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No facebook for you! - 05 May 2010
Recently I heard of a company blocking Facebook, Hotmail, and quite possibly a few other sites from being access via the corporate network. This is not an uncommon theme in organizations. Even my own employer has restrictions on which sites are technically inaccessible and those which are just frowned upon. You would likely [...]
Read Full Post »News 2.0 an evolution of your local paper. - 12 Nov 2009
I have been an avid subscriber to my local paper, the Chronicle Herald, for a little under a year now. It arrives faithfully – with the exception of a few hiccups – every morning 7 days a week. Every day I take the time to read what I can and what interests me from [...]
Read Full Post »Fired for blogging? The Employee/Employer relationship and social networking. - 07 Oct 2009
Lately I have been battling with a particular thought process which seems to be gaining steam. If anyone has watched the news lately they have likely heard a story or two about Crown Prosecutors in Ontario doing extensive background checks into potential jurors. A professor who is also an investigative journalist warning about the [...]
Read Full Post »CS Junkie, were is my fix. - 16 Apr 2008
One thing I have noticed in my time working in the IT industry is my lust for a challenge. I love the challenge of taking on a problem, figuring out the best way to solve it, and then deploying the solution. But it is the anti climatic nature of delivering the solution that [...]
Read Full Post »It’s so big. - 25 Oct 2007
Bigger is better yes, after years and years of people saying “it is how you use it that counts”, bigger is better. Of course, I am talking about screen size, and resolution to be more particular.
In most offices today people spent a fair amount of time working in front of a computer. I’d argue [...]
Community Access Project - 16 Jun 2006
Recently I applied for and was accepted for the Community Access Project Internship. The position is acting as the Community Access Projects (CAP) summer student at a local public library. For me this translates in to a full time job for the duration of the summer at the A.C. Hunter Library in St [...]
Read Full Post »The Calfornia Aggie get’s Boot Camp all wrong! - 18 Apr 2006
Recently I read this article over at The California Aggie Online regarding Boot Camp, the Mac OS X program that allows you to install Windows XP on your Apple computer. In the article the author – Venkat Pullena makes several assertions about Boot Camp that are uninformed and blatantly wrong. Not [...]
Read Full Post »New position starts - 09 Mar 2006
Well yesterday, Tuesday, was the first day in my new position. From here on in, during my Tuesday shifts I will be working at the Computing and Communications Helpdesk supporting Memorials staff and faculty with computing issues.
I will have more when my training is finished.
I am a VIP - 28 Feb 2006
One of the two positions I hold this academic term is the Volunteer Incentive Program (VIP) Coordinator for the Student Volunteer Bureau. Part of my duties in this position is the planning and hosting of the annual VIP Recognition Event.
This year was the third annual awards ceremony and for the second year [...]
New position, same organization - 26 Feb 2006
Recently I have had the opportunity to advance with my position at Memorial University of Newfoundland. While I have not officially started my new duties yet, I will be soon moving from The Commons to the Help Desk over in the main Computing and Communications offices.
This is an excellent chance to advance [...]
