So I saw Obama’s SOTU speech last night. I have been avoiding political news for the most part lately, so it was interesting to see what he had to say. I liked it, basically, but that’s not what got my attention. What forced me to write this was the Republican response. The guy who gave it is evidently…
Archives for January 2011
Determining a Personal Data Retention Strategy
If you spent any time in the IT world you’re likely to be particularly tuned to the threat risk of losing data. Losing data sucks, and it’s one of the sneaky kind of risks, where everything is 100% ok until it is 0% so. So why is it any different for our personal data? It’s rhetorical; it’s no…
Communicating Optimally in Email
The fundamental source of poor email style is the practice of quoting the entire message you’re replying to. If that’s what you do, then it doesn’t matter whether you put your response at the top or bottom. In fact, if you’re going to quote the entire message, top-posting probably is better. But both are poor form. Writing an…
Get Full Access to Safari Books Online Just by Having a Library Card in California
If you haven’t heard of Safari Books Online it’s basically a massive collection of the most popular technical books (over 12,000) that you can access, search, and read online. It’s a phenomenal service, but you have to pay for it as a monthly subscription. It’s arguably worth paying for, which many of my friends do, but yesterday I…