Bye-bye, floppy. It&#39;s been good to know you
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If you&#39;re a computer user, you may have several of them stacked on your desk. We&#39;re talking about floppy disks - and they are pretty much becoming extinct.
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I was in the audience yesterday when the one dramatic moment of the conference took place. Scoble was on stage. Mike Arrington was sitting to my right in the front row of the second section (on the right). Mike showed me a piece he was writing, and I gulped. It said Scoble was leaving Podtech and probably going to FastCompany to start a TV network for them. Since Scoble is my friend, I knew that there was some truth to this, but was disappointed to see it was coming out, esp at a moment when Scoble wouldn't have a moment to think and consult with friends before formulating a response. HIs laptop screen was being projected as we watched him edit his comment on TechCrunch. At one point Mike asked if I thought he knew we could see what he was typing. I didn't think he did. Anyway, Scoble lets it all hang out. And somehow he gets away with it. What would kill most people just stings him, and he smiles through it all, in his bumbling Scoble-like way, and it always amazes me how he makes lemonade out of the lemons. This isn't the optimal way to announce you're leaving a company, and his deal with FC isn't final yet. But somehow I think he'll navigate this transition and come out in a better place after the dust settles.
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When I suggested in a recent column that a problematic 5 percent of employees account for 75 percent of the IT support burden, I expected a wave of âright on!â letters from IT support staffers. After the column was published, the letters did come â most of them disagreeing with my premise, with one reader suggesting that the real whiner was yours truly. I still think itâs outside the realm of overextended IT departments to provide training on basic computing skills (which I defined as âmanaging and finding files, and basic working knowledge of suites such as MS Officeâ). But my thinking was adjusted a bit by the thoughtful feedback.
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I have resisted commenting on this summer&#39;s weather in hopes that it would straighten itself out. Since that no longer seems possible, however, I feel compelled to offer some advice on the subject.
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Readers sound off on the joys of sticking to the formula, the history of digital music, and who needs saving. Plus: Links to our most commented blog posts.
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Lately, I&#39;ve written extensively about Apple Computer&#39;s moves in the connected home, and certainly some of the company&#39;s well-designed productsâespecially its best-selling iPodâare hits with users.
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Saying goodbye (finally) to the rickshaw
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Q: In a recent column, a reader bemoaned the fact he had placed all his retirement money in the Vanguard 500 Index mutual fund on your &quot;advice.
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I have had a frustrating few weeks with Linux. I&#39;ve lost count of the number of installations I&#39;ve done, and I don&#39;t want to think about the number of hours I&#39;ve lost to troubleshooting.
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The Fool took notes last week and is happy to let you copy.
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Don&#39;t have Windows XP? Listen up anyway, because there&#39;s a lesson to learn, not to mention sly put downs you can use to annoy your Windows-XP-using-friends so they&#39;ll finally break down and admit
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A dozen years ago I asked a friend of mine if he would share with me a technical indicator he had invented. He responded, &quot;No problem, after I am done with it.
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and PC users no longer had to choose between Windows Media Player&#39;s inadequacies or Real or Musicmatch&#39;s annoyances.
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Most of you know that I was dismissed as the University of Mississippi&#39;s head football coach this morning. I have a lot of people to thank.
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NEW YORK It&#39;s great to be back in the land of all brands, all categories, all agencies after having been &quot;away&quot; as a client for the past five years. I was pleased to see that there&#39;s more good work out there than I remember.
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There&#39;s something to be said for being the &quot;first mover&quot; in an industry trend. Those years of extra experience in tinkering with a new idea can be invaluable in helping the first
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Settle down, investors. Things are going just fine.