I know, it's a short trip, but man.
While I'm working, I listen to Jack FM here in Dallas because they don't have DJ's and I get to hear mostly music. 
I found out a while ago that they had separate feeds for their on-air and web broadcasts and naturally, they had different commercials.
Well, on Friday, […]

I have been using the beta of Windows Live Writer for over a month and I can now say that without a doubt, it has totally changed my blogging experience.
Live Writer plugs seamlessly into the WordPress blogging engine I use.  Since I'm using a Windows application, I find that amount of time it takes to […]

A year or so ago I developed a drinking problem.
( If my Mom ever sees this she'll be calling everyone in the family to proclaim my confession and acknowledge that she has known this for years. And years. And years. )
Anyway, it has nothing to do with alcohol and everything to do with Wichita Falls, […]

On October 9th, Ray Noorda, former CEO of Novell, passed away at 82 years of age.
While many in the audience may never have heard of Ray, you have benefited greatly from the efforts of Ray and his company, Novell.  After all, they created something called the Network Operating System ( NOS ) and forever changed the way […]

I am curious to know how many of you have heard of RSS and may be using an RSS Aggregator to receive blog and news feeds.
If you haven't heard of RSS, here is the Wikipedia definition taken from the link above:
RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites. […]

Darren Neimke has an excellent article describing a couple of really interesting techniques for those of us working with Microsoft CRM's FetchXML query language.
He discusses using the IN operator as well as how to reverse-engineer a standard CRM QueryExpression to obtain the FetchXML code.
For those of you who are not developers and want to know […]

iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.
If you are a computer industry history buff like me, this will fill in a good deal of the behind the scenes data regarding the founding of Apple and how Steve Wozniak created the Apple I and […]

Simply put, this is one of the best business books I have ever read. It contains common-sense information and best practices that anyone, working for any company, should have at the top of their reading list. 
I think I must of purchased and gifted this book to at least 5 friends, business partners, or managers over […]

I need to warn you about this book, even though I highly recommend it. It's going to piss you off. It's going to make you throw it down in disgust. And, it's going to make you think about how you do things. Which is the entire purpose of the book.
Do I agree with everything […]

If you've been reading my blog for any period of time, you've probably seen my references to Mindjet's MindManager software.  I use it on a daily basis to do everything from organizing my to-do list to tracking project requirements.
If you are also a user of MindManager, I would advise you to check out the Mindjet […]