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While we do run a lot of open source and Linux software, of course there are still some applications that run in Microsoft Windows. I perso...

There is always a period of time after you requisition hardware that you are a little nervous about performance. Very happy to report that ...

A Word About UI Design And Artwork I have always been a person that shows screenshots and mockups when blogging. I find that when I read ot...

I was off for almost two weeks, the first time that I have taken an extended vacation and it sure helps recharge the batteries. Some things...

The project to use an iPad as a thin client is nearly ready to push out to beta testers and the current prototype UI is below. Nice big but...

The iPad work flow that I mentioned the other day is working well. The original design was going to put documents into a 7/8ths screen mod...

If you have been reading my blogs through the years, you know that I consider it to be our top priority to reduce waste, run computers as ef...

Email and Calendaring is still being reviewed to build a list of all available options and ideas. We had our first high level conference ca...

Just typing those words reminds me of the classic comic book frame from the late 1960s: Sadly, this week one of my projects is to create a l...

Lots of technology was pushed live in the last two months, a lot of my time was consumed by this process and then debugging and tuning issue...

It's been far too long coming, but after some pestering on #zeitgeist(sorry guys :) ), I have gotten the Activity Journal working for ou...

I mentioned that a week ago we installed a new NAS server to hold all of our documents. Now that a few tuning projects are over, I had so...

Some experimental work has been done to start checking on how well OpenOffice can connect to the Oracle database. The database is outside o...

A few people commented to me when I blogged about our MIME helper interfaces that this intermediate step would drive them crazy. As those ...

This job opening is not in my division, and I'm not involved with the hiring process. But I wanted to pass it along to anyone interested...

There is always an unknown when you deploy new software to hundreds of people. All of your testing never simulates their techniques and a f...

As I have mentioned previously, lots of technology has been awaiting the new year when we are fully staffed in order to deploy. Tomorrow we...

I have blogged about parts of this topic in the past, but the project has developed and I wanted to update the status. I have been working w...

The New Year is here and lots of technology was waiting in the wings for our staff levels to be back to normal levels now that the Holidays ...

I wanted to blog one more update before the Holidays. I'll be off the next week enjoying time with friends and family. We received a pa...