Disclaimer: I am a technology consultant, and Microsoft products and technologies are my bread and butter. As I have noted in the past, I have been very pleased with the "new Microsoft" and the Mobile First / Could First messaging and direction. It has been great to see Office 365 being adopted at so many places, and…
Stupidipity.com very Funny Stories and Site People tend to do stupid stuff just to get some attention or gain some popularity…cheap popularity to be exact. However, some people actually do these dim-witted things without any intention of the sort…in other words, clueless acts of stupid. These acts, intentional or unintentional, and the discovery of them…
Apple said it would be replacing iPhone 6 Plus cameras that take blurry photos due to faulty hardware. The phones include those that were sold primarily between September 2014 and January 2015. Mine is not one of them as I got mine in mid 2015 I have been very please with this phone. Best phone battery…
It is the middle of 2015 and by now I always thought I would have my photo library on the cloud. I have tried most, if not all, of the sites out there: Flickr, Shutterfly, SmugMug, Google Photos, Amazon Photos, and many of the cloud file-sync services (DropBox, OneDrive). But they just do not cut…
We’ve all heard it a million times before, “you are your own worst critic”. We are so worried about what others are going to say or thing about us when we take a particular actions that very often we forget to listen to our deep inner voices. The ones that matter. Because of this tendency,…
For the most part I love Windows 10… However, I have noticed that it not always behaves “as expected”… One notable example that annoys the heck out of me right now, is that when I enable the “Hey Cortana” voice feature on my desktop, I loose the capability of clicking Start, and start typing what…
The platypus also known as the duck-billed platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia. 2015-08-17T23:51:52-05:00
You need to do all you can to give your business the edge within the marketplace. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software allows you to keep, maintain, search and centralize information about your customers which in turn increases your ability to focus on business for success. More information means better relationships. When you use CRM…
So you are late for a flight, yes you cut it too close, but you think you are ok because you are in the TSA lane. WRONG! Lately, I have noticed tons of folks that are not frequent travelers use the TSA lane, and they have no idea shoes can stay on, laptops can stay…
Interesting article on how Microsoft's $15 billion cloud bet ended up at the center of the company http:/ /bit.ly/1Nq7bIZ
Funny story about the outdoors. My wife and I were walking on a popular trail around our town. I was behind her to let her pass a narrow portion when, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a movement by her foot. Almost immediately and suddenly something jumped and was coming at…
Funny thing… I asked Cortana: Do you like Google? Cortana responded: I like to imagine the “I am feeling lucky” button in Clint Eastwood voice. 2015-08-09T20:58:34-05:00
I have many hundreds of PDF files and sometimes they do not have the a name that corresponds to the content. Renaming these files, has proven difficult to do as you have to look at them, exit the program and then renaming it to something that makes sense.. So many times I wished for a program…
I have been using Windows 10 Technical Preview (and their various releases) as part of the Windows Insider for about 5 months now. It has been a great journey. There are plenty of reviews out there, so no need for another one… Now that is out, I have installed it on every one…
So proud of my son! He self published his first short story to Amazon! Very cool how Amazon is letting people ( like my son) self publish books.. But really the story is very good and with tons of excellent details about the library… A Tales of Iradathka short piece, get a glimpse into the…
In the past, a large portion of IT architecture time was spent evaluating and sizing separate pieces of infrastructure (network, server compute, storage and such) to make sure they’d work to meet a forecasted demand for the service that they were looking to provide. Teams of people (vendors and internal resources) used to spend many…
I am not surprised: Google+ officially splits into Photos and Streams. Hangouts separates as well. http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8131639/google-officially-splits-into-photos-and-streams 2015-03-03T10:25:49-06:00
Over the last few years, many System Integrators (SIs) and Information Technology (IT) consulting firms have found themselves in trouble as the number of clients decrease and revenue takes a downward trend. In-house IT departments, who’s budgets are cost-centers, are also being affected and in the same category. What has changed so dramatically within the…
Testing eKalendaro Application Today I am testing the integration of eKalendaro with my blog. This is my a test. http://ekalendaro.com 2015-01-27T02:21:28-06:00
Over the years, I have seen many different versions of this, but I liked this one which I just ran into… I am not sure where it actually originated, but I found the graphic and Powerpoint version at: http://www.phibetaiota.net/2012/09/graphic-difference-between-a-boss-and-a-leader/ Enjoy!
