This week I had it with one of my PCs. The noise level of the stock CPU fan was driving me up the wall. I knew the culprit of the sound was the CPU fan. How did I know? Well I stuck my hand in and stopped it. OK, OK, I know that is kind [...]

I was given the task of creating a demo script for the product known as Open Text Fax Server. I decided to record the session and it became a video instead. It is my first attempt at making a video presentation. Tell me what you think?

I work on several products and I like to keep up to date by learning new ones. One of the most indispensable tools in my arsenal is my test lab. I remember when I studied for my first MCSE certification back in 1998 when I had 5 PCs built out of spare hardware. I needed to create a domain and I needed clients. I also remember how my credit cards were maxed out but my only concern was breaking into the IT industry.

I’m glad that my credit cards are all paid off but more than that I’m happy we live in the days of virtualization. Because of virtualization I now have only 2 PCs in my home office. One of them is running about 8 virtual machines at any given moment. Is it expensive? Not as expensive as buying 8 PCs worth of hardware and it gives me way more versatility. Here are a few tips on decreasing the costs.

Knowledge workers require, you guessed it, knowledge. If you work in IT you find yourself constantly looking for new knowledge. Even the single-application gurus have to keep up on patch read-me files, new features and competitors trying to take away their bread and butter. So how do you do it? How do you learn?