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You Bought It, Now Audit It. Performing IT audits for law firms and corporate legal departments is one of the consulting services that I offer. You would think that this type of service would largely sell itself. However, lawyers are a hard-sell group. In many firms, even an initial assessment will likely help stop the… Continue reading You Bought It, Now Audit It

UXnet gets off the ground. A few UX peeps got invited by Lou Rosenfeld in late 2001 to chat about a bigger picture for something – at the time, the something was info-arch.org. That group, with unofficial but senior representatives from UPA, CHI, AIGA ED, STC, ASIS&T had lots of conversations about cooperation, direction, reservations,… Continue reading UXnet gets off the ground

My daily battle against spam. A lot of people have complained about a recent uptick in spam, but I have to say I'm not getting hit all that much. I get around 3,000 unsolicited emails a day, and only about a half dozen slip through my net, a net composed only of SpamAssassin (with Bayesian… Continue reading My daily battle against spam

Weblogs.com Rises From the Flames. When Dave Winer pulled the plug on a popular free service, many bloggers screamed bloody murder. But one came to the rescue and thousands of sites have a new home for now. By Staci D. Kramer. [Wired News]

New: FileMaker Work Requests. FileMaker, Inc. announced FileMaker Work Requests, a work order management application for creating, tracking, and reporting on work orders. [MacInTouch]

AP: “All is right again in blog land.” Whew. [Scripting News]

Salesforce Raises $110 Million After Delay. Salesforce.com Inc., a maker of Internet-based sales software, raised $110 million in an initial public offering. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Technology]

Often, Big Companies Suck when compared to Smaller Ones. I have a new employee starting on Friday and needed a new computer. Generally I like to buy from Dell because they keep all system info online for future retrieval. So yesterday (Monday, June 21st, 2004) I went online to Dell's Outlet and selected a pre-built… Continue reading Often, Big Companies Suck when compared to Smaller Ones

Afternoon at the Microsoft Security Summit. After a great box lunch I attended the Implimenting Advanced Server and Client Security session, put on by Steve Riley at Microsoft. There were a few interesting 'take aways' for this session. First was a point I have made for some time. I think it shocked the room when… Continue reading Afternoon at the Microsoft Security Summit

The Ultimate Calling Card. Want to stand out from the crowd and increase your worth in the marketplace? Join the ranks of Peter Drucker, Faith Popcorn, and Dr. Seuss: Write a book. [Fast Company]