For the past 27 years, I’ve been focused on information technology. I started my IT professional career in 1993 selling Compaq PCs at a big box store. These PCs went for over $1000 and most had either a DX or Pentium chip inside. Many ran DOS with Windows only an…

While Artificial Intelligence is being used in a myriad of ways to enhance our lives, one thing to watch is the way in which it has already begun to cross the line into creating life itself. Of course, that is a long way off, if it ever comes to pass. However,…

Back when I gave up on my Android devices and switched to Microsoft Windows phones, Apple was the darling of the stock world.  Apple stock was trading high based on sales of their Iphone product. Of course, Microsoft finally realized that no amount of money was going to get them…

As recently as two years ago, several cities in the United States and around the world were struggling with adopting LTE, the latest mobile network protocol.  I wrote last month about how 5G will bring interactive video experiences and am happy to see that 5G deployment is just around the corner. At…

Toyota is often at the forefront of technology. They were one of the first with a hybrid car and known for innovation. While Google, using the company name Waymo, is the one grabbing most of the headlines, others including Tesla and Toyota are moving closer. Toyota has recently shown off…

While Artificial Intelligence is being used in a myriad of ways to enhance our lives, one thing to watch is the way in which it has already begun to cross the line into creating life itself. Of course, that is a long way off, if it ever comes to pass. However,…

Introduction I telecommute at least one day every two weeks and need access to my corporate network. Since we use a Cisco VPN at my office, I have been using the Cisco client to connect. However, after a recent kernel upgrade, I noticed that I got the following message when…

It occurred to me recently that I’ve now been using Linux in one form or another for fifteen years. Thanks to the power of Google, one of my early posts to USENET about getting a Linux-based office program to sync with my Palm Pilot PDA is still lurking…. https://groups.google.com/forum/?nomobile=true#!original/staroffice.com.support.install.linux/vLu-5B6FBwg/m8quB_SYjoEJ Here…

As I’ve mentioned previously, the trend in information technology design has been for a shift from desktop computing to mobile computing. While many things are still done better at a desk with a full-size keyboard. This post, for example, was produced at my home desk on my laptop. I recently noticed…

xhttps://www.inc.com/magazine/201404/jason-fried/do-not-overdesign-your-website.html?cid=sf01001 Great short article on why it is sometimes better to keep things simple. I’ve always been in favor of simplistic design for web sites – one of my pet peeves has always been having to wade through the cluttered mess I find on many sites. As seen in this…