Business

Entries in the Business category offer advice, tips or observations on general business IT related topics.

Random thoughts from the week
Posted : Saturday April 10th, 2010

I had a number of thoughts this week that at some point I thought could sprout into blog posts but it turned out that no, they really couldn't. On their own at least. So here is...read more

Blog reuse tips
Posted : Monday August 17th, 2009

Re-using and making available for reuse content from a variety of different sources on the web is becoming a bigger thing for most companies I know. It just makes a better use o...read more

Death knell for software patents?
Posted : Wednesday August 12th, 2009

Today's breaking news, that Microsoft has had an injunction a...read more

Privacy and Security
Posted : Friday August 7th, 2009

It seems that recently privacy and security issues are all over the place and more than ever. Facebook is being threatened by the Canadian privacy commissioner. Toronto Hydro se...read more

Why I hate Apple
Posted : Wednesday May 20th, 2009

Before I get started here I just want to say this. If you have a Mac and like it, then that's great and personally I would prefer just to run some Linux variant all the time mys...read more

Stop blaming the computer
Posted : Friday March 27th, 2009

One thing that irritates me no end is hearing people say "I can't because the computer won't let me" or "I can't because the database won't let me" and variations on that. You h...read more

Thoughts on selecting an IT vendor
Posted : Monday March 9th, 2009

One of the roles I am often asked to advise clients in is IT vendor selection. As such I have given thus a lot of thought and some experience and it is my belief that nothing is...read more

These guys didn't make $11,668.00 on Google and neither will you
Posted : Saturday March 7th, 2009

As part of my ongoing effort to expose shady operators for the scum they are a brief note about some of the ads displ...read more

Don't lie
Posted : Friday February 20th, 2009

As a general word of advice for IT support people the world over. Don't lie. I can't be any clearer than that. I've had a running battle with ...read more

Grrrrrr
Posted : Wednesday February 4th, 2009

I have to go soon to see some clients. These clients use the inept IT outsourcing company I mentioned in an earlier post...read more

Outsourcing IT : how much are you really saving?
Posted : Sunday January 25th, 2009

While I have found myself pondering this before, some events from the past two weeks have really made me question the wisdom of companies hiring outsourced IT agencies to meet t...read more

Privacy starts with design
Posted : Sunday January 11th, 2009

This really shouldn't still be an issue but it is, too many people are still adding requirements for privacy (and even security) as an afterthought add-on to applications and sy...read more

Un-Truth in Advertising
Posted : Friday January 9th, 2009

Yesterday I was perusing through a direct mail flyer from Dell Canada (This is the Dell Canada "Business" flyer for January 2009). I'm sort of on the lookout for a new computer,...read more

Facebook in decline?
Posted : Tuesday December 16th, 2008

I am noticing recently a number of negative new developments at Facebook. Starting with some "questionable" ads. For example one app in particular keeps randomly redirecting me ...read more

Well I'm speechless (almost)
Posted : Monday December 15th, 2008

One of my current projects involves migrating data from one legacy format to another proprietary format for a CRM system. Well, migration is really the wrong word for it because...read more

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