I am helping a good friend navigate the concepts of Project Management, and instead of emails back and forth I decided to place her as a blog, in case others are looking as well. The format he learns best is via videos. so I am helping to sift through and point him to the best…
Times are changing; cloud-based technologies (public, private or hybrid) are sweeping the world of IT. The pace of change is fast and furious. Every other day we do hear of some new service or technology being rolled-out and, as the famous saying goes, change is inevitable. Changes to IT departments, System Integrators and IT consulting…
My professional live has revolved, in great percentage, around Microsoft and Microsoft technologies. It has been a good life, but over the few years it has felt it like swiming against the current because of the major trends out there.. With so much of the market going cloud-services, device independent application delivery, bring-your-own-device,…
About a year ago, I wrote a post “Bitcasa – I Am All In” recommending a file storage provider called Bitcasa. I loved the idea of an infinite USB drive on the cloud… Must inform, that I can no longer recommend this service, as it is no longer the same as the original Bitcasa value…
I have noticed that the airlines I travel in, there has progressively been a bit less leg space, and the seats were switched to the new “thin” style ones.. I have known for a while that this was a trend, and it was happening, but did not think much of it until this week.. The…
I am posting this in the hopes that It can save someone time, as I am sure this will not be a one-off occurrence… If you want to skip to the short summary click here. I was expecting to have a quite and relaxing Sunday morning My plans where limited to to mowing the lawn,…
There are many things that can be challenging when you travel, but when you travel as much as I do, there are a couple that can really be annoying. They are not super important, nor they are earth shattering, but somehow they get to me.. Cost of a water bottle = $4.98 in some airports!…
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) is a technology that enables a computer to send and receive data across a network by establishing a connection through the use of dedicated connections, virtual tunneling protocols, or traffic encryption. The basic principle is that once you establish a secure connection, the server handles all of your internet on the back-end which secure…
I have not encountered this in my travels yet but I have been told this is true sill on some far-east airlines..Part of the PanAm story.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8bQKyTHhoQ
Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords in IT field. This concept is not new — Users are already using cloud technology for last 10 years. The best examples, widely used by individual users and organizations, but not specifically known as cloud solutions, are Gmail, PayPal, Facebook, Dropbox, Salesforce and many others. However, using…
This is a placeholder blog post to start it all.! More to come soon…
I have been flying to San Francisco, CA for work for many years now, and it is one of those cities in which I always learn something new. The last couple of times have been no different. One of my favorite cities! SFO Side note: There is an old guideline in advertising/marketing, that I read…
What a pain! – I manage 3 different WordPress blogs, 5 different twitter accounts, 3 Tumblr blogs and 3 Facebook pages. Each of those channels had a different topic and audience. Every time I need to do something, I have to log in into the different accounts and admin interfaces and have a zillion tabs…
I have several older computers that serve different purposes around the house.. File Server, Media Server, etc… With Microsoft XP coming to an end in April 2014, I have been exploring alternatives as Windows 8 nor 7 are viable options… Again, these are not my primary devices, just single-purpose additional devices which for some reason…
I got a BIG laugh when I heard about this on the news last night regarding the issues the healthcare signup website is having. Reporter: Do you feel confident the issues with the web site will be addressed? Project Manager: I feel very confident they [ the contrator ] said the issues will be addressed…
I went to see the movie Gravity last night, and I must say: It was one (if not the best) movie I have seen… The special effect, the fact that there are only 2 actors, the views, the realism of he scenes, the zero-gravity, the shadows, shades and reflections, the details on the equipment… SOOO…
I just changed the Comcast modem which has been in service about 3 years in my house to what is suppose to be the latest from Xfinity / Comcast.. My Internet speeds went up from what they used to be (about 30%) but I must admit that I can’t wait to have Google Fiber…
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a bit, but now that I have a new device (Samsung S4) that uses yet a different USB charger it is time I do… I have been annoyed by USB chargers and USB power for a bit….. Urgh.. Not all USB chargers are the same anymore… (Side note:…
UPDATE: Nov 1, 2014: Bitcasa changed their value proposition and is no longer something I can recommend. Many issues including bad migration management and very BAD customer service. See my updated on this here Original post: August 2013: After using Bitcasa for a couple of months, I am all in! The hardest part…
What ever happened to printed encyclopedias? That is a question usually asked by older generations as many of the youth today have never really had a daily interaction with this printed media. Most people today are used to receiving information via their digital books or other paperless mediums that are better for the environment. We…
