Reviews
BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Cell Phone Review
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Recently, our company has invested in providing a BlackBerry Pearl 8100 to all of the technicians. At first, I have to admit, I was skeptical about the whole concept. My skepticism came in many areas….how can my fat fingers and thumbs work the keys? How accessible do I really want to be? After using an Axim for a few years, how will I get along without Word and Excel? These were just a few of my initial concerns.
After I got it, I discovered a few really great features and I have to admit, I’m really warming up to the little device and its making my life a little bit easier. One of the main requirements for purchasing the BlackBerry was to have immediate access to customer support emails. As a technician, I’m not always in front of Outlook or Webmail, so I need to know if someone’s having a problem. This is one of the areas where this little device has become a major tool in my IT toolbox. I have to admit, it took a little playing and customizing to get it exactly where I wanted it to be. (more…)
SSL VPN How-To: SSL-Explorer On FreeBSD
Sunday, August 6th, 2006
As with most small companies, there are two and a half factors that have great importance when evaluating a product for your own use. The first is the funcitionality of the product. Will it do what it’s supposed to do and do it well. The second factor is sometimes the first question…How much does it cost? And that “half” factor that I put out there is the frustration factor. All of these are related.How much does something cost? For this price, I get this functionality–OK. But also, for this price, I am getting a certain level of frustration in implementing the solution. A lot of times, when the frustration level increases, our willingness to increase what we’re willing to pay is affected. Any way, you see where this is going, and you haven’t come here to hear my less-than collegiate babbling about micro/macro economics of a small company. (more…)
