He’s talking about phones — again. A cautionary tale of technical outcomes and incomplete information. Strap in… Recently my team and I completed a long-overdue VoIP project, spurred on by building a new 60,000-square-foot addition and needing something more modern than a copper-based, expensive PRI system (from 2001 maybe?) with proprietary VoIP clients grafted on…
Everything old is new again. In Technology management we’re always pushing that boulder up the hill. At the same time, the hill is changing, our methods of pushing are changing, and our goals once we get to the top also change. The core IT function of protecting the network from intrusion has morphed and changed…
When I was a Business Administration student (and Organizational Behavior in particular), we were taught about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Some of which might actually be appropriate…I’ll not bore you with the whole thing, but the essence is that people have to have their basic needs (food) met before they can move up to safety…
I love my Dyson vacuum. It’s a DC14 Animal, and I regularly take it apart and put it in the dishwasher by itself to clean every cyclonic chamber and HEPA filter. I always say: “I like things that just WORK.” With proper maintenance and care, this thing does. It’s 11 years old now and still…