Ungrateful iBozos, Stop the Whining. Get a (i)Life.
<sarcasm> I’m sick of all this whining within the iFamily. These iBozos just don’t appreciate all the goodness they have. iPhone preorder systems failed. So what? You’ve just saved a boatload of money, be happy, get a life! Yet another At&T security breach. What’s the big deal? All your data is public anyway, has been [...]
The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts – Take Two
Some analysts (?) spammers just won’t learn. I ridiculed this “research report” a few months ago (quoting old post below): The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts The Top 10 Questions The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts Will Answer For You Include: 1. What are the ten deadly sins NOT to commit when working [...]
Magic Quadrant. No. Magik Quadrant. No. Magik Kvadrant. From the Creator of the Enterprise Octopus.
Sam Lawrence, formerly of Jive Software and Enterprise Octopus, most recently Blackbox Republic is baaaack. Big Time. Sorry. I mean Go Big Always. This time (actually a month ago) he is presenting the Magik Quadrant from a customer prospective. (Should it not be the Magik Kvadrant?) There you have it. But I can’t steal his [...]
Imagine there’s no I.T.
Imagine there’s no IT responsibility, it’s easy if you try No software to install, only cloud software to buy Imagine all your employees, working on the fly Imagine there’s no Microsoft Office, it isn’t hard to do Nothing to download and install, and no updates too Imagine all of your employees, working online to get [...]
Google Cheese
Yes, this is decidedly cheesy: a microblogging app that’s intentionally buggy. Full of holes, like it’s namesake, the cheese. For educational purposes. But I think they forgot something really important: Yes, I know, proper pairing would be wine and cheese, but it doesn’t rhyme as well as Jarlsberg & Carlsberg. Besides, this way Google [...]
iPad + Wife Bundle – No Kidding
iPad’s are now generally available, so I can’t fathom why people think they can sell it at premium over @ eBay or Craigslist. But there’s one unusal bundle that caught my eyes: iPad 32g 3G+WIFE – $799 (oakland downtown) Date: 2010-05-01, 7:10AM PDT Reply to:
Video: Can Cloud And On Premise Storage Co-Exist
From time to time, we showcase videos showing different vendor’s perspectives on cloud computing. As a part of this tradition, today we offer the perspective of i365 , a Seagate Company. If the embedded video is not available for you, use this link.
Microsoft Should Donate PowerPoint to the Taliban
I don’t pretend to be a military strategist, but I’ve figured out how to win the war in Afghanistan. OK, not on my own – The New York Times helped, with an article titled: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint: Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in [...]
Almighty Bloggers Can Fix it All – Fun with Blog Messages
Image via Wikipedia Reading some of the blog-contact messages makes me wonder who readers think I really am. One common misconception is when they confuse me for a representative of a company I write about – even when the post is actually quite critical. How does my ugly experience with HP Technical support prompt a [...]
