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What people hate about IT pros

Impatience, arrogance, and jargon - for starters…
Cara Garretson has more:
“You’ve got to keep it simple,” says Heather Clarke-Peckerman, president of HCP Consulting Group, a career coaching firm in Parsippany, N.J. “Most users aren’t interested in the how [technology] works. Just show me what to do, how do I get out of this dialog box?”
She recommends […]

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Market Forces vs. Traffic Jams

Here’s an interesting application of networking technology:
Eliminate traffic jams by tracking cars with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips and Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking (like OnStar).
How would that reduce traffic jams? You would monitor peak traffic levels at bottlenecks and then charge drivers a higher toll in order to give them a reason […]

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What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is one of those phrases which we’re hearing a lot about currently. Everybody says they’re very excited about it but do they really know what it is? Will Sturgeon has more.

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