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"Now Robert, Teach me about computers..."
(Time Bandits)
January 27, 2010 at 6:38 am
A number of years ago I was mentored by a management consultant whose favorite line was "If it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
It took years for that to...
January 19, 2010 at 7:33 am
Lynn Pettis (1/14/2010)
January 14, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Conan The Coder (1/14/2010)
Speaking of checklists, the weirdest thing I ever got asked as by Gateway support...they asked me to burp my laptop like a baby....
Oh yeah, you have...
January 14, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Too bad they don't build some business logic and rules into their "Is your computer plugged in" checklists.
Weight the responses properly against the rules and they should come up with...
January 14, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Steve Jones - Editor (1/14/2010) I hope I haven't come across as a fruitcake here. I don't think the laptop is a bad product. It's had minor issues, but they...
January 14, 2010 at 10:35 am
Steve Jones - Editor (1/14/2010)
However, the more machines you sell, the more likelihood of an issue, and there more likelihood you'll really upset someone.
The ratings I remember were based on...
January 14, 2010 at 10:20 am
PC Magazine used to do an annual survey of Customer Satisfaction.
I just did a search and it looks like the last one they did was in 2006.
Is there...
January 14, 2010 at 9:36 am
Steve Jones - Editor (1/14/2010)
I think that we need a few more anti-trust laws as well. I think some of these companies are too big for their own good.
It's not...
January 14, 2010 at 9:11 am
Lynn Pettis (1/14/2010)
January 14, 2010 at 8:55 am
Went from local branch admin > local manager > corporate mortgage manager > calls to pull mortgage broker out of a conference > mortgage approved and details sent to my...
January 14, 2010 at 8:29 am
In the past 7 months I have bought three new systems (2 in the past 3 weeks). Each time I seriously considered Toshiba, but a "gut feeling" told me...
January 14, 2010 at 7:59 am
Sometimes the only way you get progress is to force it down customer's/user's throats.
As much as I hate to say it, that is the painful reality. If it was...
January 13, 2010 at 8:36 am
skjoldtc (12/29/2009)
Trust no one but you with your stuff.
When it comes to my data, I find it hard to even trust myself.
Trust, but verify...
December 29, 2009 at 8:21 am
Excellent point on checking ability to restore.
I started as IS manager at a company some years back and asked what they had for backup and restore procedures. ...
December 29, 2009 at 6:52 am
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