Cloud Computing and the Desktop Client
Everyone's moving to the cloud. Rightly so...the cloud brings scalability and agility and it provides opportunities for true innovation by IT groups. Many
Foto Friday – Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (2013)
I went out for a walk last night and saw a couple Scissor-tailed Flycatcher's catching bugs on the ground. I laid down on the ground and inched as close
Twitter caused the Stock Market to Crash! (not really)
This is a cross-post from Trade The Sentiment. On April 23 2013, the Associated Press reportedly had their Twitter account hacked. At 1:07PM Eastern Time,
VMware Online Event 2013 – Happening Now
VMware's Online Forum 2013 is starting now. Jump on and learn more about virtualization, automation and management tools. There are live breakout
Links for April 21 2013
The Three Elements of Successful Data Visualizations - Jim Stikeleather - Harvard Business Review Quote: Storytelling helps the viewer gain insight from
Foto Friday – Oklahoma City Memorial
Today is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Rather than do my normal Foto Friday, I wanted to add a few photos from the Bombing Memorial. Enjoy
Always Learning. Or: my attempt to improve my (horrid) programming habits
I'm the worlds worst developer. Really. I am. I don't follow best practices and my coding style is the oft-chided "brute force" method. I owe (blame?) my
Links for April 14 2013
Young and Hungry - carpe factum Quote: Young and hungry is not about ego. In proving itself, young and hungry lets the accomplishment trump the
BYOD – reducing costs and complexity for IT
I've written about the topic "Bring your own Device" (BYOD) in the past but I never really touched on the issue of what BYOD does for IT complexity. Does
Foto Friday – Great Blue Heron in Flight
I captured this Great Blue in flight over the weekend with my Canon 7D and a Canon 300mm f4 IS with Canon 1.4x Extrender III handheld. Exif: 1/1250,
Virtualization as a means to do more with less?
This post is brought to you by VMware and their Online Forum 2013 Event Last weekend, I spent some time talking with an old friend. He's the CIO of a
Links for April 7 2013
Technology is king, so why are so many IT departments playing backseat roles? — Tech News and Analysis Quote: As employees feel increasingly entitled to
Virtualization and the Small Business
This post is brought to you by VMware and their Online Forum 2013 Event Does virtualization have a role the world of small business? Virtualization can
Links for March 31 2013
Global IT Spend Will Rise 4.1% To $3.8 Trillion In 2013, ‘A Calm Ocean With Turbulent Currents’, With Mobile Driving Growth | TechCrunch Quote: After
Foto Friday – American Robin
An American Robin sitting perfectly for a portrait. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L sitting atop my Induro CT314 Tripod.
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