I’ve always been a bit puzzled as to why Apple doesn’t put just a little bit more effort into its fax support in OS/X (well, perhaps they will in 10.5 — there have been good strides in the past few releases). OS/X’s support for faxing is probably just fine for occasional office or personal use. [...]
Continue Reading...Now I’m sorry I missed Charlene Li leading this panel on the impact of technology on content and media:
The goal of the panel: to give “traditional media” attendees an idea of how new technologies are changing the way consumers interact with media. As readers of this blog, you are probably already experiencing the changes personally [...]
This just doesn’t make sense. Apple is all about the consumer… who ever heard of turning away an eager buyer? Let alone a cute exuberant kid?
Continue Reading...We recently decided to purchase a Color Laserjet 2840 all-in-one device. The choice to go with an HP printer seemed wise. After all, HP is synonymous with quality laser printers.
As far as the printer part of the equation, it’s true. The color output is gorgeous, reasonably fast and the printer drivers work perfectly with OS/X. [...]
When we dropped Vonage because of incredibly poor call quality, we knew we were in for a treat going back to Verizon customer service. We’ve got great call quality once again, of course — but it took two weeks, a mistaken visit from a Verizon technician (who realized he had nothing to do once he [...]
Continue Reading...Those of you that visit now and again probably noticed the month-long gap in posts — the slack period stems from System Technology Institute, a company that BOSS logic just purchased. I’ve been neck-deep in transition issues as we bring the new company online, modernize it and start inventing ways to reinvigorate the business. Now [...]
Continue Reading...Well, perhaps it’s not quite ready for public consumption. Nevertheless, D-Wave has succeeded in raising a reported $17 million toward some very serious research into quantum principles — research that will, if they succeed, completely change computing as we know it and solve some serious (but long-term) problems we’ll be facing. Scientific American wrote a [...]
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This is me. Martial artist, zen student, programmer, writer and author, technologist, father of two, photographer and a resident of Los Angeles (well, the outskirts of it).
I also publish Rational Scrum and am President & CEO of Hyrax International LLC, delivering comprehensive process improvements to its clientele. Specialities include audit and assessment of program areas such as project management, quality assurance, risk management and customer satisfaction as well as delivering focused initiatives to improve customer efficiency.
