Synchronous versus Asynchronous
Posted on January 27, 2008 by Ben Cecka
Playing around with Microsoft Visio for class. Here’s a question I answered as well as a quick diagram.
The transmission of communicative data through any number of mediums can be described as either synchronous or asynchronous. The difference between the two is clear, and is important to recognize when evaluating if requirements are being met by […]
The Next Social Network
Posted on January 19, 2008 by Ben Cecka
No more new social networks, ok? The idea of having to continually register for the next big thing with a better service just doesn’t seem like an attractive idea to me anymore. Being on the edge was fun for a time, but in the long term is just a major pain in managing my online […]
The Webtop is Dead?
Posted on December 28, 2007 by Ben Cecka
According to a recent survey by NPD, the following was found:
Ninety-four percent of U.S. consumers have never heard of Web-based productivity suite alternatives. A mere 0.5 percent have substituted Web-based productivity suites for desktop software such as Microsoft Office. Chris Swenson, NPD’s director of Software Industry Analysis, described the 0.5 percent figure as being a […]
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10,000 Records
Posted on December 17, 2007 by Ben Cecka
This is purely a self-congratulatory post that signifies my very first ever database now has a single table surpassing the 10,000 record mark.
It’s a sales tracking table that has only increased at a rate of about 10 records per day, but after a few years that really adds up! Thanks to a nifty caching system […]
Norton Antivirus for Mac
Posted on December 10, 2007 by Ben Cecka
So Norton has released a version of their flagship product for the Mac? Please tell me this isn’t so!
All that I can say here is that I hope Mac users have paid attention to Windows users with Symantec’s products — specifically Norton Antivirus. I’ll admit that on my personal Linux machines I don’t run anything […]
LogMeIn IT Reach
Posted on December 9, 2007 by Ben Cecka
While I’m personally a huge fan of UltraVNC and the RealVNC projects, some video issues with our software made them extremely unstable to the point that I had to find an alternative remote support solution. I looked at a few of them and settled on LogMeIn’s IT Reach.
It’s an impressive product and very affordable, even […]
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