• Interviewing

    Interview Tips – March 2008

    Stay on topic.  Remember that time is something many do not have.  When you get off topic it can cause interviews to take much longer without filling in the blanks the interviewer is looking to fill in.  Most of us have a set of requirements we need to verify a candidate must fulfill.  This is difficult when the candidate strays across topics.

  • WordPress

    WordPress: flickrRSS

    Wanna’ put some images in your blog without creating tons of traffic.  Well, consider dumping the traffic off to flickr using this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-rss/

  • Mac OS X Server

    Mac OS X Server: serveradmin

    When managing a Mac OS X Servers services one of the most important commands to get comfortable with is the serveradmin command.  This command can be used to control most of the default services used for providing features to client systems and communicates directly with the servermgrd process.   serveradmin list   To see the settings for a given service that you are running use the settings verb as can be seen below: serveradmin settings <service> To alter the settings of a service you use the settings verb and the service but  serveradmin settings <service> To start a service once it has the settings you so desire: serveradmin start <service>…

  • Mac OS X

    Mac OS X: screencapture

    You can capture screenshots from the command line using the screencapture command. Basically just typing screencapture followed by the path and name of the file to be created will result in a capture of the entire screen.  You can also use -c to capture to the clipboard instead of to a file (or Command-Shift-3 if you’re in the GUI).  By default screencapture does not get the mouse.  You can add the mouse location and pointer to your screenshot using the -C option in your command. Because you have multiple monitors in many cases you may only want to capture a single monitor.  You can specify that using the -m option.…

  • Business

    SaaS Defined

    From Wikipedia: Software as a service (SaaS, typically pronounced ‘Sass’) is a model of software deployment where an application is hosted as a service provided to customers across the Internet. By eliminating the need to install and run the application on the customer’s own computer, SaaS alleviates the customer’s burden of software maintenance, ongoing operation, and support. Conversely, customers relinquish control over software versions or changing requirements; moreover, costs to use the service become a continuous expense, rather than a single expense at time of purchase. Using SaaS also can conceivably reduce the up-front expense of software purchases, through less costly, on-demand pricing. From the software vendor’s standpoint, SaaS has the attraction of providing stronger protection of its intellectual…

  • personal

    Where do Phone Numbers Come From?

    Originally posted at http://www.318.com/TechJournal In the beginning, phone companies used names and not numbers to connect callers. As more and more people started using telephones that became too confusing to build a telephone infrastructure, as many people in a town might share the same name. Starting in 1879 the switch to assigning each customer a number began, typically using a four-digit code. All calls were still connected by a human operator. AT&T’s operating companies started installing dial telephones in the mid to late 1920s. Customers could now dial numbers rather than having an operator connect calls. Rather than use all digits to indicate a telephone number, AT&T began a hybrid…