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- New Bird Flu Strain spreads rapidly
- B SI can't believe my eyes. Even here on TR there is an idiot ranting about the danger of an impending bird flu pandemic. It's going to happen any day. We're all going to die. The only thing missing is A STRAIN THAT IS COMMUNICABLE BETWEEN PEOPLE!!!
- Tags: bird flu, Ebola viru, flu, off-topic, SARS, security update, stress junkie
- Discussion threads 2006-10-31
- GIS/SOA/Federated GIS and the horse you rode in on
- blog rootBlahWell, this is my "professional" blog. Unlike my other blog where you'll read me ranting about assorted other things. I'm a mid 30s GIS consulting for a large Federal contracting firm, and I've been working with Federated GIS and what not for a couple or years now.Right now I'm...
- Tags: Blogging, todd.barr@..., blog
- Discussion threads 2006-01-19
- Teach your staff how to gripe
- It's a fact of life: Your team members are going to complain about work. But there's a world of difference between healthy venting among comrades and bitter, conspiratorial ranting behind closed doors. One manager kept his team on an even keel by using a weekly gripe session to keep most...
- Tags: Team, TechRepublic Inc., Team Management, Management
- Download resources 2005-05-23
- 10 ways to be a blogging failure
- You know those blogs that drive you crazy with their excessive ads, peevish attitudes, vacillating viewpoints, and questionable credibility? The ones you avoid like the plague? IT pro Deb Shinder offers some pointers that will help you make sure your blog doesn't fall off the same cliff. For example,...
- Tags: Advertisement, Blog, Blogging, Internet
- Download resources 2006-09-10
- Al Bore in Vancouver
- Well it's official, Al Bore will be in Vancouver for his most unqualified rant on global warming. What is unfortunate is that his special guest speaker is a very well renowned, ecuated, experienced and realistic environmentalist..Dr.David Suzuki.Tix ar $250.00 for general seating and $500 for premium seating.Now if it...
- Tags: Oz_Media, Suzuki
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- Why do I have to view in IE......
- in order to download information from pages such ashttp://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/thankyou.aspx?&authId=DJNesenBvu8s6o7fFeU7OeZqKL+Sow83SDL4c%2FoTTbKkHP2pFHbuqNW7KF5J+vCK&tag=nl.e055&promo=110000&docid=262813&view=262813 For a site which purports the use of CSS and good HTML are essential, why do I have to direct Firefox to "view this page in IE"? That is what I have to do if I want to...
- Tags: Web browsers, shyrl@..., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- Word 2007 Beta 2 Screenshots
- only useful changes are necessaryI have to admit that I didn't look at every screenshot. So my complaint is a general one with Microsoft's products. The changes make the program look "pretty." But every time they change their program, the user has to go through a longer...
- Tags: booklet, Classof96, hardware, Microsoft Word, office 2007, Publisher
- Discussion threads 2006-05-29
- Mad Irishman ranting; you have been warned
- blog rootBuying over the phoneSo, the worst finally happened. A business crucial server is dead as a doornail, not repairable or maybe I should have said, not worth repairing. I get on the phone to a leading market provider of servers and server hardware to ask for a quote and...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, s.mcgahan@..., sales department, commercial sales department, sales, server
- Discussion threads 2006-06-12
- Use body language to deliver your message
- In a past life, I reported to a nontechnical manager who acknowledged her lack of technical savvy. While my manager's shortage of IT skills was a problem for some of her reports, there was one thing that she did very well—she was a master at nonverbal communication. Here's how one...
- Tags: Matthew Osborn
- Technical articles 2003-02-21
- When life imitates blogs
- increases in enterprise services and applications versus hardwareHow will the increaing implementation of quad-core desktops (and laptops?) apply to the increases in enterprise software? I have been fortunate to be at the forefront of the decision-making process when it comes to the considerations or our corporate roadmap in the way...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, blog, Alfred Lopez, environment, quad-core, hardware
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- a system lord's ranting
- a system lord's rantingblog rootexperience comes by age ;-)after serving a number of businesses in a span of just 7 years now I have learned this: the same mistakes are being made over and over again, regardlessof a company's size, number of IT staff, used technologies, and so on,wich...
- Tags: Storage, Databases, chriske911, database
- Discussion threads 2005-05-20
- A trainer's rant a la Dennis Miller
- Sometimes the little things get to be too much and a rant is the result. TechRepublic columnist Bruce Maples lets off some steam by pointing out the problems with training centers, managers, and salespeople.Ever since Dennis Miller made the Monday Night Football broadcast team, I’ve been thinking about rants. Just...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Workforce management, Groupware, Bruce Maples, training, training center, sales, rant, trainer
- Technical articles 2000-08-07
- Talk me down: It's only a misplaced apostrophe!
- One bonehead grammatical error too many (I think it was"you're" for "your") sent me over the edge, and I was compelledto publish "10grammar mistakes that make you look stupid." And now I've become addicted to its discussionthread, which has taken off in about 50 directions.There's something for everyone there. A...
- Tags: Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2006-05-26
- Using work disruptions to clear away the chaff
- After several weeks of playing nice, I'm going to go back to my regularly scheduled ranting about the profession of project management. I've just touched down after a long week of travel and my dander's up.Or it would be, but I'm really feeling pretty mellow. My team got...
- Tags: Project Management, Chaos, Shannon Kalvar
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- That particular case is a tough call.
- In response to your subject line, yes there is a limit to what you can or should do for a client. Look up the word "obsequious". You don't want to be obsequious. That's my guideline.I also have a policy of not allowing people to watch me work simply because when...
- Tags: clientS, Distraction, client relations, Goldenbarstewart, it management, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2006-09-07
- simple message to convey encryption vulnerability?
- Hello,I need a means to convey the vulnerability of a completely unencrypted small business wireless network. My first goal is simply to get the attention of the business owner and induce him to encrypt the network (I've learned a bunch of additional simple security improvements from you folks, but...
- Tags: Craig, Marc, marc@..., network, networking, vulnerability, wireless
- Discussion threads 2005-03-30
- Who is responsible for security: Can we move past the finger-pointing?
- No matter which operating system is running on the device you're using to read this article, you're vulnerable to being hacked. Modern operating systems are too complex to be completely secure in every respect. Let that sink in—what you are doing right now is not 100 percent secure and never...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Mark Kaelin, security, operating system, Internet
- Technical articles 2003-09-11
- Gay-Bashing Republicans
- Gay-Bashing RepublicansTechRepublic member DaveSlam says about the people who oppose Bush's war against the People of Iraq, "It has nothing to do with 100,000 dead Iraqis (I beleive that's the correct number?) You're just pissed about his stance against gay marriage. haha[snip]I would hate to make any ASSumptions about your...
- Tags: Bucky, Bucky Kaufman (MCSD), Dave Slam, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2004-11-09
- Three tricks to help sort out work from activity
- Over the years I've written a great deal about the difference between activity and work. However, I don't know if I've ever actually explained what the heck I'm muttering about or why it's important. We'll start with the last question first, since it gets straight to the heart...
- Tags: Question, Productivity, Time Management, Shannon Kalvar
- Blog posts 2007-09-30
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