New Presentation

A new presentation for Blogging and Self-Publishing has been added to the website. R

Learn IT

The best way to Learn IT is to just Do IT. And by IT, I’m saying, “Information Technology”, or just software. You know, there’s no magic pill in learning how to use software. Sets of instructions presented in a predictable pattern teach you how to do the rote movements without fully understanding what the software [...]

New IT Policy Created – IT Security

A new sample IT Policy has been added to the website: IT Security Policy. This policy would be used to define what 30,000-foot precautions would be taken by a company to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its information system. It’s available for review and download now the Documents section of the site. R

How to Protect Yourself from Instant Messaging

Instant Messaging Security Risks

Wow! Twice in two days means the universe is telling me something and I have to talk about it. So! Here’s the scoop if you didn’t already know this: public instant messaging products are a huge security risk and you should not use them in the workplace. Yeah, they’re convenient, fun, a time saver, productivity tools, [...]

New Presentation Added

A new presentation on Blogging and Self-Publishing has been added to the website. This presentation is used in the course of delivering the Blogging and Self-Publishing course for Clark Community College in Vancouver, Washington. R

Facebook Facts

I thought this was great and just had to share it with you .. R

I Say: the Best Support is No Support

The easiest way to deal with complexity is to ignore it. Well, at least that’s what some clients think when I meet with them to go over their computer problems. It’s amazing to me how accepting we’ve all become of computers and their subtle inconveniences. It’s like we’ve come to just tolerate failure from our [...]

New Presentation

Just added a new presentation to the website for the onground Blogging and Self-Publishing class at Clark Community College. Week Two – concentrating on developing social networks and communities to extend the reach of the new media author. R

Structural Unemployment

I thought this article from msnbc.com was very eloquent in explaining the long-term systemic unemployment problems in our economy. Specifically, these numbers: “…On top of the 8.3 million workers who were laid off since the recession began, another 3 million or so jobs, or about 100,000 a month, were needed to keep up with the [...]