Historical Archive

Article Archive (2004–2016)

A collection of 270+ historical articles covering early tech, blogging, WordPress, and digital culture.

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Archive Notice: Articles in this section were published prior to 2017. Some external links, tool recommendations, and technical references may be outdated.

Turner Consulting Group

It can be done! Telework isn't a pipe dream or really onerous. It will take some work, but as you can read there are significant payoffs to the bottom line....

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Virtual Company Advice

Some good advice for the virtual company. I found many times moving away from the keyboard and picking up the phone resolved a question or problem in minutes...

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AOL quits enterprise IM game

So now that AOL has followed Yahoo and abandoned the corporate IM game, I guess that Redmond is going to be free to take it over. I know that there are many...

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Finance firms risking wi-fi woe

Another article about lax security at businesses with wireless networks. The key is knowing the risks and managing them. I think this problem is going to be...

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BizBlogDirectory

I agree with Rick, this could become very big very fast. I've listed myself for two reasons, a) I'd like to expand my readership and b) I thought it was abou...

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Brief hiatus

After a brief hiatus while I was in Montreal, I'll have articles and updates today and over the weekend.

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Promoting Your Blog

This is excellent advise on promoting your blog. Most it is common sense if you really sit down and think about it. This article is a really good example of...

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Teleportation breakthrough made

"Beam me up Scotty". We've said it jokingly for years, but now we're one step closer. Sure it's a small step, only an atom, but "a journey of a thousand mile...

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Weblogs.com Quits Hosting

This is good commentary on the Weblogs closure. I heard about it from a friend while I was on the road and connectivity challenged. I can't imagine the stres...

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Humans Still Weakest Security Link

Sadly, this is very, very true. Tod Mafin of the CBC did a couple experiments where, essentially, he was able to get in and wander the halls of a company arm...

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