Out to Pasture A Moon Fly-By Is a Rerun
Why a moon fly-by doesn't impress me 50 years after we landed there.
Out to Pasture Information Security. It’s About Integrity
How your company addresses security is often seen as a simple cost-value equation. ...How you approach information security today often influences how the public views your overall integrity whether you like it or not.
Out to Pasture Installing Cumulative Updates on Exchange Server 2016
Microsoft has released cumulative updates for Exchange Server 2016 (CU2) and Exchange Server 2013(CU13), clearing the technique for .NET Framework 4.6.1 use by organizations. Microsoft Unlocks .NET Framework 4.6.1 :…
Out to Pasture QuickBooks Not Windows 10 Compatible
Windows 10 has been in general release since last July, and since that time Intuit has released yet another version of its desktop accounting software as well: QuickBooks 2016. However,…
Out to Pasture Exam 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 (beta)
Microsoft is offering 350 beta seats for the Exam 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 https://borntolearn.mslearn.net/b/weblog/archive/2016/01/13/designing-and-deploying-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-beta-exam-now-available…
Out to Pasture Windows 10: Releasing the hounds
I look back at the history of this latest version of Microsoft’s new flagship operating system and I find myself hopeful. Surprisingly hopeful...
Out to Pasture Windows 10: A Sys Admin’s Preview
I eagerly await how the actual delivery of these features turns out, but this very well could be the turning point that takes the public scorn of Vista and 8-8.1 out of the public consciousness and replaces it with something business users and managers have been anxiously awaiting over a decade.
Out to Pasture A new direction: Technology Advocacy
My goal today is to take IT Consulting in a bold new direction by abandoning the “Value Added Reseller” model which just doesn’t allow for the flexibility required to serve customers more effectively.
Out to Pasture The aftermath of Windows 8
They (Microsoft) had no clue how attached people had become to their beloved start button and the comfortingly familiar desktop. "Hey, look! Here's a cool new touch feature to play with!" Would have gone over so very much better than the "Hey look! We took away everything you like and replaced it with a cool new (mandatory) feature most of you can't use!" we all received.
Out to Pasture Microsoft Windows: You took away my what?!?
Most of us have a very personal (-ish) relationship with our computers, we connect to people through them, we pay bills and explore through them too. So, when Microsoft turned our familiar Windows on its head, the public let loose. The tile interface idea for Windows 8 by itself wasn’t all that bad; for users with touch laptops and tablets it works just fine, but then Microsoft went a step beyond. They took a nice innovation for touch devices and inexplicably shoved it into the desktop realm.
Out to Pasture Has Microsoft Learned its Lesson?
When you can't get more than 12 percent buy-in on a flagship OS after nearly two years in a market you nearly monopolize, you've made some earth-shatteringly bad assumptions about your customers. What were they? Has Microsoft learned anything from it?
Out to Pasture How to secure your home computer without the scare tactics
Every time an advertisement on a website declares they’ve found a “Weird new trick” that will magically evade all car insurance rules, or will make you rich “while you work at home,” you open the door yourself to invite disaster in for a free meal.
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- The Dog House Stories about folks being their own worst enemy
- Pecking Order Politics, elections and who’s running the roost
- Feed Store Tipping, money and what things are really worth
- Fence Line Veterans, country and where we draw the line
- Front Porch Faith, family, gratitude and the quiet stuff worth sitting with
