When you go to the homepage of the Business Software Alliance, you see this: When you click on that button, you see a system whereby you can “rat out” an employer using pirated software and do so anonymously. Now, a one million dollar payday would, of course, be limited to people who expose a really [...]
Rather than posting a news item from the tech industry, I simply HAD to share this story with PCMech this morning. As I sit here, I am at Panera Bread working on the MacBook Pro. Why? It isn’t for the coffee. No, it is because some Bright House contractor managed to completely kill all communications [...]
Google is at it again. This time, they have released what is called Google App Engine. In short, this is a web application platform to allow developers and businesses to host web apps in the cloud (meaning online). Google launched the product in it’s own new blog yesterday. Google’s blog post describes the service quite [...]
If you’re in a pinch and need a job right now doing something in the Information Technologies industry, here’s a few quick tips to get you on your feet. Job that is always available: Help Desk / End User Support Help Desk, a.k.a. “Technical Support Representative” positions are a dime a dozen with a very [...]
Craigslist has long been known as the free place (in most locales) to post your ads for whatever – stuff, relationships, services, whatever. I have used Craigslist several times and it always surprises me how this extremely CRAPPY looking website performs so well. For example, I have (several times) posted job openings on just the [...]
Sometimes there are things Apple Computer does that are just.. really wrong. New York City, VERY commonly known as The Big Apple and title has been around WAY longer than Apple Computer has (try 1920) has instituted a new GreeNYC logo that, to be honest, looks absolutely NOTHING like Apple Computer’s logo. GreeNYC (see bottom [...]
We’ve got email. We’ve got RSS feeds. Endless amounts of websites. Voice mails. Phone calls. Honey-do lists. Bills. Pieces of paper all over the frickin’ place. Sound familiar? In this day and age, information overload is not only common, it is practically the rule of existence. The problem is that it can get in the [...]
What’s one (of the many) reasons why Google employees love what they do? It’s because they can run any operating system they want and any software they want. I’m not kidding. If an employee @ Google wants to run Windows, fine. Mac? No problem. Linux? Sure, why not? Messengers, music programs, and the like? Go [...]
The New York Times is reporting that Yahoo is set to announce hundreds of employees will be laid off. And so it begins. Where is this economy going to take us in the next year? The story reports that Yahoo is looking to refocus it’s efforts in certain crucial areas and cut workforce in others. [...]
Are you in school or want to grab a job in the tech field? Here’s a short list of job positions companies are looking for right now. Big Corporate These are positions that usually command high dollars and are mostly available in large enterprise only. Red Hat Linux Administrators If you were wondering which Linux [...]
Sometimes we have very notable advancements in the world of technology. Sometimes things come and we THINK they will be advancements and then it just fizzles away. This is just how things work. So, what do I think are the technology flops of 2007? Read on and find out. Windows Vista I think Vista is [...]
I believe it is important for anyone who is considering using Wal-Mart’s new Site to Store service to read the letter I sent Wal-Mart Corporate early this morning regarding my family’s significant problems with their service over the past week. Please read below. ”Wal-Mart Corporation: My name is Tyler Thompson, a resident of Derby Kansas and a [...]
There’s a certain pride that comes along with Do-It-Yourself projects. You build them from the ground up, nurture them, and put them out for the world (or your workplace) to see. On the other end of the spectrum we have outsourcing. The word itself leaves a bad taste in your mouth considering all of the [...]
Difficult Decisions Hundreds of resumes cross an IT manager’s desk each day and of those he usually picks less than ten to interview for a single position. Many IT managers attempt to relate skills to certifications and choose to hire based on certifications. Other managers choose to pick an experienced candidate to hire, someone with [...]
You can not only attach printers to a network, but hard drive storage devices as well!
