A few weeks back I shared an image on Twitter that sparked some reaction about my desktop setup. Yes, I have 4 monitors. Yes, I have 11 desktops between those monitors that I can swap between. This post attempts to explain why I did this, how I put it all together, and how I use it.
My friend Ryan was looking for a way to turn his Living Room into a Zoom Room. I built a cheap DIY solution in about 7 minutes with spare parts!
I recently had the pleasure gutting and organizing my garage a couple weeks back, and thought I would share my story. In speaking with friends, family, and strangers about my adventure, I know I’m not the only one out there who’s collected far too much stuff to keep organized. When I started, I had waist-to-chest high stuff all over the place and had to jump over items to get from one end of the...
EDIT 2011.05.12: I’ve since moved to Windows Live to synchronize my notebooks since SugarSync seems to be generating copious amounts of duplicates. Not sure what happened, but it started thinking nearly every tab was a duplicate even if the other PC wasn’t on. Very difficult to manage the additional tabs and assure items weren’t duplicated. While “Live” has a...
We live in a very distractable world. Email, Instant Messanger, Cell Phones, Home Phone (if you still have one), Text Messages, Desk Phone. No matter where you are, you can be interrupted. Sometimes in more ways than just one… How many times has this happened to you: You’re on a call at your desk, and another call beeps in. You have to ignore it, as…you’re on another...
Since the Acquisition (press release maybe this Friday?) of Network Insight (NI), I’ve been spending a fair amount of time trying to understand the technologies of our new company. My responsibilities at NI have always included the technologies we used to run our business, and manage the networks of our many customers from within our 24×7 NOC (among my many other duties). With the...