By Dave, on June 21st, 2010%
Lotus 123 revolutionized the calculator, and made MS DOS the operating system of choice for the personal computer. Windows came along, and so did Microsoft’s answer to 123 in the form of Excel. Lotus didn’t understand the WYSIWYG wow factor and lost the spreadsheet battle. Excel has been king ever since.
I love Excel! It is a program with so many different faces. So many different ways to use it. Truly the Swiss Army Knife of desktop software.
On the other hand, that very flexibility gets us into so much trouble. We start with a small worksheet to track jobs. We add a bit of fancy formula work to make the data . . . → Read More: The Excesses of Excel
By Dave, on June 17th, 2010%
I tend to be a bit eclectic, but there are a few themes that I keep coming back to time and time again. One is Configuration Management, another is Business Continuity Planning.
Today, while doing some research on a different topic, I stumbled across an item to do with Business Continuity. What blew me away, was that it was classified under the topic of a Business Resiliency Program.
Such a brilliant concept.
Everybody wants their business to survive an unforeseen event. Most businesses have a disaster recovery plan for their computer systems. They might even test it once in a while. When you take the disaster recovery plan a little bit further, . . . → Read More: Business Resiliency Planning
By Dave, on June 14th, 2010%
I got up way too early Sunday morning and drove up to Chinook Pass to catch the sunrise on Mt. Rainier. Apparently being there 1/2 an hour before the official time is about 1/2 an hour late! Even so, the view was stunning.
On the way up to the pass, I had to swerve to avoid a rabbit that was in the middle of the road. What was it thinking!
It is June, and there is still 6 feet of snow piled up beside the road. I stepped out of the back of my pickup onto the frozen snow bank to set up my tripod. Tipsoo Lake is just below my vantage point . . . → Read More: Driving around Mt Rainier is Downright Dangerous!
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