filed in Odds and Ends on Mar.19, 2010
From the bleeding edge of technology – I was working at a customer site this week and got a peek at Business Objects 4 that I wanted to share. This is the screen shot that SAP doesn’t want you to see. What? Were you expecting Aurora? I’ve been using BusinessObjects since 2003 and this week [...]
filed in Odds and Ends on Jan.17, 2010
Please welcome Benjamin Joseph Marks, who entered the world at 11:23 PM on Friday, January 15, 2010. He weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. (3.327 kg) and 20 inches (51 cm). He and his mom are doing well and came home to meet my two daughters today (Sunday). My two daughters were born in 2001 and [...]
filed in Odds and Ends on Sep.04, 2009
Welcome to my newly relocated blog! All of the articles and comments from my old Blogger site have been relocated here and the old blog will remain up until Google and other search engines are able to find this one. Remember that this blog is for informational purposes. Due to time constraints I am unable [...]
filed in Odds and Ends on Aug.19, 2009
Intimidated by the plethora of apps in the Apple iTunes App Store? Josh Clark has compiled a list of over 200 “best” iPhone apps in a new book, Best iPhone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders. The book has a companion web site, Best iPhone Apps: The Site for Discriminating Downloaders. The apps are organized [...]
filed in Odds and Ends on Jul.26, 2009
My Palm Treo 680 died a slow, painful death. I still have a conspiracy theory that mobile phone companies jack with older phones’ network connections to get you into their stores to buy new phones and sign new contracts. But I’m an IT consultant, so a dead phone is simply not an option. My wife [...]
filed in Mobile BI, Odds and Ends on Jun.01, 2009
As the entire world eagerly awaits the announcement of the next Apple iPhone model, here’s a fascinating article entitled “Shooting to Software Stardom on the iPhone“about how fame and fortune can become yours if you develop the right iPhone application. On a related note, Timo Elliot reviews RoamBI, a BI front end for the Apple [...]
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