What ever happened to printed encyclopedias? That is a question usually asked by older generations as many of the youth today have never really had a daily interaction with this printed media. Most people today are used to receiving information via their digital books or other paperless mediums that are better for the environment. We…
Part of the Going Paperless Series Companies that are making the change to a paperless office want to shred the originals and only keep a digital copy. This is an excellent way to archive documents, but you should follow these recommendations to avoid the loss of a document: Photo Credit: By Jonathan Joseph Bondhus (Own…
Today is the day Google Reader ( RSS aggregation tool ) service will no longer be available after end of day today.. A lot has been written about this topic. No need to beat a dead horse, but I must say this one hurt, as there were no good replacements until just recently. I love waking up…
The trend for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has been the cause of a range of issues for companies and employees alike. A recent survey uncovered some startling facts about BYOD and the approaches people are using with regards to managing, or not managing, personal devices in the workplace. Although more than 70% of people…
I listened to Anthony Flint’ TEDxBeaconStreet session on: Housing the Coming Billions in Cities. Overall it was an very interesting presentation! One thing in it it was a chart of the Top 21 Cities in 2025. This made me think, which are the top 21 cities today, and how much will the positions change between now and…
There can be no doubting the changes which are sweeping many workplaces in terms of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and what these changes mean for IT Departments. Whilst many employees in all kinds of fields have been happily bringing their own devices to work and accessing corporate systems, IT Departments have been playing catch-up…
Consumerization of IT is the latest trend that has taken the IT world by storm. It refers to the growing tendency for devices, gadgets, and systems to emerge in the consumer market and then spread to business and government organizations. Consumerization is a major IT industry shift, since earlier technology-based products had their origin in…
I just listened to Chris Jordan’s TED presentation: Turning powerful stats into art. The presentation is very good, but one particular item kind of stuck with me… How many papercups does our society use servicing hot beverages per day ? 40 Million cups! That does not sound like much until one begins to *visualize…
Got tired of tweaking and fighting with the now officially retired iNove theme, so a new theme is emerging on this site… My requirements for this site are very simple. Pick something that is not retired. 🙂 Clean and simple. Fixed with. 2 columns for regular posts. Ability to use custom menus Top Banner can…
In the last week or so a number of news have come out regarding how the state of the U.S. economy is getting a bit better. As far as I can see, this is mostly measured by the stock market, housing values and general consumer confidence. On the surface, this is very good news for…
A couple of pieces of news that really made me go “hmmm” this week are: Microsoft will stop the Windows 8 reduce price offer and will go from $40 dollars to $199 starting Feb 1. – I knew this was coming, but I was secretly wishing it would not. At the same time, why do…
I know one thing: I need to do more… I set the stage in Part 1 of this post which is an effort to document my current state of mind regarding where I am about my goals in this adventure.. I realize now that: Income comes from conversions from traffic you attract. It is funny……
I know one thing: I need to do more… Yes it is a bit of a spin on the ancient Greek phrase know as the Socratic Socratic paradox,: “I know that I know nothing” or “I know one thing: that I know nothing” Early on I said that I wanted make an effort to…
I am not sure if it is only in my area, but have you noticed products come in the same size packages, but have more packaging, and less product inside ? I have noticed this in crackers (Saltines), honey graham cookies, aspirin, vitamins, and many other products out there… The latest, and what prompted me…
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Like so many out there, I have been using the iNove v1.4.6 (by mg12) theme forever! It has been very stable, reliable and I’ve gotten used to it. I like it a lot.. I try to stick to “out of box” and make no modifications to the theme files, but one thing has bug me…
Even with all of our electronics, digital devices and such, paper waste is still tremendous… A single one-terabyte external drive can save as many as 500 million sheets of paper. A 150-page employee manual — pretty massive in real life — takes up less than 7.5% of a four-gigabyte flash drive. An entire filing cabinet’s worth of…
Been meaning to add a photo gallery to this site for a while, and I finally got around to doing it.[lg_image folder=”Markets/” image=”20100320121528.jpg” align=”right” display=”thumb”] I do not consider myself a photographer (not even amateur), but from time to time, I get lucky and I say to my self, “darn that is a good photo…
One of the best presentations I have seen regarding digital content. Absolutely full of of fact and bit of info… 137 pages! It covers every aspect of the digital movement. I can’t think of anything missing… BIG kudos (and thank you) to Business Insider for making it available to all! Highly recommended viewing! http://www.businessinsider.com/future-of-digital-slides-2012-11…
Just last week, I received an email letting me know that the documentary was completed for kickstarter project: I am Fine Thanks . This is something I did not fund, but was looking to see how it would turn out. I downloaded the movie ($5.00 DRM free) and watched it on a plane ride.. Bottom…
