I don’t really like the endless Microsoft bashing that comes out of IBM, not because it’s not justified – it is – but because I want to hear about why IBM products are great, and I want to hear that from passionate users and to a large extent I don’t...
I now work on the Internet, which means that the only networked file systems I have access to are on my home network. I still use them extensively for file storage but I no longer have a simple way to share the files with others, either was work in progress...
When I worked on a LAN my team used file systems extensively and we had a very effective working practice, as follows: We all had laptops We all stored our master data on our laptops We all stored our published files on a collaboration server The work in progress (WIP) area on...
Graham thinks the file server is dead, I’m not totally convinced – here’s why before anyone starts complaining, the following lists are not intended to be complete, only illustrative, please add additional items via comments if you are so motivated. pretty much every application supports storing it’s file based data...
I love technology, but increasingly I find myself trying to find simple solutions and I find myself in good company. Several friends have gone back to paper notebooks, some are using index cards or simple Excel spreadsheets to manage their tasks. Here are a few of the things I have...
This blog is really my professional interests blog, but I now have a lifestyle blog as well which you can find under the Seaside life category. The articles from that category don’t filter up to this home page though so if you want to track them then you need to...
I spend a lot of my time working in Cafe’s. Once or twice a week I find myself at Boaters Landing. I tend to get to Boaters at about 9:30 and unpack my Tablet PC and work there for an hour whilst having my breakfast. I know all of the...
I have always lived a pretty active life, never for example having any interest in a spectator sport. Now with 4 kids and Arthritis I find it’s even more important to keep active and living by the sea gives me a great excuse. We all have bikes of course but we...
We get thousands of birds landing on the beach as they migrate and of course some gulls says all year round. The sight of hundreds of them glistening in the sunlight as they poke around in the sand just after the tide has gone out is one of my favourite...
The sands stretch for tens of miles along our coast, but very near our house there is a small – very sheltered – area that is perfect for chilling our with a good book, beach games and exploring. We tend to go there a couple of times a week during...