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Performance vs. Quality in a Help Desk Environment

Since I’m moving on from my current job at Ann Taylor, I thought I would share an essay I wrote for them comparing performance and quality in a help desk environment. I didn’t have a lot of time to...

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On the road again…

Thanks to my new job , I get to spend the next 3 weeks in the San Jose area while I go for training. I left today and should be back on March 8th. Currently I’m in Chicago, waiting on my flight to San...

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WordPress 2.5, a new home and cybersquatters

WordPress 2.5 was released last night which I promptly upgraded using the awesome WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin. Upgrade went great with no issues so far. I had been testing the RC’s on a test...

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How to migrate from Spanning Sync to BusySync

My one year subscription to Spanning Sync is coming up and while I’ve been very happy with the program itself, the $25 a year or $65 one time fee doesn’t. Last year I opted for the one year...

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CSS Naked Day!

What happened to the design? To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the Annual CSS Naked Day website for more information.

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Microsoft’s Xbox360 Wireless Adaptor vs Apple’s Time Capsule

After months of putting off buying the Xbox360′s wireless adaptor due to it being overpriced, I finally just gave up and bought one. Happy to finally get rid of the Linksys Wireless-G Game Bridge that...

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Hurm… my thoughts on Watchmen

Confession time; I’ve never read Watchmen. Of course I do own 3 copies of it. When I got back into comics in 2005, it was the first comic I bought but it fell to the wayside as I attempted to get...

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The Windows 8 Challenge

For the entire month of November I am going to give Microsoft’s new OS, Windows 8, a real world try. I’m going Windows 8 exclusive, well at least on the desktop. I installed Windows 8 on my Macbook Air...

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Windows 8: Week 1

A few caveats before I begin. First off, Apple has yet to release Windows 8 Boot Camp drivers. I’m currently running Windows 8 Pro on a 2011 13″ Macbook Air via Boot Camp. Everything is working with...

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Windows 8: Week 2 – The honeymoon is over.

For the most part, I’m OS agnostic. I can do most of my work from any computer or tablet running almost any OS. I can use Windows if I chose too, but one of the reasons I switched to Mac was how much...

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