File this one under “self promotion” as well. It is my latest eBook published on the TAGCXO web-site. Download it here. You know you want to…
If you know what these are, you are old. Part 27.
Squishy and filled with polystyrene (the synthetic polymer, not the X-Ray Spex front-woman) these were in their heyday in the 1970s. The one I had was red.
If you know what these are, you are old. Part 26.
The answer is not “spreadsheets,” but it could be in a few years. This is the Software Arts program, that was THE killer application for the Apple ][. Lotus 1-2-3 pretty much killed it four years later. Did you guess “VisiCalc?” You are right!
Three pieces of advice for the new CIO
Take a look at my second eBook. It gives advice for people new to the Chief Information Officer role and is free to download from TAGCXO.
Decide what kind of person you need in the CIO role
File this one under “Shameless self-promotion” 🙂 Take a look at my eBook with the team at TAG CXO on how to decide on the right kind of person you need to be your chief information officer.
The Old College Try
Most probably know what it means when you say you’re ‘giving it the old college try.’ However, in general, business and IT often speak very different languages. Sometimes what means one thing to the business means something else entirely to IT. Here’s a humorous look at some familiar jargon and the ultimate disconnect in meaning.… Continue reading The Old College Try
If you know what these are, you are old. Part 25.
These things used to go in the front of two D cell batteries (remember those?) and actually lit up! They got dimmer and dimmer as the batteries wore out. They eventually stopped working at some point either by simply getting old or when they got bumped too hard. Now they’d be LEDs and would use… Continue reading If you know what these are, you are old. Part 25.
If you know what these are, you are old. Part 24.
A long, long time ago, banks (remember those?) used to issue these. You could get plain blue ones for free, sometimes, but you could also order them with different backgrounds, like this bald eagle. You used to write on them with a pen (remember those too?), put them in an envelope with a stamp (still… Continue reading If you know what these are, you are old. Part 24.
If you know what these are, you are old. Part 23.
It used to be that these were absolutely everywhere! For a dime, or then a quarter, you could reach your home to update your parents on your schedule or on your whereabouts or to ask for a ride home. New York City removed its last one of these on May 23, 2022. Cell phones helped… Continue reading If you know what these are, you are old. Part 23.
Best of, post 5: Stay the patient course.  Of little worth is your ire.  The network is down.
Originally published April 25, 2020 I ran across an old list of computer error messages written as haiku. (“Haiku”? “Haikus”? Whichever…) They continue to amuse me. The one I recalled was: A crash reduces your expensive computer to a simple stone. I went back to my hard drive and found a few more I had written myself: Is that your… Continue reading Best of, post 5: Stay the patient course.  Of little worth is your ire.  The network is down.