Posted 11/19/2009 at 09:39:41am

We sit around a lot because we're the absolute bottom of the totem pole. I kid you not, the janatorial staff at our building makes more per hour than I do, and the only person in our department with any decision making power is our boss. So when users complain about how it's taking weeks to get a replacement part, they should complain to the person who's leaving early to go golfing, taking long lunches, and letting our purchase orders stagnate on his desk. People always hate the IT guys because we're the front lines that you actually see. As it is, unless it's something that can be fixed with a software reinstall, we lack the power to actually do anything about it. Just something to think about next time you think your IT guys are just screwing around while you have a busted machine.

Posted 11/18/2009 at 09:39:11am

It's a cute little idea for businesses, but they forget that one of the most important things about human interaction is eye contact. If you're looking into the eyes of the person on screen, then you aren't looking at the camera, so they see you staring off at something else. If you look at the camera, then it looks as if you're talking to them, but then what's the point of VTC if you just stare at a camera the whole time. We got VTC units set up at several of our divisions in our company, and it hasn't reduced our travel budget at all. "Go stay at a resort in Florida/Vegas/etc, or stay here in New Mexico and stare at a camera/monitor all day?" The technology is pretty cool, but it's still way too expensive for how little of an effect it really has on a company.

Posted 11/09/2009 at 04:52:14pm

Nice thing about that processor is that after about a week or two, the phone's OS get's rooted and the phone gets its 1ghz clock back. 

Posted 11/09/2009 at 10:58:08am

I think Cisco should reconsider what they're buying. We use Tandberg units at our company and DAMN are they awful. I guess they work as advertised, but for what they cost, they'd better be amazing. I don't really see the point of video conferencing anyways outside of being just another gadget for us IT staff to manage for the upper echelon. Give our district managers the choice of flying to Vegas/Orlando/New York for a week long meeting (read: vacation) all on the company's money or they can just sit at their desks talking to their screens. Do you REALLY think these things are going to reduce our travel budget? 

Posted 10/28/2009 at 12:45:36pm

Slick looking phone. If only they would have had that phone before I renewed my contract with Tmobile... Oh well, still loving the G1

Posted 10/26/2009 at 04:12:53pm

Ninite is worth using if for no other reason than staying on top of Flash, Java, and .Net updates on multiple computers with just the click of a button. Easily one of my new favorite sites. 

Posted 10/12/2009 at 11:24:00am

"We HAF to recommend it." ..I swear that you guys hired my dad to write bad puns for this review or something. This is some military-grade punnage.

Posted 09/25/2009 at 03:55:50pm

As a user of the Cyanogen mod, I'd say Google needs to lighten up and cut this guy a check. If I couldn't run this guy's firmware, I'd probably switch back to another phone. The original OS that came on this phone was kind of slow to begin with, but feels like running in syrup compared to how speedy this guy's ROM is. I'd be interested to see what wouuld happen if Google had some developers with the talent and fan base that this guy has.

Posted 09/15/2009 at 08:43:22am

I bet this phone looked much more impressive with the screen turned off. That bezel around the screen just makes it look smaller.

Posted 08/27/2009 at 12:09:38pm

This article wasn't necessarily about just gay rights. It's about the fact that every time a game raises controversy, we all just hide behind saying "It's just a game." Imagine if the New York Times ran an article that got everyone all pissed off about something, regardless of topic, and when they were confronted about it, they said "Come on, it's just a newspaper." This had almost nothing to do with gay rights as a specific topic, and everything to do with taking our medium seriously. People will boycott movies made by directors they're adamantly against, or that are about topics they're not okay with, but when it comes to games, we let all that drop and are okay with it by dismissing it as 'just a game.' If gamers want games to be taken seriously as an art form or an accepted medium of conveying something more than just wasted time, then we should start with us. Next time a controversial game or developer comes out with something that stirs up a fuss, instead of dismissing it, stand up for it like it were any other medium out there.