According to Google I am the definitive resource for information regarding womesn’s role in caveman society. According to MSN I am the definitive resource for information regarding Regina, Canada and boys (creepy). Well according to me Google and MSN are freaking wrong! But that is really not the point of this post. Google is a … Read More “According to Google” »
Category: Technology
I work in the information technology division of a very large organization. My job is to help react to business objectives by providing guidance and direction for technology that enables the business. And therein lies a crucial problem. I work for information technology not for the business. It is not that IT is such a … Read More “Technology Civil War” »
Taking a cue from Tom’s blog I decided to give Windows Live Writer a whirl. I agree it has all the nice eye candy one would expect from a WYSIWYG application but it falls short in one crucial area that I find indespensible. That is what I’ve come to rely on heavily with Microsoft Word … Read More “Windows Live Writer” »
Two of my passions are games and health care. I’ve always perceived both being mutually exclusive until a few years ago. It dawned on me like a retarded epiphany that these things are not mutually exclusive and should be together. I started whining at work about how we should investigate the potential of using … Read More “Games for Health” »
Recently I was approached to contribute an article to the getting geeky column with suggested topics of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) or Knowledge Management. While I must confess I was not flattered at being called a geek I did relish the thought of being able to expound on some of my research about ECM. But … Read More “Content Management: Redux” »
One thing that bugs me is my incessant need to continue to work with operating systems (OS). I’ve an itch around testing, configuring and installing OS’s that I can’t seem to shake. Last year my favourite OS was Linux of the Gentoo kind (read about it here). I’ve been a fan boy of Linux way … Read More “I'm no Microsoft Shill” »
The casual readers will find this discussion highly esoteric. Read at your own risk. This discussion is baed on the work of Ivan Illch and the Tools of Conviviality ———— Hi Richard, I began reading the Illich piece. I like his vision, but not sure we can get there. I especially like the following quote … Read More “Tools for Conviviality” »
I was playing / chestbonz-ing my XBOX the other night when I ran into some nasty trouble with the local ruffians in the game. My character died and I had not saved for quite some time. In a fit of rage brought about by to much gaming and not enough sleep I uttered two simple … Read More “"Oh Crap!" and other words not to repeat” »
Some corporations are not for profit organization dedicated to the goal of healthier outcomes for its members. Not surprisingly as one digs deep into the bowels of exactly what that phrase entails a picture of less than healthy outcome begins to emerge. As I’ve stated in a previous blog it is sometimes difficult to work … Read More “Corporate – Frell” »