Tyler Whitaker’s InfoTech

Dan Farber wrote and interesting blog entry (ZDNet Between The Lines) recaping Software 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. He highlights some interesting themes in software industry and how we need to shift to a customer centric mentality. Gone are the days of charging customers maintenance fees to fix our own software. Gone are [...]

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If you have been following my InfoTech articles published in Landscape Management Magazine, you know that I highly recommend offsite backup as a means to keep your data safe and secure. I would venture to say that most of you still need some help in this area. 
Let me introduce Josh Coates and his company Mozy.com. [...]

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This morning I came across an interesting InformationWeek article on the German Enigma Code machine from WWII. Earlier this month an original machine was sold for $30,000. But if you’re interested in the technology and don’t have the cash, this article lists several alternatives.
You can buy a Kit from the Bletchley Park Web site for [...]

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From the world of strange things, here’s a surprisingly good article about a college sophomore who tried to live at his local Wal-Mart during spring break.
Spring break at Wal-Mart
Thanks to Kirk Weisler for the link.

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If you haven’t heard already, Google just released an online calendar web application. It has all of the slick interface items that you have come to expect from Google. But was makes this offering particularly interesting is the ability to share public and private calendars with your friends and co-workers in much the same way as [...]

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