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Tips & Tricks: Speakeasy’s Speed Test

When I want to check the internet connect speed, whether it be at work or at home, I use Speakeasy’s Speed Test . It’s free, fast, and doesn’t hedge the info. If you don’t have the juice it can be a miserable time on the Internet. So at work I have over Read More...
Posted Friday, September 11, 2009 8:38 AM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments

Glass House: The Pendulum Swings

This caught my attention from one of my fav bloggers Frank Shaw on Glass House TM . From today’s Slate blog on human nature, a cogent analysis of the emerging competition between the real and virtual worlds , this time epitomized by the growing use of Read More...
Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 1:20 PM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments

Internet Explorer 8 – Let the Fun Begin

I’m running Internet Explorer 8 as my primary browser on two of my three computers at work. Life is good, after about five minutes (if that), I forget I’ve changed. It just keeps getting better.  :o) Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:20 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Microsoft Gives Glimpse Into the Future

My boss', boss', boss',... well you get the idea, talked about that illusive thang called vision at the Wharton Business School. These are interesting times and his presentation talks to these very scary and heady times. Fascinating stuff and something Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:20 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Microsoft's Thrive Program - IF You're in IT, look here

  Times are tough and now is the time for the tough to engage. Whether it's about starting a career, kick starting a skills set, or fixing a business, start here . If you can't get ideas from this resource, you're just not trying. Enjoy. Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:12 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

This thang called handwriting...

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The slow death of handwriting Source: news.bbc.co.uk "For some, that is already the case. But writer Kitty Burns Florey says the art of handwriting is declining so fast that ordinary, joined-up script may become as hard to read Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:05 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Live Mesh - Synchronizing Life

Some ads speak to me. They are the increasingly rare times when someone has figured out what I like. Enjoy. Now how do I get this to 'mesh' with CRM? Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:11 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Did You Know?

Fantastic video on the progression of information technology, researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Bronman. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:41 PM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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Twitter?

Another technology to play with. Joy. I found this Wired Magazine coverage from last year very enlightening. "Twitter is the app that everyone loves to hate. Odds are you've noticed people — probably much younger than you — manically using Twitter, a Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:32 AM by Jim Glass | 2 Comments

PCMAG: 8 Geeky Ways to Save Gas

From PC Mag: "Yes, we know—if you only had a nickel for every "save money on gas" article you've read or seen in the past year. And to add to the confusion, many of the tips in these stories are in fact based on superstition, junk science, or grandfather Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:32 AM by Jim Glass | 3 Comments
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Microsoft Technical Communities

The Microsoft community can be a diverse, friendly, and power environment for getting things done. Checking in periodically to see what's new is a very good idea. Especially if you like to play with new toys like social bookmarking and see videos from Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:17 PM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Low-Priced Notebooks (NetBooks?) are Hot

This from the Wall Street Journal : Dell Inc. plans to join rivals in entering an emerging market for low-price notebook computers. An official at Compal Electronics Inc., a Taiwan-based company that assembles laptops for other companies, said Dell would Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:09 AM by Jim Glass | 2 Comments
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Laptop Optimization Tradeoffs

Understand that I'm loath to recommend computers to friends and families because it's such a personal decision and usually the overwhelming criteria is one of cost vs. performance. I think that you need to balance the two considerations, but then I've Read More...
Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 10:15 AM by Jim Glass | 2 Comments

Windows Live Maps Rocks

I was grabbing a map for a new drummer so that he could attend our practice tomorrow and I chose Windows Live Map this time. Wow, has it improved; faster, slicker, and more intuitive to use, it will become my fav mapping web site for the time being. There's Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:17 AM by Jim Glass | 3 Comments
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ShorterSigs.com

A friend of mine started using the ShorterSigs.com free services and I really like it. Recently there had been a discussion about siglines that have more space and info than the response in an email. It came to a head when one fellow had a page of sigline. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:30 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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