Monthly Archives: February 2010
The ABCs and XYZs of IT
There exists an alphabet soup of acronyms and abbreviations within Information Technology. Included here are some of those that are important for any IT technologist to at least be aware of – but better yet to understand with some depth. AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript and XML ALM – Application Lifecycle Management API – Application Program [...]
Consistency Beats Correctness, Any Day
Let me start by stating the obvious: if I can have both consistency AND correctness in my technology dealings – I’ll take it. Unfortunately, that is seldom the case. Also, some definitions are needed to properly set the context for this discussion. For consistency, the meaning is fairly straightforward: From: answers.com 1. Agreement or logical [...]
A picture is worth a thousand words, but which ones?
Over the past couple of years I’ve grown to really enjoy capturing moments on digital film. At first it was the techy in me that drew me to the pretty cool gizmo that is the digital camera. How does this thing work? What would happen if I do this? Why does the shutter speed affect [...]