If I read Focus when I’m tired then I read Scientific American when I have a bit more energy. Its a lot more demanding than Focus and does not have the glossy distractions that Focus does. Still when you have an hour to spare its a great read.
I am pretty into popular science, and real science too if I had the time and the energy. Focus is the magazine that I read when I don’t have that much energy. Its a really nice glossy magazine full of intelligent science and gadgets. Its not too demanding, but then...
Without a doubt my best magazine, the quality of the reporting and the photo’s being second to none. The range of the subject matter is breathtaking and the depth of understanding of the jouralists is excellent. Even the adverts have that bit of class. Even better its small and easily...
I subscribed to this magazine over the web and got a great deal. Unfortunately I got my magazines mixed up and thought I was subscribing to Time. Anyway it turned out to not be such a bad deal. I don’t read newpapers as I just cann’t stand the scandle stuff,...
In my view the best of the popular PC mags available in the UK, as the name implies it has a professional audiance, but still has all of the home user areas covered. As an IT guy everyone expects me to know PC’s and this magazine keeps me up to...
For years, Citrix has been the only choice for software to power server-based computing environments. Sure, Microsoft’s Terminal Server products were out there, but their features paled in comparison to those of Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server. However, as Terminal Server continues to gain ground as a standalone solution, many people...
As part of the announcement of the changes to the Longhorn Client and server announcements some more details have started to emerge around the future of Terminal Services. The timeline appears to be:
These two changes will have a dramatic effect on the future of application publishing. rich applications can be seamlessly integrated on the rich client. I know that there is some comment that the Avalon team are a bit confused right now over how they are going to implement some of these features with an Avalon Stack ported to XP and Windows 2003 as well as Longhorn, so there may be some changes to these plans.
The Osmond Group, no not the pop group! are coming round to do an ergonomic review of my working environment. I have specifically asked them to look into the following: Suitability of current seating, I want something that lets me change position to suit what’s hurting Issues with keyboard use,...
About 7 years ago I was in the fortunate position to establish a discussion forum to support a major desktop transformation programme I was doing. The forum allowed users to have discussions directly with the architects and engineers who were responsible for their environment. In addition it allowed the development team to post announcements, seek feedback, or drill into difficult to reproduce problems.
Developers and users alike loved the direct interaction that resulted. Users felt they could get to the right people for once, and really understand why some touch decisions had been taken. The development team gained a much better understanding and admiration for the users and how they exploited their environment.
Of course blogs are providing a similar mechanism today, for commercial products and I think blog authors or teams are getting a similar buzz from the direct and interactive feedback. Ed Brill from Lotus writes:
In fact, there was a time where one of my managers told me that I was “wasting” too much time in the forums, and I just ignored the input. Why? Because I assert that my career success is based in part on my online community interaction. It provides a connection between …
Werner Vogels wites an interesting article about what he looks for in a good report. The advice is slanted towards academic papers, but its pretty useful for any technical writer. he also references an excellent article that goes into the subject in greater detail. Here is an extract with the main points: