Selil

The information technology sphere of solutions is filled with advocates, fans, and outright addicts. Whether the solutions choices are segregated by closed source and open source the debate continues. The lion-share of end-point (laptop, desktop) solution market belongs to Microsoft Windows. However, some of that is changing with the increasing sales of smart phones (already [...]

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When writing papers it is sometimes a good idea to know the structure of what you are writing before you start. The American Psychological Association 5th edition is the current requirement for classes on citation and style. There are a variety of templates out there to help your writing but as to writing an outline [...]

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Back in 2007 I made some pretty significant predictions.  I would like to say that making predictions is not nearly as hard as you would think. The way technology is adapted is pretty straight forward. So to recap this is the 2007 predictions and status.

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Here are some pictures from last night.  The snow that fell was soon covered by a half inch of ice. That left areas like the park looking like an ice-rink. To say the footing and driving is treacherous would be an understatement. Getting down this road with the thick coating of ice was difficult to [...]

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As promised. The dates to be aware of as discussed in class. September 24th IDHS District 1 Event October 7th, District 1 planning meeting October 27th, 10AM STRIKE team meeting November 17th IDHS presentation on gap study Once again we are looking for evidence, past practices, or other documents of gap studies that have been [...]

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Some links for the class. DHS has a new tool called GAP, the tool is about gathering data more than providing a study. Link to transcript Link to video FEMA Guidance document on the GAP tool (link) The First Things Fast web page. There are some great links on the left regarding performance analysis. Wikipedia link [...]

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“In academia there is no reason for two adversaries to take the field where one triumphs at the expense of the other. Rather in education, scholarship transcends winning and losing, by fostering learning” – anonymous

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I’m ugly, bald, old, and fat. Given the aforementioned I can do little about the first three that won’t require substantial surgery or a time machine. Though surgery is always an option on the last so is simply not sitting in front of my computer and hitting refresh on my favorite websites.  Running to lose [...]

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A couple of thing you should know about me. First, I am in the process of completing my PhD and second, I have recently taken up running. I began both of these pursuits reluctantly. I began my PhD course work in 2005. I did not want to be a PhD student as I already had [...]

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It slices, dices, mixes, mashes, julienne fries, stirs and when you’re done lights venture capital cash on fire while creating social earthquakes. It is Web 2.0 the term used to describe social media. The new best thing in tech, half the people using twitter are Web 2.0 experts who will help you brand, outlast, extend [...]

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My address if I was asked to give one to my graduates. Today each graduate steps from the halls of academia into the world around them. Unlike other school commencements many of you have already been living in the world, working, suffering, prioritizing and making sacrifices to attain a college degree. Whether that degree was [...]

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I’ve been tagged in the tourney of home offices by my esteemed colleague Shane. This little round robin was set up by the infamous Zenpundit. I thought about cleaning it all up before I snapped some pictures but that wouldn’t be nearly as fun. This is actually a full working office as the other professor [...]

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Twitter users with a bazillion followers are hubs. Twitter users who are retweeted a lot are routers. Twitter users with low follower to following ratios are firewalls. Twitter users who have wildly divergent follower communities are bridges. Twitter users who never respond are /dev/null. Twitter users who drive original content are servers.

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Happy Zombie Day!!!!!

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As the nation comes to grips with what is likely another great depression. Regardless of categories or quantities it is THE worst recession since the great depression. As the nation attempts to consider the ramifications of double-digit unemployment (I know that isn’t what they tell us, but they lie) and widening taxpayer, tax spender gaps [...]

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