Good Tips for Using a Public Computer. Great practical steps for protecting yourself while using a public computer. [DennisKennedy.blog]
Want PC Security? Diversify
Want PC Security? Diversify. A study blames Microsoft's 'monoculture' in the operating-system business for growing security risks. Critics say the real problem is ignorant or negligent computer users. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
Most software managers know what good office space would be like, and they know they don't have it, and can't have it. Office space seems to be the one thing that nobody can get right and nobody can do anything about. There's a ten year lease, and whenever the company moves the last person anybody asks about how to design the space is the manager of the software team, who finds out what his new veal-fattening pens, uh, cubicle farm is going to be like for the first time on the Monday after the move-in.
Well, it's my own damn company and I can do something about it, so I did.
Most software managers know what good office space would be like, and they know they don't have it, and can't have it. Office space seems to be the one thing that nobody can get right and nobody can do anything about. There's a ten year lease, and whenever the company moves the last person anybody asks about how to design the space is the manager of the software team, who finds out what his new veal-fattening pens, uh, cubicle farm is going to be like for the first time on the Monday after the move-in.Most software managers know what good office space would be like, and they know they don't have it, and can't have it. Office space seems to be the one thing that nobody can get right and nobody can do anything about. There's a ten year lease, and whenever the company moves the last person anybody… Continue reading
Most software managers know what good office space would be like, and they know they don't have it, and can't have it. Office space seems to be the one thing that nobody can get right and nobody can do anything about. There's a ten year lease, and whenever the company moves the last person anybody asks about how to design the space is the manager of the software team, who finds out what his new veal-fattening pens, uh, cubicle farm is going to be like for the first time on the Monday after the move-in.
Well, it's my own damn company and I can do something about it, so I did.
Claim Your Cell Phone Number!
Claim Your Cell Phone Number!. Fight for Your Cell Phone Rights NOW “One of the things users hate most about cellular service is that the telephone number belongs to the carrier, not to the customer. This means that changing carriers also means changing your phone number. That's supposed to change on Nov. 24, when new… Continue reading Claim Your Cell Phone Number!
Notes and Tips: Internet Cafe Box
Notes and Tips: Internet Cafe Box. Longtime modem manufacturer Zyxel is now selling an Internet cafe solution in a box. [MacInTouch]
Notes and Tips: PoS Solutions
Notes and Tips: PoS Solutions. We've got some good tips about point-of-sale solutions for the Mac. [MacInTouch]
The road to hell
The road to hell. How the protection of law was lost is a fascinating piece about the state of the modern American justice system. It begins with a consideration of the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and a brief history of how previous attempts at financial regulation have lead to this point. As the article says: Reformers… Continue reading The road to hell
Putting it Together: Taxonomy, Classification & Search
Putting it Together: Taxonomy, Classification & Search. A good overview of the current state of the art in combining taxonomies and search from Jeff Morris in Transform magazine. Combining taxonomy and classification with search gives people a map of the resources available to them. This kind of taxonomy, classification and search combination is becoming essential… Continue reading Putting it Together: Taxonomy, Classification & Search
FBI Systems still years behind corporate America
FBI Systems still years behind corporate America. Baseline Magazine was one of the publications we met with on our recent press tour. They’re an interesting, and as near as I can tell, unique publication in that they focus exclusively on case studies for content, and try extraordinarily hard to document large implementations, warts and all.… Continue reading FBI Systems still years behind corporate America
Office space
Office space. No, not the movie — the concept. Joel on Software has an outstanding overview of how they just built their new office environment. Thinking out how space is used is criminally ignored. I just had to spend a half hour this morning rearranging my desk because there’s no easy way to get a… Continue reading Office space