One of my favorite quotes is the old chestnut about laws and sausages: the less you know about how they are made, the better!

Unfortunately, more often than not, the adage is also perfectly apt for technology endeavors. Any IT pro who has been involved in a major upgrade or development project knows all too well just how many ‘additives' go into such an effort.  read more »

Like most IT pros, in my career I have owned an ever-evolving library of technical books, a total surely numbering well into the hundreds by now. The selection of books I keep at hand is in constant flux as IT platforms and technologies are supplanted by newer (and hopefully better) options, or as my interests and job duties change.  read more »

IF YOU READ THIS COLUMN REGULARLY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT there is something of an inverse relationship between an application's size in megabytes and my enthusiasm for the software. Big, bloated, overly complex apps just annoy me.  read more »