Sometimes, we just have to tip our hat to other bloggers that have excellent articles they have published on tips and tricks for going paperless.. This one is about a flowchart on how to go paperless! Going paperless is not easy or trivial. It is a hard choice! This is why when we find…
The quintessential smartphone has evolved from a high-end consumer product for the executive level business person, to a common man’s necessity. Taking this development into consideration, businesses are now considering implementing Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) programs with an aim to drive employee productivity using new technology. Managing BYOD Whether you already permit your personnel to bring their…
In one of my previous postings, I talked about the amazing growth of digital content fueled, as of late, by tablet devices. One industry that is being forced to change leaps and bounds is the publishing industry. Just last week, it was leaked that two major player in this space, Random House and Penguin, were…
“The dream of going paperless has been a pervasive part of our discourse for years but has yet to materialize.” I bet there are at least 50 articles, right now that you can search for in your browser that start that same way. I bet also that each of these articles offers some revolutionary approach,…
I really like the concept of Chrome OS – with so many places now where WiFi is enabled and mobile phones becoming wifi routers it is beginning to make sense… I have been considering a Chrome OS based machine for a while, but frankly, I think the prices have been a bit too high… I…
I just read (eh-hum) listen to the book Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick which was published back in 2010, but never got around to reading… What a fascinating and intriguing book. It really is an unprecedented behind the scenes look a Facebook’s journey from its college origins, to raising capital, to feature introduction, to Twitter compete,…
This week, Microsoft was the latest to enter the tablet device marketplace with its Surface device. Earlier this year, Google released the Google Nexus 7 to compete in the ever-growing tablet market place along with iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Kindle Fire, and so many others… (The 2012-2013 holiday season will be an interesting one!)
This was an experiment. I sent the logo file in .png format and this is was returned 3 days later… [youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/CbhQxERissE” rel=”0″ showinfo=”0″] The price was fixed fee: $5.00…
I have just enabled plug in WP to Twitter so I can auto-issue tweets based on a particular category. Working smoothly. Nice work Joseph Dolson !
STOP!!! If you’ve started the process of going paperless in your home or office you need to stop and ask yourself one question, “since I started going paperless have I backed up any of these new files?” If the answer to that question is anything but yes, you need to start working on a data…
Every book, eBook, blog and podcast I have read, mentions the same thing: You got to be able to account for your incoming and outgoing traffic. When setting up blog you must be able to track your statistics (not only the people coming in, but also which links within the site are more effective than…
This is part of a series (online business journey) Now that I have listed a few of the items I have learned through the research, I need to write down my goals and objectives so I can Long Term Goal: Disconnect my income stream from the hours I actually work. Being able to live and…
I wanted to be able to automatically send a tweet when a new blog post was published… After looking at several options, I settled on WP to Twitter Plug in By Joseph Dolson. This is a post to test the newly installed WP to Twitter plugin. Great
One common thing everyone has mentioned when setting up blogs is that you must be able to track your statistics (not only the people coming in, but also which links within the site are more effective than others, so I 16ot on to searching… My requirements were simple: easy to use within the administration site not…
When planning to convert your office from traditional file storage to a paperless office it is important to consider what file format – digital format – will provide the most benefits before you implement anything. When your office is paperless, it’s important to find a file format that is secure, widely used, publicly available and…
This is part of a series (online income) The first step is a bit (maybe more than a bit) of education! I started, of course, by going on Google and typing “How to Make Money Online” The first entry that was not an advertisement was:
This will be the first post of what I hope to be an informative and useful series ahead. They will be under the category: Online Business I have been in the technology business for over 25 years, and for the vast part of them, they have been good years. My work has consisted of helping…
When you migrate from WordPress.com into your own hosted instance of WordPress, there is a setting you need to enable if you are using Microsoft’s LiveWritter (or any other tool like it) to write blogs. XML-RPC — By default it is disabled. To enable it, you go into Settings –> Writing and towards the bottom…
An very interesting web application that has just been updated and is very much worth checking into. So many times I come across an excelent blog or web page, that is a bit too long, or simply do not have the time to read at that moment… ( yes, i save them to pocket –…
