Over the years I have seen numerous examples of poor computer use and maintenance ranging from simply outdated applications to damaged hardware by water, coffee, soda, fire…you name it. In hopes that at least a few people will read this and by doing so improve their own computing experience I have put together a little guide on basic, somewhat fundamental …
Is Blackboard the best CMS out there?
Our institution has been using Blackboard (Bb) for a while now as their Course Management System (CMS) of choice with mixed results. Depending who you ask, based on their technical knowledge and their experience using Blackboard (and other CMS solutions) you will get different responses. They range from it is good, does what I need it to do to can …
Selecting the most valuable conference to attend
It’s been a while since I went to a real professional conference (been to a number of one day seminars, presentations and demos), but not a real targeted conference. I think it’s time to change this and become more involved in the technology world outside my immediate area. Also, considering that I’m planning to introduce additional improvements within our team …
Friends don’t let friends go phishing
Recent phishing schemes targeting Microsoft’s Hotmail, Google’s Gmail, Yahoo and other e-mail providers represent a new larger wave of an ever-present problem and it once again emphasizes the importance of educating your users, clients and staff how to recognize threats and stay away from them. Basic things to remember: – Your bank, IT staff, utility company or any other service …
Looking for book suggestions
As things begin to settle down a bit in my life I would like to get back to reading books. Please share your recommendations.
Stevens disabled “inactive” e-mail accounts
As of today I no longer have my Stevens e-mail account. Stevens Institute of Technology has disabled (and will probably soon delete) all “inactive” accounts. Inactive in a sense that if you are not currently employed or enrolled at Stevens your e-mail account is gone. To be honest, since I graduated (December of 2005) from Stevens I haven’t used it …
President Barack Obama
“We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this …
This is it, finally!
Today is the day of my last final exam. Ever! (or so I hope at least) I think that that sentence deserves to be separate from the rest of the post (with some extra formatting 😉 ) as it makes me very happy and it took a while to finally get here. As I mentioned last week this is the …
The end is near, now what
Last night I took my second to last final exam. One more on the 18th and I’m done, done with school! 🙂 Before I go any further with this post I want to say that last night’s exam of 125 questions in 90 minutes was a bit much. Everyone I spoke with afterward agreed that the class was interesting and …