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Rants:

Things that have burned my backside lately, that I just had to share.

 

  • Technology For Small Business

     

    Technology for small business has come quite a ways. There are affordable tools now that would have been unthinkable ten years ago. It’s frustrating though when your vendors can’t keep up.



  • Kitchen Design Software Salesperson

    I wish salespeople working at software companies knew about software.  It seems that the building industry is way behind though.



  • Technology for Small Business: Use Open Source and Stay Ahead Part 2

    Just think. If owners had been aiming at open source solutions in regards to technology for small business, they'd all be holding there own right now as more things go mobile. Part 2 of 2.



  • Technology for Small Business: Use Open Source and Stay Ahead Part 1

    Just think. If owners had been aiming at cross platform and open source solutions in regards to technology for small business, they'd all be holding there own right now as more things go mobile. Part 1 of 2.



  • Windows 7 Experience

    I almost got someone to quit Windows today when it broke.



  • Linux for Small Business

    There's no good reason that Linux for small business can't work. I've seen it happen over and over. Small businesses just up and quit Windows, and they do fine.



  • Construction Software Should Run on ALL Platforms

    I’ve been hunting for an open source app to replace something we run at Moulton Lumber. It’s not going well.



Latest News

  • Wake Up on an Acer Aspire 7750 Works Again After Kernel Upgrade In Fedora

     

    Since installing Fedora 18 on my Acer Aspire 7750 (I ran Ubtuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin on it before) I've had a couple of display problems.  Well, backlight problems to be more specific…



  • Trying Out DuckDuckGo

     

    I’ve been getting sick of Google’s search results for a while, so I started looking both both a new personal search engine, and one for the site.



  • Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) to 12.04 (Precise)

     

    Many people’s transition from one LTS version of Ubuntu to another went fine. While mine didn’t, and I’m happily running clean installs on three computers I use regularly now, I did find some oddities on my Acer Aspire 5517 laptop.



  • ERP Software For Small Business

     

    ERP software for small business can be a minefield of buggy and/or expensive software. I was looking into OpenBravo and OpenERP for a bit, but the project has been tabled for now.



  • Blocking Cookies With Firefox

     

     

     

    With an Add On, selectively blocking cookies is easy again in Firefox. YAY!



  • OpenBravo at Work

     

    I started the ball rolling today and spoke with an OpenBravo partner.



  • Openbravo Is NOT Happening For a Client

     

    For the moment, OpenBravo isn’t happening for a customer of mine.



  • Small Business Calendar Software Testing

     

    One pricey bit of stuff is small business calendar software. I’m looking for one set up that’s NOT so pricey, and open source to boot. I think I’ve got it.



  • Acer Hard Drive Recovery

     

    If they’d have just used Linux, Acer hard drive recovery would be easy. But a bunch of lawyers have gotten involved though… Now, how smart do you feel Acer?



  • Ubuntu on Smart Phones Coming

     

    Canonical announced (before their big shin-dig) that Ubuntu is bound for installation on smart phones and tablets.



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