This post has multiple parts to it, so fair warning I’m guessing this one is going to be long. Lately I’ve been more and more annoyed at traditional hard copy media. It’s a pain in the butt to deal with and takes up way too much physical space (for those that know me you find …
Tag Archives: Technology
Things You Should Be Able To Answer When Contacting A Consultant
Someone I know came to me the other day about a consulting project that may or may not happen. What essentially he wants done is an overhaul of IT infrastructure. They want more automation to their operation and they deal with physical goods. So from receiving to shipping, to everything in between they are looking …
Is A Cash Based Society More Anonymous Then A Cashless One?
Image from here A little over ten years ago, before debit cards became ubiquitous and people cared more about having actual bits of paper for the monetary worth, I had a discussion with a friend about how the world would eventually move to a cashless society. I argued over the cost and extent of such …
LA Times Wikified Editorials Turned Out To Be a Bad Idea – Who Would Have Thought?
Picture from here A couple news sources are reporting today (here, here, and here) that the LA Times is suspending their program of using a wiki for editorials. Now in a controlled environment like Wikipedia where they have the volunteers to handle un-authorized edits, wiki’s can be a great thing. In the hands of exposing …
Steve Jobs Not Dead – Can We Move On?
Picture from here Wired is reporting that Steve Job’s weight loss is due to a hormone issue. Over the last week I’ve heard that Job’s was going to be appointed by Obama. I’ve heard Job’s was dead. I’ve heard that apple won’t survive without him. Really people, I appreciate what Job’s has done for the …
An RFID Enabled Loyalty Card – Big Brother
Picture from here First of all this is just a thought on where things are headed. As far as I know for the moment none of the loyalty cards I use have an RFID chip embedded in them. I did sit and imagine what the stores could do with this information. Currently the …
Online Activity for 2008-08-31
My complete and daily online activity for you to go all voyeuristic on. August 31st 1:34am Creeva posted 24 items on Friend Feed. (Show Details) An Open Letter to Digg from the Unpopular Websites (via Digg) Hackers Attack Iraq’s Vulnerable Computers (via Digg) Rant On The Myspace E-mail System (via Blog) Rant On The Myspace …