Chrome: Apple Looks Better All The Time
I should be biting my tongue, but the pain exploding in my brain by thinking this prevents me from doing anything further to my anatomy. As one who escaped IBM’s totalitarian regime of the 1980’s (run...
View ArticleWeb 2.0: Rumors of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
Sometimes it is a good idea to step back and think after reading the breathless reporting on the Great Left Coast Technology Shows, TechCrunch 50 and Demo Fall . What is most interesting is some of the...
View ArticleCloud Killer App: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
The new darling of the technical media and every product company, Cloud Computing, is searching for it’s Killer Application. That seems to be the topic of every article and PR announcement. Every...
View ArticleFrom the Cloud to the Bunker, the Cold Splash of Reality
Queue the movie Aliens: “…we’re screwed man, it’s over, it’s over! They’re going to come in here and they are going to…! Get a grip Hudson!”. That is what things feel like here at the moment. We are...
View ArticleThe Fog Has Engulfed Us Captain! What Do We Do?
The current business environment reminds me of being socked in a fog bank in minutes, after being on a pleasant summer sail. The entire episode puts the pucker factor meter in the red zone. One...
View ArticleIBM Anounces Certification in Cloud Computing .. Huh?
IBM first announced a competency center in Cloud Computing, then a Certification over the past couple of weeks. Well, I guess the old Druid Priests of Mainframes should recognize the resurrection of...
View ArticleIt’s the End of the World As We Know It!
The Holidays are a great for watching “End of the World” shows on the History Channel. They were a great comfort, actually almost encouraging, because all of the prophecies target 2012. “The Bible...
View ArticleNow is the Time for Comfort IT
Whenever crisis strikes and people enter uncertain and frightening times they close up like a clam. They do not take on new risks like new cars or houses, instead they find comfort in life’s little...
View ArticleFeel Like Your Pants Are Down – Check Your Data
Few things are as embarassing (cool double entendre) as having your pants pulled down in public. While it is great fun to see it done figuratively to someone else (real world on the grade school...
View ArticleIs Custom Development Dead?
Is Custom Development dead? After the last two years of custom development’s nuclear winter, (following 2008s Financial Armageddon), one would think the the Grim Reaper did his best in the blast. I...
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