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Archive for June, 2007

Fighting for your relationship

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

I’ve seen it more than I care to think of. Especially lately.
People are together, and then they are not.
Maybe I’m naive. Maybe I’m a romantic. But when I said “till death do us part”, I meant it.
I’m not talking about our wedding. That’s merely a ceremony. An event. A celebration. A party.
I told the [...]

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Why Helpdesks Fail

Friday, June 15th, 2007

(image© Jenny Rollo)

Helpdesks are, by their very nature, more apt for failure than success. We can try to blame management (that’s always my personal favorite target). We can try to blame the products (that’s usually what takes most of the blame from the customers). We can even try to blame the customers (that’s [...]

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Avoiding malware

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

I know, this is not a new topic.
This has been visited, revisited, discussed, argued, and talked completely to death.  The horse is dead and beaten, ground into dog food, and spread out as fertilizer over the back yard. Ears are ringing. Throats are dry.
And yet…
The infections continue.
Of course, at least half the blame goes to [...]

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I hope I’m wrong

Friday, June 8th, 2007

It’s been proven over and over, from the beginning of time.
It’s hard to stay on top. And no one stays there forever.
It’s simple to see why. Those who aren’t on top inevitably want it more than those who already are. That’s the simplest reason. The most logical. The most obvious. But it goes much deeper [...]

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