When I started in IT (1984) some of the clients were still on systems that used 8" floppy discs (these held call logging data). After I had been there some...

Sorry a bit late on this thread. With regard to data collection I think people will have to look longer and harder at what data they really need to collect...

When I was out of work I fixed a number of people's PC issues. One person I only know vaguely had issues with his internet, a heavily virused PC that...

manie (5/31/2016)

Jeff Moden (5/31/2016)

Did they even bother...

Currently we have a few hundred customers running standalone systems - current estimates are that the cloud solution is still a year away. The once slick install/update process has needed...

Word and e-mail are very much to blame for the deluge of memos (paper or electronic) these days. When you had to get a secretary to type up a memo,...

I have found over the last 25 years it gets more difficult to make new friends as people tend to keep themselves to themselves. In the eighties I knew everyone...

Dilbert is a semi-IT comic! 😀

I should have said dislike although I will keep hate for tailgaters! Why? Before I had to give up motorcycling some lowlife tailgater punted me down some roadworks!!!

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I hate triggers as much as tailgaters! When I first encountered them I felt they were really useful However ten years ago I ended up supporting a product that had...

I am very much in favour of using clear and sensible naming conventions. The first example I had of rubbish naming was when I had to debug some C code...

Might go for a game of real darts whilst relaxing with a drink! 🙂

No games console here either. I did try darts a friend's Wii recently and concluded that I would rather be chucking proper arrows whilst sinking a pint or two! ...

The other weekend I was around a friend's house and his son was wearing a VR headset. As he moved his head around and mumbled to himself I though (polite...