thisisfutile (9/24/2014)

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Eric M Russell (9/24/2014)

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Actually, I hate being encumbered with techno accessories; it gets in the way of normal living and privacy that we used to take for granted...

We do utilize logging, but mostly from the application area so that (as some have said) we can get more descriptive information about the error and its cause. ...

SQLRNNR (6/24/2014)

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RP1966 (6/23/2014)

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Project managers I have dealt with have a tendency to throw out far too many 'just in case' meeting invitations. A 'just in case' invitation of technical...

Here's another YouTube video of bad teleconferences (this one is more visual in nature, and just as funny):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=host

I recently held a series of strategizing meetings, and in the first one...

I've found that the more I know about the "time vampires" and other meeting derailers, the easier it is for me to intervene and at least try to bring things...

Apparently most of the meeting I attend are worlds better than the ones being spoken about here! Admittedly we occasionally get a "time vampire" meeting, but those don't usually...

What I found most interesting is that you can list multiple delimiters. Could come in handy for parsing out data such as when name and address are co-mingled in...

After 30+ years in IT (and more than that "in the world") I've had my fair share of failures. First rule of failure: Admit it! That's what...

The biggest issue I have with "get the job done" is that it is entirely too vague. Does it mean:

1. Get the job done in the shortest time...

Suckered me in on that one - we're upgrading to 2012 this year so licensing is on my mind... So sad it's not real. :crying:

I think what skeleton567 may be trying to say is that the NAME of the group perpetuates stereotypes. If instead of "Women in Technology" the group was called "Breaking...

Minor point - it says they don't charge EXTRA for them. :w00t:

I forwarded this one to my...

I had a similar experience last year, except it was a production install we had to roll back. And yes, the team was somewhat depressed initially about that -...

C.J. Cheryh's "Chanur" series. Some of her other series would make good movies too, but some of them are a little too deep for the average movie-goer.

And +1 on...

I have to agree with the other posts on this subject. I've learned tremendous things about my profession, tools, languages, and myself by volunteering.

Right now I'm two...