If you’re about to buy a new hard drive for whatever reason, Backblaze (the online backup company…which I highly recommend, by the way) has published an excellent roundup of hard drive deployment and reliability data. It attempts to answer the question, “What hard drive should I buy?” and succeeds spectacularly. Because Backblaze has a history
Read More...Upworthy.com (and, now, copycat sites) has become known for dramatic, click-grabbing headlines. As I write this, here’s what’s scattered across Upworthy.com’s main page: Remember When Music Videos Used To Mean Something? Some Still Do. About. Damn. Time. A Sports Network Takes On What No One Wants To Talk About In Locker Rooms. Oh Snap! Cat
Read More...Marc Weintraub, writing for Oracle’s PeopleSoft Apps Strategy blog, about the new PeopleSoft 9.2 Update Image 4. Here’s the summary of the release: Continuous Delivery of PeopleSoft Releases Provides Expanded Mobility and Business Process Excellence Continued investment in Oracle’s PeopleSoft solutions results in the delivery of the PeopleSoft 9.2 Update Image 4. This deliverable increases
Read More...PeopleSoft 9.2 is here. It’s been out for a few several months now. Oracle has committed to innovation on the PeopleSoft platform through 2027 so the vision for the future of your PeopleSoft system is coming into focus. There will be new functionality. There will be enhancements. There will be opportunities to reduce customizations and
Read More...A little while ago, I told you about a device that brought some super useful data to my health and fitness awareness: the Fitbit. I won’t go into it again, but suffice to say that nearly a year later, I still use the Fitbit every day, for nearly every activity. Today, I’d like to tell
Read More...I can’t think of one industry today that isn’t considering cost-effective ways to manage their assets, capital equipment and facilities to maximize their longevity and return on investment. Everyone’s thinking about it. My father once said, “The best kind of car is one that’s paid for.” A simple statement, but when you think about it,
Read More...If you read Michael Lewis’ The Blind Side, you know he offered his reasoning that argued that football players are the smartest in sports because the game is complex, dynamic and moves very quickly during an actual play. (Yes, The Blind Side book lead to The Blind Side movie, starring Sandra Bullock.) Recently, in the
Read More...Great mini-lesson from Jason Fried over at 37signals, which he gleaned from the book Turn the Ship Around: David Marquet, the author and nuclear sub captain, says you can’t empower people by decree. While you might be able to ask someone to make a decision for themselves, that’s not true empowerment (or true leadership). Why?
Read More...Great video narrated by none other than the great Richard Feynman, whom I consider a hero. Enjoy!
Read More...Nothing rings in a new year like terrible package copywriting. Right?
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