There are so many different things going on right now that I don’t even know where to start. There’s tons going on with patents, software patents and copyright, there’s been many things going on with internet freedom and Anonymity/Pseudonymity that I’m not sure where to even start. However, you have to start somewhere. So I’ll [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 8, 2011
I recently helped stand up a pair of NetScaler MPX 7500 appliances as a public Internet facing front-end to large Citrix implementation. The goal was to utilize the NetScalers to provide basic Access Gateway functionality similar to the legacy Citrix Secure Gateway (CSG) and Citrix Access Gateway (CAG) solutions. It’s not rocket science by any [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Recall back in the early eighties when the Macintosh came out. It was the coolest computing device, with its then revolutionary point-and-click graphical user interface (GUI) and compact stylish exterior that could pass off as a trendy furniture piece in any artiste’s living room. Alongside it in what was then the Wild Wild West personal [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 28, 2011
“The only constant thing is change.” Can you see how this is so true when it comes to social media? A few months ago, Facebook was hitting Google hard. Suddenly, the tables were turned and Google+ became the new big thing that is taking the internet by storm. Recently, I came across a very thought-provoking article: The Night When Twitter [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 18, 2011
What is Value Investing? If you are interested in learning more about value investing, understanding what it means is a good place to start. Like most people, I get most of my answers to life’s greatest questions from ‘The Google.’ So what did Google have to say? I’ve chosen three definitions from three difference sources [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 18, 2011
If you are a small business owner, you should already understand that the internet is your greatest marketing tool. Studies show that more people turn to the Internet for product and business information every year. Local newspapers and yellow books are becoming obsolete. In fact, these two types of publications are turning to the Internet [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 18, 2011
If you’ve been online for any length of time yourself, you’ve more than likely seen banner advertising in action. These are the graphic ads that you see on many sites. There are a number of ways to buy this advertising space. You can work with an ad network that handles the placement of your ads [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 13, 2011
So far the energy I’ve seen on Google+ is positive. One might even call the environment “vibrant”. It’s clearly a social networking site aimed at taking on Facebook, and google is doing a good job, judging from the kinds of comments I see in my stream. (John Dvorak makes some excellent points about Google+ at [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The process of curation — sifting through the abundance of knowledge about a topic and making decisions about what is most meaningful — is rapidly becoming a core skill, whether one is in Academia or not. Just as Web 1.0 (publishing) and Web 2.0 (connecting) reached a threshold where they became part of the basic [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 1, 2011
A guitar-themed interactive Google Doodle on Thursday, June 9, paid tribute to American inventor and “guitar hero” Lester William Polsfuss (Les Paul). Visitors to Google’s homepage were greeted with a set of guitar strings of varying lengths that spelled “Google” to mark what would have been Paul’s 96th birthday. Hovering the mouse or pointing device [...]
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