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The Chris Long Column: Of Christmas And Email ...
News And alas I tend not to send Christmas cards, again not through any kind of 'bah humbug' philosophy but much more a 'oh, rats, it's Christmas eve and I've not sent any cards' philosophy. Which, of course, I am terrible at - or should I say I'm very...
[January 11, 1999, 14:43]
The Netwriting Masters Course
Downloads It is a book about Netwriting that covers both pre-selling and selling (every other book on Netwriting focuses only on writing to sell--this itself is a reflection of that "starting-at-the-end" philosophy).
[May 9, 2005, 16:34]
Proactive Service Agreements
White Papers The philosophy of Service Agreements that your company should adopt is one of being "Proactive". Of course, everyone says they are "service oriented" but practicing this beyond a simple warranty service is seldom practiced.
[August 1, 2004, 3:00]
More Madness From North Of The Border
Blog Intelligent design (ID) is one of a wide range of theories of origin currently taught as part of the Religious, Moral and Philosophy Studies (RMPS) SQA course, but could be moved elsewhere as part of the review.
[June 19, 2007, 18:06]
Wanted: Evidence Of MS Security Push
News Microsoft has released some tools to help developers and customers add more security to their systems and has made much ado about retraining its developers during a security crash course that lasted all of February, but customers are waiting to...
[March 4, 2002, 15:26]
Ten Commandments Of Egoless Programming
News Part state of mind and part QA philosophy, the term "egoless programming" was coined by one of my favourite authors, Jerry Weinberg, back in 1971 in his highly influential book, The Psychology of Computer Programming.
[June 6, 2002, 16:33]
Dell Preaches What It Practises
News In an interview with ZDNet UK's sister site silicon.com this week as part of an Asian and European tour visiting Dell sites and customers, Mott talked about his philosophy on technology, running a fast company and practising what your boss preaches.
[April 16, 2003, 8:40]
IPhone 3G: Does It Do The Business?
News The iPhone philosophy of making these tasks simpler is well known to Mac users. One thing I would need to see before I took the plunge would be TomTom or equivalent software for GPS usage whilst driving (together with car kit of course).
[June 11, 2008, 9:31]
Compaq Trumpets PC Resurgence
News Instead, the profitable growth philosophy has it working to create strong offerings in the notebook market, while expanding into Internet appliances. I don't subscribe to the PC is dead philosophy. I give Compaq credit for sticking to the plan and...
[August 1, 2000, 14:23]
Microsoft OneCare Gets A Bashing
Talkback It's a matter of philosophy here, nothing else. You call the people who sold you the support, of course, or you call an expert you know - this is, of course, if you are not capable of fixing the problem yourself.
[March 2, 2006, 14:21]
Microsoft's Antitrust Concessions Are 'pointless'
Talkback According to ms-"philosophy" the road to hell is to be preferred because of its "easyness". I prefer, of course, the latter ! Because off " Easy use Windows " the development of systems that are a.stable & secure, b.userfriendly has been...
[August 1, 2005, 6:57]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Never had that sort of nonsense in my youth -- a tripos in natural and moral philosophy and the Greats was the best on offer. The lad is off to Abertay Dundee to do a course in video game design. Thursday 19/8/2004It's the dreaded A-level results day.
[August 20, 2004, 18:35]
The African E-waste Conundrum
Blog Obviously a lot of this has to do with poverty, but it's also an attitude and philosophy that has roots in the culture. There is a different attitude to recycling in Africa - it's not seen as a new fad - but rather something that just happens out...
[September 5, 2007, 17:41]
Will Longhorn Outflank Java Rivals?
Talkback And what philosophy would protect your long term interests best. Skinny C# and Microsoft's web service elements will of course be potential challengers to "feature-full" Java and the secure clusters that surround it -such as servlets, jsp, etc.
[October 31, 2003, 7:57]
Steve Malone: "IT's Like This..."
News After all, Sun clearly has the best interests of the users at heart in the philosophy of write once run anywhere. Of course, the great majority of right-thinking people will doubtless be behind Sun in this particular legalfest.
[September 17, 1998, 13:48]
A Little Light Discipline
Leader There is no point in developing ever-more efficient IT if corporate philosophy sees wanton energy usage as a macho symbol of power — the only explanation of those empty towers of light. In time, of course, there will be no choice.
[December 6, 2006, 16:09]
Asus Eee Gets Upgrade And Windows
News Shen also outlined the various aspects of the Eee philosophy, ranging from "compact and light" to "stylish". The Eee 900 will come with Windows XP as an option — at an extra cost of course, due to the licence.
[March 4, 2008, 17:49]
Getting Your Business On The Web
News When your business decides to go online, the first step is usually the creation of a Web presence: a site that provides general information about your company's products or services, locations, and perhaps also contains information about the...
[September 16, 2005, 17:45]
The Politics Of Open Source
Leader He even claims that he wants to adopt an open-source philosophy for more than just IT: he may not have thought this bit through. There are, of course, few commitments or firm promises in Osborne's speech.
[March 8, 2007, 14:06]
Rooting Out Plagiarists With Software
News That's the problem faced by Andrew McCann, an instructor of English and philosophy at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Of course, teachers have heard the same stories students have. Of course, a low-tech way to stop these problems would be to...
[April 8, 2002, 7:01]
