Author Archives: Gerard McLean

About Gerard McLean

Hello. This will almost always be a boring space. You can best learn about who I am by reading my blog posts more in depth. If you have a more burning desire to know more about me, you should first see a doctor. Or at least read my story. It will tell you all you need to know to make wild assumptions of me that are probably not true.

Repairing typewriters

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Gerard McLean

Last week, I received emails from two former clients who needed some help with some legacy work. One needed some tweaks done on a print ad that was at least three years old. The other had moved his web site … Continue reading →

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Change is hard but choosing the wrong service is harder

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Gerard McLean

I was listening to the news on the local Cincinnati NPR station this morning and heard a story about the City of Cincinnati moving from its self-hosted email service to either Google or Microsoft. In the analysis portion of the … Continue reading →

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Setting expectations in plain English

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Gerard McLean

A few months ago, my shower drain backed up while I was taking a shower. So I called the local Rotor Rooter and the person taking my call started asking me all sorts of questions about what I wanted. I … Continue reading →

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Instead of bad grammar, we’ll be subjected to bad video

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Gerard McLean

It appears that 2012 is going to be the year social media experts write less and post more video. My take? Instead of bad grammar, we’ll all be subjected to bad video. I urge you, please take some basic video … Continue reading →

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Complicated could be deadly

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Gerard McLean

I was riding the elevator down from my doctor’s office yesterday and glanced over at the elevator panel. The emergency buttons caught my eye and it occurred to me that something that is intended to be used in the frantic … Continue reading →

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