At first it was all fresh, fun, smiles all the way round as everything worked as it should and errors/mishaps were non-existent. Then the days rolled by, adventures were still exciting, problems were easily solved and it looked like a promising future. Days turned into months and then one year plus and the problems were not . . . → Read More: New Relationships
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Yes, I know that computers do not have tyres, but metaphorically speaking they all do and so do we. There is an old habit “long ago” that people would routinely “kick the tyres” of a car that they were evaluating to ascertain its road worthiness. The feeling that if it survived the kick, it was probably . . . → Read More: Kick the tyres on your computer! Most of the great inventions of the world have a potential for good and bad. The application, use and control is the determinant. A child growing up today is confronted with computing devices of all sorts, within their toys, games, home, school and every facet of their environment. It is so commonplace, that the terms have . . . → Read More: Innocuous Computing Life is about planning for the unknown, and our ability to handle it. Very coincidental that the two letters “IT” mean so much in so many varied situations. Maybe more than a coincidence that “Information Technology” is really “IT” which comes together in varied words from shIT to fIT etc.. What is very evident, is that . . . → Read More: ShIT happens… The title of this blog is “trini speak” for a “tip of the iceberg.” In it, I will give a brief outline on my thoughts on what will constitute an ICT Policy as regards to Trinidad & Tobago; indeed it may well apply to any country under 5 million in population as certain issues of scalability . . . → Read More: The crust of the hops. Most of our distributed management/governance structure is based on a premise that in order to deal with the masses we have to have several intermediaries serving diverse groups that would coalesce into a larger group that would eventually feed the head at the summit of the pyramid. This type of broad based attempt to harness opinion . . . → Read More: A time not so long ago….. There are words in any language that we are aware of but pay very little attention to; and in the current Election climate I have become acutely aware of the numerous distractions that are employed in order to serve to steer our gaze away from troubling areas. Wikipedia uses the following definition of the word: “Distraction is . . . → Read More: Distraction It is amazing how quickly reality shifts in the ICT world (maybe the rest as well?), but we now have a very real marginalisation of some very big players in the technology field because of tons of individuals coming up with very innovative applications. There are now more computing devices than we ever thought possible, from . . . → Read More: Partly Open Sauce There is a very simple strategy that we can now use to keep valuable files safe and portable. Get a large flash drive (like the 16GB Lexar ones that we have for TT$260) and download TrueCrypt Portable (http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=truecrypt-portable) and install on the flash drive. You then setup a secure container/s and mount them as whatever drive letter . . . → Read More: Flash Drive Backups Parents generally find it very challenging dealing with their childrens’ schoolwork/homework needs. After all, it has been quite some time since we did those subjects and there have also been numerous changes. This is normally addressed with significant effort on our part and also the enlistment of tutors and various other tools, including computer use. The . . . → Read More: ParentTechGap The short answer to this one is……! There is no short answer, if you are a “mature” user and currently run XP Pro with all of the software acquired over the last 5 years and it all works fine, hold off and look at any compelling reasons for needing to switch. If you are just starting . . . → Read More: Windows 7, switch or stay? With the H1N1 Virus easily spreading at distances of 10 feet, it means that if we stay in nice wide areas and practise safe hygiene and common sense we should be relatively safe. A typical 10/100 LAN works reliably within 100 metres and the internet is able to bridge systems at local LAN speeds (notable South . . . → Read More: Spreading Wellness ICT has become a “catchall” term to signal progress. It takes on a magical quality, so there needs to be no real explanation or accountability once the term is used. Indeed, since most people are deeply mystified by ICT in general, any attempt to question simply gets banished by a concoction of technical jargon that serves . . . → Read More: ICT as an enabler of what? Over the years there have been several developments wihin the IT Profession and Computer Related industries in general. This has lead to a general confusion in many minds. So how many differing specialties and sub-specialties are there? Probably too many to count, but I do welcome further discussion on this topic. What I would like to . . . → Read More: Understanding the IT Profession This headline is true for “Biological” as well as “Technological” viruses. The world is becoming scarier to navigate and viruses are lurking to cause destruction and death to our systems in general. What can we do? Well strangely enough we can use technology to give us the upper hand on biology by simply isolating ourselves in . . . → Read More: Virus Pandemic Due to numerous requests, we have started to develop Toddler + computing tips and general guidelines. There is so much out there (maybe too much) that addresses kids educational software etc., but very little specifics. Multiply that with various countries and educational systems and you have a real quandary to deal with. We intend to focus . . . → Read More: Computing with Kids for Parents Things are getting very “hairy” now with respect to spyware, bots etc. and your systems and data are now at great risk. As more and more sensitive functions are performed on computer systems (even mobile phones and pda’s) it is becoming more important to put safeguards in place. It is hard enough ensuring that patches and . . . → Read More: Acceptable Usage Policy Well, so much is happening in the world around us, and not least technology. We are constantly being bombarded by new products and also improved ones. Depending on where you fall in the technology spectrum, you have many tough decisions now because of the financial prudence that must now be the “order of the day.” Every . . . → Read More: Time marches on. The usage of a computer varies by age, location, knowledge. Depending on access, many people come to use computers routinely, some having gained specific instruction and some by just “trial and error.” What happens then, is that there are huge disparities in the usage capabilities of most users, and because computers have so many varied uses, . . . → Read More: Training? This is one of those strategies that appears to make a whole lot of sense, then once we put it into the context of “reality” it looks very dangerous. Companies are now using the internet and its connectivity as the basis of their IT operations, ignoring connection/security issues like if they do not exist. When we . . . → Read More: Cloud Computing |
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