May 10th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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What is networking? Why is networking important? Why am I building a network? To build a quality network you should know the answers to those questions.
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- a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest: Working mothers in the community use networking to help themselves manage successfully. |
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“networking.” The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. Denis Howe. 10 May. 2010. |
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<Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/networking>. |
» Read more: Does your network need pruning?
May 5th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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A few days ago, I had to take my car to the dealer to fix a faulty window switch. For me, the nearest car dealership is located over 20 miles away by freeway in any direction. In an attempt to reduce my carbon footprint, I planned the repairs around transportation from friends and family who would be in the area when I needed to be there.
The car was supposed to be in the shop for one day; I figured 24 hours without my car wouldn’t be a major problem. I live within walking distance of some places I had to go. However, just an hour before I was to pick up the car, I was contacted by the service department. » Read more: How dependent on cars are we?
April 30th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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It has been 90 days since I first bought my iPhone and the Otter Box to protect it. I wrote a post about it in January, iPhone insurance aka OtterBox Defender. During this time I have probably dropped my phone more than 30 times. I have never dropped my cell phone so many times in my whole life. It must be related to one of Murphy’s Laws; the chance of dropping something increases with the cost of replacing it or something like that. Here are a few of my thoughts about the Otter Box now that I’ve been living with it for a while? » Read more: Otter Box Defender update
April 30th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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It has been about four weeks since I wrote about my personal fight against SPAM. I have been using MailWasher Pro 6.5.3 as my primary tool against SPAM. Of all the tools I’ve used so far, this one has performed better than expected. » Read more: Fighting SPAM update
April 27th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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Some people are prejudiced against Facebook. They have a pre-conceived notion that it’s all a waste of time. While it is true that a lot of people might spend excessive amounts of time on it, Facebook can be an effective social networking tool. » Read more: 4 reasons to use Facebook
April 23rd, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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Over the last couple of weeks, I noticed that many people try to complete jobs by doing everything at once instead of breaking the job into smaller manageable tasks. Many times they get stuck trying to figure out where to start. Some people get so overwhelmed with trying to start that they end up procrastinating. This is especially true if the job isn’t time-critical in their eyes. » Read more: Slow down and be S.M.A.R.T.
April 21st, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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I recently purchased instructional books that were supposed to help make a subject easier to learn. It turns out the books had differing opinions on how to accomplish the task. One book gave the directions but left out some vital information. The other book used a different method and glossed over some basic details I needed to learn. When I first purchased the books, I kind of knew what I wanted but I didn’t know exactly what I was looking for. I just figured these books had a lot of examples, so they would be a good reference for the project I’m working on. It turns out that neither book had the information I was looking for. » Read more: A tutorial video is better than many books
April 20th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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Many times when people need to get a job done quickly they will go to their old reliable utility programs. I have a few of those. At the present time, when I need to get graphics done quickly, I use Paint.Net. It is a lot like Photoshop, easy to use and, best of all, it’s free. The only problem is it was developed for Windows. I needed to create some Tab Bar icons for an iPhone Application I’m developing. The task wasn’t too difficult, or so I thought. All I had to do was create a 32 x 32 pixel PNG file then transfer the file over to my Mac and import it as a resource into the XCode environment. » Read more: Create iPhone icons on a PC
April 19th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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During the months of March and April I have helped several people move from one house to another or transfer their possessions from a house into storage. During this time, I have been thinking a lot about moving – the tools of the trade and what I liked or disliked about the moves I helped with. One of the moves was planned, the rest were not. The planned move went smoothly. The other moves each had their good points and bad points. With each move I learned something new, a new packing or moving technique. Everybody has an opinion - either good or bad – about the things they’ve experienced. Here are a few of my thoughts on moving. » Read more: My thoughts on moving
April 17th, 2010 by Wes Johnson
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I just got back from the 2010 Northern California Jamboree. The theme was 100 years of Boy Scouting. It was held at the Alameda County Fair grounds. There were an estimated 20,000 scouts and scouters in attendance from 11 Boy Scout councils. » Read more: NorCal 100-year Jamboree
