Posted on August 30th, 2008 by admin
Norm Goldman, Editor of the book reviewing and author interviewing site, www.bookpleasures.com reviews Bob Seidsticker's FutureHype: The Myths Of Technology
Author: Bob Seidensticker
ISBN: 1576753700
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The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
In an age where there is considerable hype about the wonders of modern technology, Bob Seidensticker prods us to take a step back and put everything into a more realistic perspective or as he most aptly states, we should vaccinate ourselves against hype.
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Posted on August 29th, 2008 by admin
Have you ever had the experience of going to a computer training
center and realized how much computer stuff you don't know? I
know when I started in the computer industry in the early 90's I
had trouble just remembering my password after 15 minutes of one-on-
one instruction, much less how the computer actually worked. Let's
face it, no one wakes up one day and says, I am a genius with this
computer stuff. We all had to start some where and for most people,
computers can be very confusing and intimidating. And that is where
the computer trainer comes in.
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Posted on August 29th, 2008 by admin
Hands down, email is the most widely used and loved computer
application brought to life by the Internet.
According to the publication 'Messaging Today' (2000 Electronic
Mailbox Report - Feb. 21, 2001), "Email is the most successful
communications technology since the television, and in a few
years will even surpass that. There are currently more than 891
million email accounts in use Worldwide and 440 million in the
U.S. alone - with an average of more than 4 email accounts per
person."
While more than 200 million of us use and enjoy email, there
are a few thousand people abusing the system and damaging the
communication potential of email for the rest of us.
SP^AMMERS ARE THE ENEMY OF US ALL!
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How The War Against S^p^a^m Is Killing The Internet
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Posted on August 24th, 2008 by admin
Filtering in Outlook Express. Select as many conditions and actions as you need, but remember the more you choose, the more thought needs to go into designing them.
One of the major attractions of being on the Internet is the huge amount of information that becomes available to you. Armed only with a few keywords, a visit to a search engine can provide you with more than you ever wanted to know on just about any topic that comes to mind.
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How Message Filters Can Block Unwanted Emails
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Posted on August 24th, 2008 by admin
It may sound like trivial idea to write news, articles, press releases or internet blogs with link back in about author section and publish them on media portals, from where they potentially could be syndicated or simply to say published on other publication sites at the discretion of their editors.
But it is what it is and it works. In this small article we would like to share our experience of leaving google sandbox just few days ago and being assigned our first page rank
1. Site registration. We registered absolutely new domain on January 13th and at the same day we published our first PR announcement to have search engines to visit it the following night. Google was the fastest to respond and we tracked googlebot spider, however as you could imagine our website automatically was placed into so-called sand box or in other words long drawer
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Article Writing And Publishing As The Way Out Of Google Sandbox To Getting First Page Rank
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Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by admin
ABCO Technology is dedicated to helping companies find the right computer training and consulting services for their business. Also provides computer training and Cisco certified courses, Microsoft certified courses, A+ Certification, Linux+ Certification, CCNA Training, MCSE Training and Many More.
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ABCO Computer Training Course Paves The Way For A Vertical Career Growth
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by admin
A computer career can be highly lucrative, but odds are you won't make big money at first. Learn how to avoid "salary hype" at computer training schools from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933.
Computer careers can be highly lucrative, and I'll be the first to say that starting a career in information technology is one of the smartest decisions I ever made. Most computer training schools and tech schools are realistic with you about the kind of money you can make in getting started, but occasionally I still hear radio ads for schools using a salary survey or "average salary" as a recruiting tool.
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Computer Careers: Your First Job And Salary Hype
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by admin
Who knew that a retailer's once-valuable and suitable point-of-sale system would become as useless as an old, antiquated typewriter? And then curse the day they got it? It happens. And worse, it keeps them operating at lower standards than other retailers who have stepped up to better technology.
Technology always changes the way we work and the way our business works. It isn't just about performing our business functions better either. It's also about servicing the needs of our customers better. And it takes today's retail technology advances to help achieve this because it didn't exist cohesively before.
So, chances are, you need to change your current system.
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Staying Current To Meet Changing Retail Technology Needs
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by admin
Not all links are created equal.
While all of your links may be important, you must sort and prioritize to come up with an effective navigation scheme. Here's what you should keep in mind:
1. Sort your links
Your links should be organized according to their relationship to each other. Any time you can find a way to divide your links into two or more categories, do so.
If you have more than 5 or 6 links, categorizing becomes very important. Try to find some natural groups. For example, suppose you sell widgets, and your site has this set of links:
Mini widgets
Multi-colored widgets
Discounted widgets
Contact us
About the company
News
Your major categories are:
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2 Tips On Effectively Organizing Your Navigation
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Posted on August 18th, 2008 by admin
Many nonprofit organizations struggle, quite understandably, with technology planning and investment. New computers, sophisticated Websites and database systems can be expensive. Staff members may be resistant to change and to learning new applications.
But, to quote a famous saying from my homeland: "penny wise can be pound foolish". Sound and well-thought out purchases in the short term have the potential to save significant resources in the medium to long term.
So, how should your Board of Directors and / or your Technology Committee approach technology planning and investment?
One technique is to start out with a "blue-sky" session. First, take an inventory of the capabilities that you currently have, what's working in your operations, and your limitations and frustrations. Then, without consideration of constraints such as cost or staff resources, list the things that you should ideally be able to do.
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Technology Strategy: Decision Making For Nonprofit Boards
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