When All’s You Have Is A Job Title, Everything Looks Like Something To Be Managed

Let’s go back in time, to a famous Mythical Man Month lesson:  Nine women can’t have a baby in one month.  Translates to: Throwing more developers at a project will not get it done faster.  Also translate from my personal experience of being a developer for over 20 years: nothing demotivates a developer more than […]

Why Should I Buy Your Product?

Recently I was researching projectors and found a nice Acer I thought would do the trick.  I need one because I am probably starting up a tech group in a city I am moving to and, well, you know.  I saw something interesting in its specifications: Compatibility: PC Only. Curious.  A PC ONLY projector?  Who […]

Remote Connection Commands – Black Screen

I was remoting in to my work box with a Cisco hookup and the screen was black.  I got it back by using ctrl-alt-end, which is the remote (RDP) command for ctrl-alt-del. Here is a list of RDP commands from Microsoft’s Technet: Shortcut key Description ALT+PAGE UP Switches between programs from left to right. ALT+PAGE […]