This article was originally written by Josh Folland in April 2012. One of my passions is eSports. As an eSports fanatic, my journey has taken me to the world of commentary . One of the skills that is incredibly useful to have in the world of eSports commentary is a working knowledge of how to … Read more
Get searchable, get on Facebook – or lose your customers This article was first published by The Register on February 24, 2012. The original can be found here. Today I wanted to buy a metal business card case I could carry around in my pocket. I asked Google Maps politely if it knew where in … Read more
This was originally posted in slightly altered form on trevorpott.com, in response to comments made on The Register for an article written for that publication. A copy of the original article is posted in Tech Blog under the title Internet: Do you speak it? First: let’s admit that there does not exist primary science that … Read more
This post was originally published in a longer form on trevorpott.com on April 7,2012. I have recently been involved in an interesting debate focused on the concept of “bring your own device” computing (BYOD). I argue that no company will go out of business implementing BYOD, while others argue strenuously against the entire concept … Read more
This was originally published on trevorpott.com, August 29, 2010. “Simple” is a relative term; this how-to is intended for readers with a reasonable working knowledge of Linux. I can’t afford a really pricy third-party spam filtering option. GFI, Symantec, even Microsoft offer up some pretty robust solutions. They are pricy though, and I don’t … Read more
This post was originally published in a slightly altered version on www.trevorpott.com, October 1, 2012. Microsoft’s licensing is a problem. For a company that makes its bread and butter on the midmarket, they sure can seem hostile to those of us who live and work in this arena. Indeed, Microsoft’s licensing compares more accurately to … Read more
If you run a business, your website represents you online in the same way that your bricks-and-mortar store represents you in the physical world. This is true whether or not you actually use your website to sell things. (Imagine that someone walks into your business. Even if they are just browsing or asking for a … Read more
Every company needs an office suite; some grouping of applications that allow for document creation. Frequently, these office suite are directly integrated into communications suites. Combined, these applications form a productivity suite. Frequent document types created are word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. Most of the world will know these as Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. … Read more