Category Archives: Stuff

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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I’m really scared to upgrade software

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Gerard McLean

I used to to be the first kid on the block to upgrade to a new OS or the latest version of Adobe Photoshop or QuarkXpress. The new-found power of really cool features used to get me excited about possibilities … Continue reading →

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