multiple systems. Over at my Computerworld blog, I've just posted about using FastPush to deploy many of the available VNC flavors to multiple systems on your network automatically. Worth a read if you use VNC for remote desktop support in your organization… [Alex Scoble's IT Notes – A… Continue reading Using Fastpush to install VNC flavors to multiple systems

But Joe, they do!

But Joe, they do!. Joe Wilcox talks about how this worm in reality shines the light on customers and patch management: 'The real spotlight should be on customers and patch management. If Microsoft doesn't provide tools these customers deem adequate to quickly deploy patches, then Microsoft competitors and partners should seize the opportunity to do… Continue reading But Joe, they do!

Work vs. Progress

Scott Berkun: Work vs. Progress. Simple work, like mowing a lawn or washing a car has transparent progress: as each small unit of work is completed it's visible to everyone. But with complex work, building software, running a business, writing a novel, it is harder to identify true progress. [Tomalak's Realm]

Zotob and Variants

Zotob and Variants. I've been reading the massive press coverage about Zotob (technical details are here, here, and here),   and can't figure out what the big deal is about. Yes, it propagates in Windows 2000 without user intervention, which is always nastier. It uses a Microsoft plug-and-play vulnerability,   which is somewhat interesting. But… Continue reading Zotob
and Variants

Hurry!

Hurry!. How can you tell if you're too obsessed with urgent? Do senior people at your company refuse to involve themselves in decisions until the last minute? Do meetings regularly get canceled because something else came up? Is waiting until the last minute the easiest way to get a final decision from your peers? Smart… Continue reading Hurry!

Clueless

Clueless. We're all clueless. That's the best word I can use to describe the state of the art of marketing. Three examples: I'm at the supermarket yesterday. I run into my friend John, not someone I often see at the Food Emporium. John has a list. Standard grocery list, “here honey, please go out and… Continue reading Clueless

Life inside one big text file

Life inside one big text file. Giles takes one of the biggest, geekiest leaps you can, moving all of his stuff into a single big-ass plain text file. [43 Folders]