Can we all stop saying "home grown" software like it's a bad thing?

I have a problem. I like things that are home grown. I can tell you, the tomatoes from my garden are better than the ones in the grocery store. In fact, if you look down your nose at home grown food, take a look at this article

Is Facebook bad for productivity? Who cares?

I've never understood the management style that is concerned about employees making personal phone calls, sending a personal email, reading the news online, or using social media at work. Even if we don't consider the evidence that using social media at work could improve

What is Cyber-liability insurance

Ever heard of cyber-liability insurance? Is it something you need or is it just another way for insurance companies to make buck off of you like pet insurance, iPhone insurance, or immaculate conception insurance (yep, that's real

Why is healthcare IT different?

I was in an interview recently and asked the candidate if they have any healthcare IT experience.  Their response was one that I might have given a couple years ago: "no, but I have a lot of

How has the Internet changed your life

I realize that within the title of this post lies a very simple question - one that most everybody has pondered. However, I still realize new ways that the Internet has changed the way I work, entertain myself, and satisfy my occasional urges to obtain new, mostly useless, knowledge  Earlier today I recalled a time when, if you wanted to know if school was cancelled due to snow, you had to get up, turn on the radio, and wait until they announce it. Now, before I get my kids up in the winter, I roll over, hit the bookmark on my smartphone, look at the cancellation list and either get up or go back to sleep. How did my parents survive?

I'm curious. What are the less-obvious ways that the Internet has changed your life?

Change does not necessarily assure progress, OK Microsoft?

I originally wrote this post when Windows Vista came out. Now that Windows 8 has been released, I feel a sense of deja vu. So instead of re-hashing the same idea, I'll just re-post the original. Feel free to mentally substitute Windows 8

What happened to Ebay?

As I sit and ponder, I recall a day in times past, a simpler time, a time when any average sap could look around his house (or her house, saps aren't limited to the masculine gender), locate something he (or she) can find no real reason to keep, and sell it on Ebay for

Chinese Buffet 5-year-old-style

My daughter is 7 now. When she was 5 she came up with a new restaurant idea. I never knew she was such an entrepreneur. When it happened I documented it for posterity's sake. So, here you are, posterity.