One thing about the tech world: the only constant is change. Your career path will change direction multiple times as technologies and business requirements change. So it's always good to...

I know a number of full time employees who telecommute.

The telecommute from Phillipines, India, Lithuania ....

Opening the door to telecommuting may backfire.

Good points in that blog.

I've seen my boss turn down applicants because they hadn't bothered to learn even the basic things about our company before the interview: what our product...

There are things not to do.

Don't get involved in other peoples' disputes. Don't take sides on personal disagreements (you may indeed take sides in technical arguments). Don't badmouth others regardless...

No, this just creates a whole new breed of ambulance chasers....

Biology has a lot to teach us here.

Millipedes actually have pretty simple neural organization, each body segment has input from the segments in front and behind. So the 'brain' needs...

RML51 (7/5/2011)

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"And politicians LOVE and ENCOURAGE every bit of it. The answer to it all is: TERM LIMITS."

I think a better solution is to limit campaign contributions. Eliminate all business,...

There's a couple of problems here. No government truly has clean hands, though some are obviously much worse than others. And there are a number of governments that will ranked...

Charles Kincaid (6/29/2011)

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... Not long ago I saw a demonstration of an oil cooled server. It was very overclocked and they did this as a more effective way than...

I'm going to milk this analogy further.

Everything has a cost, so a proper metric is required. Fleet owners have known for years that the manufacturer's oil change recommendations were fairly...

There is a different perspective in a long established company. I work for a 100+ year old company which is a subsidiary of another 100+ year old company. I've...

It seems odd that the government, with many seurity failures of its own, year after year (Wikileaks?) is in any position to decide how others protect their data. And regulations,...

vliet (6/16/2011)

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It is often very difficult to explain to ordinary users (especialy managers) why you can't extract the data they need from the available databases. This phrase is used to...

blandry (6/1/2011)

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...We need strong criminal penalties, a government department focused on chasing down hackers, and data thieves, and a committment to understanding that today, we no longer keep vital, sensitive...

Good training classes are very helpful, and I'm fortunate to work for a company that actively supports job specific training and cross training.

But, if that option is not available there...