I recently ran across the CubeGuard on one of my gadget sites, and just couldn’t resist buying one for myself. These are essentially customized versions of the cloth tape that movie theaters use to delineate queues. You can choose from a number of stock messages, or choose a custom message. I was...
CubeGuard – The perfect addition to the home office
Thursday, June 11 2009
Book Review: "Small Business Server 2008 - Installation, Migration, and Configuration" by David Overton
Saturday, May 30 2009
If you've been following my blog for a while, you know that I'm a big fan of Small Business Server, and that I have written quite a few blog posts (mainly around the RTM period) about Windows Small Business Server 2008. I was recently contacted by Packt Publishing to see if I'd be interested in reviewing...
Keeping IT Simple - Infrastructure Choices for the Small Business
Saturday, April 25 2009
With the economic climate becoming increasingly hostile to small businesses, I've been giving a lot of thought (and research) into how small businesses can keep their IT costs low and maintain a smoothly-running IT infrastructure. Of course, the best way to discuss these topics is to dive into a specific...
Creating a Modern Line of Business Application using eXpressApp Framework
Saturday, April 18 2009
About a year ago, I began work on a large project to replace a FoxPro-based line-of-business application with a new modern system that would provide the customer with better visibility and management of their data, as well as improving our ability to rapidly implement new software capabilities to improve...
A Guide to Being an Independent Consultant – Team Collaboration
Thursday, March 05 2009
I’m a strong believer in every independent consultant needing a “hit by a bus” backup. Of course, your backup / teammate also becomes your “go on a cruise” backup, “having a baby” backup, etc. Of course, in a small team you and your teammates are probably going to be working on different...
A Guide to Being an Independent Consultant - Useful Resources
Tuesday, February 03 2009
Having been any independent consultant since I first started working at the age of 16 (some 12 years ago), I’ve looked into a wide variety of services and products that help make an independent consultant more productive, professional, and profitable. So recently I decided that I should write up...
Battle of the sweatshirts - Apple vs. Microsoft
Monday, January 19 2009
A few weeks ago, I went to my friend Josh's house to help him hang some drywall. There was an interesting and entirely unplanned/coincidental dichotomy in the sweatshirts we chose to wear that day (I'm on/in the right, needless to say). Let me say that an electrical/computer engineer and an information...
VS2008 Web Server Here Shell Extension
Thursday, January 15 2009
I ran across a great article on Phil Haack's blog regarding a registry tweak you can make so you can right-click on any folder and launch the Visual Studio Web Server (aka Cassini) against the directory. This is very handy if you are working on a website locally and want to spin it up without completely...
Windows 7 Beta: Adding and removing programs
Friday, January 09 2009
I was playing with the Windows 7 beta today and made an interesting observation... Microsoft has made it easier to find where you remove programs! First, a bit of background... In Windows XP and before, we used to have "Add/Remove Programs." Now that frustrated people, because they said "Who ever uses...
Hilarious video - Macbook Wheel
Wednesday, January 07 2009
The Onion never fails to disappoint me. To coincide with MacWorld, they have a great parody video out about the "Macbook Wheel". Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard...
