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Continuous Integration with Hudson
Recently I came across Hudson, an open source Continuous Integration server. I often hear about cruise control, however it always seemed like it would be difficult to get setup. A Continuous Integration server can help you automate tasks in … Continue reading
Effective Meetings 101
One thing that really bothers me is long in-effective meetings. Here are a few basic meeting tips. Always have and distribute the objectives of the meeting beforehand. (Hint: if you don’t have an objective, then you don’t need a … Continue reading
Clever Web Design at Refresh DC
Earlier this evening I attended a Refresh DC event at CDIA. Paul Annett, design lead at Clearleft, gave a great presentation on how being clever in web design can promote viral word of mouth marketing. He gives great examples of … Continue reading
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Network Monitoring with Zenoss
Recently I configured Zenoss for a client to allow them to be more proactive and receive email notifications when a service or server goes down on their network. When you are frequently upgrading or modifying applications there are bound to … Continue reading
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Remote Desktop Manager
If you find yourself managing a number of Windows servers take a look at Royal TS 1.5.1. Royal TS allows you to organize your connections to multiple servers over RDP. There are other programs that do this, but this one … Continue reading
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Maintenance and Support (Enterprise vs Open Source)
One the common concerns in using open source software at some companies is having formal maintenance and support contracts. The crazy thing is that most enterprise software products come with really bad maintenance and support at high prices. Take for … Continue reading
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Kiva now allows loans to people in the US
Kiva.org allows you to make micro-loans to people in need. This is a great example of how the social web can organize groups seeking a common goal. It is pretty awesome when you can easily make a small loan of … Continue reading
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Windows services crash after restoring from Standby mode
Recently Windows Update applied SP3 to XP on my Dell Latitude D630. I was pretty sure I already installed SP3, but I applied it anyway, what could it hurt right? Well…every time I restored from Standby mode, my network services, … Continue reading
Downloading Enterprise Software
Why is finding the correct software installer or documentation so difficult? If you are a enterprise software vendor (particularly IBM, EMC, Oracle) and want to increase customer satisfaction, please fix this! Granted these companies are in this situation because they have acquired … Continue reading
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Windows Azure presentation
Yesterday I went to the Mid-Atlantic Cloud Computing user group in Reston, VA. It’s a newly formed group that plans to meet once a month. The topic of the evening was Windows Azure, in which Scott Zimmerman from Microsoft gave … Continue reading