… it can get to me. 95% of the time I love what I do. I managed to turn my hobby into a career which I have been doing for 25 years… My interest and what my hobby used to be is what I do… So why is it that sometimes, I wonder…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is the latest trend in workplace IT deployment and one that all businesses are going to have to address whether they embrace it or not. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is defined by Wikipedia as: ‘the recent trend of employees bringing personally-owned mobile devices to their place of work, and…
For a while now, I have been looking for a photo gallery application. I’ve tried almost everything, from hosted services to open source apps (Flickr, SmugMug, 500px, Google+, Photobucket (being updated soon), Gallery, Shutterfly, Facebook (ugh!) and many others.. ) and there is always something missing… I need a workhorse.. (or tug boat!) As…
Lately I have been drawn into trying to understand the current world financial crisis, where are we, and what are the potential outcomes from where we are.. I thin I can trace my interest back to a book I read a while back called “The World is Flat (2005)” by Thomas Friedman, which opened my…
I was visiting a client the other day, and right in front of his desk there was a small sign facing the visitor’s chair direction… (sorry it was too obvious to take a picture) … Be Brief, Be Bold, Be Gone… My first impression: Talk about old school time management!, but as I I thought…
I was doing some research on knowledge management last night, and came across this quote from 1865 from an editorial in the Boston Post talking about the arrest for fraud of a Joshua Coopersmith, who had been attempting to raise funds for work on a telephone: "Well-informed people know it is impossible to transmit…
On Monday of this week Google announced the general availability of Google+ Hangout On Air. A great very personal “webcast” overview of the service by the Google team can be found here or you can listen to it below… [youtube_sc url=T1E__F8eNJ0 width=330] This recorded session gives an overview of the setup, a professional broadcaster…
Jason Calacanis ( Wikipedia, website, @jason ) has done it again… Side note: (I have learned so much from his 250+ This Week on Startups webcasts - I have listen or viewed every single one, and look forward to new ones every week) Jason sent out to his subscribers “The Age of Excellence” which is…
I am using my iPad more for content creation… You can say what you want, but in the end, It is an amazing device…
With this week’s introduction of Google Drive, the conversation about “cloud drives” has significantly increased amongst the tech community… But have we lost a bit of focus on what a cloud drive is ? To me, and granted, I might not be in the majority here, there is a simple definition: To be able…
It has been an interesting challenge. Using my iPad to type an article (offline), save it locally, make revisions over time, add some pictures and then, when its ready, post it to the correct blog. Been searching for an app for a while. I have used many, some paid, some free, and they always fall…
Welcome to WordPress. Today I moved my wordpress.com hosted blog.jorgep.com into my own hosted version. More to come on my experience, but it has been exceptionally good.. It is an amazing product! — I have not figured out yet how to reroute old links into the new links, but I am working on it…
This weekend I moved this blog from wordpress.com into my own WP hosted instance. (Thanks to WordPress for making the migration as easy as exporting a file, and importing it into your new site… — There is a bit more than that and I plan write more details shortly, but that is essentially it!… Actually…
You got to take note about a small piece of yesterday’s news: After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print, instead focusing on its online encyclopedia,yesterdays Publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia. Not unexpected, but the fact that it was finally announced it is amazing… 244 years! Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica…
End of last year, I decided to use my blog to backup my Twitter account by placing a (mostly) semi-monthly blog entry with the tweets for that time period… After looking around for a simple tool that would allow me to do this, I end up doing the work semi-manually using cut and paste a…
I just changed my theme. Moved from The Journalist v1.0 to INove by mg12. The first theme served me well for years, but now that I am consolidating my website and blog, I need the capability of menu items, and a few other things. This will really be my hub for most of me 🙂
It is interesting how things come around… Also — wasn’t Google the one that was going for a design with 41 shades of blue?
Very interesting statistics on Internet usage from a global perspective. Couple of things to call out: North America is #3 by number of Internet users North America is #1 by Internet penetration World Internet Usage Statistics News and World Population Stats. Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm Data is as of December 31, 2011.
As I was reading today’s news there is a story for which I simply had to write a comment about… Kodak ditches digital camera business Kodak will “phase out its dedicated capture devices business” — which includes digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames — in the first half of 2012. Wow !…
A couple of days ago, I watched the Star Trek (2009) movie again. Such a great movie, so many good scenes here… The one that deserved a blog entry today, the one in which Sarek (Spock’s dad) tells his young son: You are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face…
There are many reasons you would like to convert a Desktop/ Laptop image into a virtual image. They may include: Backup / easy recovery Want to access your image while on the road Tired of traveling with multiple devices Today is fairly easy to convert a physical desktop/laptop into a virtual one. Although I focus…
