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ALTOM: When it comes to big purchases, don’t follow the crowd
May 18, 2013
Tim AltomThe most popular tech product isn't necessarily the one that is best for your business.
MoreALTOM: The closing words in most emails aren't worth the trouble
May 4, 2013
Tim AltomElectronic communication isn't the same as a hand-written letter, so traditional sign-offs don't usually work.
MoreALTOM: CIOs are hard to find, so mentor promising candidates
April 6, 2013
Tim AltomA CIO has to blend business and technical skills in ways that aren’t taught to technicians.
MoreALTOM: Google disregards consequences, kills another product
March 23, 2013
Tim AltomYears ago, the high-tech company that drove me closest to the edge of madness was Microsoft. That firm treated its customers
as if they were lucky to have computers. But for sheer frustration, I think Google tops Microsoft.
MoreALTOM: Hire a chief information officer before it's too late
March 9, 2013
Tim AltomThe position is meant to be more than a glorified tech support desk. It should be the office where infrastructure growth is
planned and merged with the company’s overall goals.
MoreALTOM: How safe is your storage on the cloud? Not very
February 23, 2013
Tim AltomThe cloud is what we call the storage areas we never see except in our browsers—that online, cyberspace world that holds
our files and often our working applications.
MoreALTOM: Technology takes (some) jobs but also creates them
February 9, 2013
Tim AltomIn the aftermath of the Great Recession, the economy continues to grow, but it’s becoming obvious that unemployment
isn’t going to nosedive the way it has after previous recessions.
MoreALTOM: Firms must think carefully about policies on devices
January 26, 2013
Tim Altom“BYOD” is tech-speak for “bring your own device,” and it refers to whether you want to allow employees
to transact your business using their own laptops, notebooks or smartphones, or if you want to impose your own standards and
supply what you think they should have so you keep control of the technology.
MoreALTOM: Being present at work doesn't have to mean being there
January 12, 2013
Tim AltomEmployers have to contend with a new generation of workers who expect to work from home at least part of the time, and entirely
from home when feasible.
MoreALTOM: Just because it's new doesn't make it worth buying
December 29, 2012
Tim AltomIf you’re one of those businessfolk who buy new gadgets just because you can, you might want to move on to the food
reviews now. I’m going to be talking today about when to upgrade devices or software.
MoreALTOM: Blessed are the tech-sector risk-takers who make the leap
December 15, 2012
Tim AltomThis is the last column before Christmas, and in keeping with long tradition, I’m writing a year-end column about screw-ups
and techno-pratfalls that should make you glad you’re not in the hottest of hot seats.
MoreALTOM: Passwords are passe, but there's no good alternative
December 1, 2012
Tim AltomEven the most supposedly secure password is toast from the time you first use it, because today’s hackers have a veritable
arsenal of ways to get through or around any password scheme.
MoreALTOM: It's easy to fill gaps in business knowledge online
November 17, 2012
Tim AltomThe online world is blossoming with education, both good and questionable. It was one of the first uses for the Web. The Web
brought technical people together to share information, and often it was in the form of a tutorial to answer the question,
“How do I get this to do that?”
MoreALTOM: Whether you're a Mac or PC person says a lot about you
November 3, 2012
Tim AltomToday, the two worlds cross over almost effortlessly, but the divisions between them have spawned entirely different design
and usage paradigms.
MoreALTOM: 'Mechanical Turk' puts humans to work
October 20, 2012
Tim AltomMost repetitive tasks can be done by computer nowadays, but many can’t.
MoreALTOM: Excel can be used as database in a pinch
October 6, 2012
Tim AltomMicrosoft Excel has features that are reminiscent of a database, although it’s not a database application and never
will be.
MoreALTOM: Who owns your data? The answer might surprise you
September 8, 2012
Tim AltomWhen you reveal information about yourself, do you still own or control it? And if you reveal something about someone else,
who owns it then?
MoreALTOM: A reminder that offices are full of low-tech hazards
August 25, 2012
Tim AltomEven laser pointers can be hazardous if they’re pointed right into an unprotected retina.
MoreALTOM: Death of paper has been greatly exaggerated
August 11, 2012
Tim AltomWhen I was a kid, eager futurists predicted what wonderful technologies we’d all have someday.
MoreALTOM: Web begs you to take time to waste time
July 28, 2012
Tim AltomI have to confess that I sometimes use technology in a way that is the exact opposite of productivity. I waste good daylight
hours using it for short bursts of enjoyment.
MoreALTOM: Online detective work can amaze and find new markets
July 14, 2012
Tim AltomGoogle Earth is one of Google’s odder and spottier applications. It started life as Keyhole, a 3-D mapping program originally
paid for by the CIA and subsequently purchased by Google in 2004.
MoreALTOM: Tips for starting an office on a shoestring
June 30, 2012
Tim AltomFirst, you’ll need good hardware. Don’t skimp here, because reliability trumps economy.
MoreALTOM: LinkedIn hacking case holds a lesson about passwords
June 16, 2012
Tim AltomYou often hear that you’re anonymous online, and you can be if you want to be. But if you want to buy or sell, register
for newsletters, or get return e-mails, you have to declare your identity. And that identity is your e-mail address.
MoreALTOM: Backups are important—just ask the folks at Pixar
June 2, 2012
Tim AltomDo you know where your backups are, right now? Most of us don’t, or if we do, we don’t know what shape they’re
in.
MoreALTOM: Businesses should be suspicious of app trap
May 19, 2012
Tim AltomSmart-phone app costs can vary by orders of magnitude, just as websites can. The challenge is getting them to pay for themselves.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.