From qwerty to Dvorak to qwerty
I was sold a lie. Dvorak isn’t superior. Sure, it relies on the same reasoning that keeps the U.S. on the old British measuring system instead of switching to the…
Looking for a new job
Some internal changes here at Microsoft finds me looking for a new job. I am focusing my search on jobs still here at Microsoft, but I guess I need to…
Verizon DSL redirects bad URL requests
I use Verizon DSL. Verizon just activated a service that gets their DNS server to lie in response to requests for non-existent domain names. Instead of returning a "domain not…
Advertising bubble to burst or a new tax: take your pick
The dot-com bubble burst I fully expected the dot-com bubble to burst. The entire premise driving all the enormous bank loans, the promise of huge returns from the newly discovered…
Back to Blogger
I left Blogger back in October 2005 to switch to Community Server as my blogging platform. I had the fortune of working at an institution that was happy to lend…
availability-management.com ripping off my blog
availability-management.com has been ripping off my blog and posting it as their own. No credit is given (a tiny link to the original). They are using it to boost their…
Want a Writely invite?
It turns out that although you can’t directly sign up for Writely during this transition to Google, existing Writely accounts can invite others to Writely to collaborate on existing documents.…
IASSIST conference
So I have an opportunity to attend an IASSIST conference in Edinburgh. How exciting! BYU‘s College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences paid my way to demonstrate a software product…
Great minds don’t think alike
I disagree with the idea that great minds think alike. But when they do, you can be pretty sure it’s a great idea.