Archive for November, 2005:

How to subscribe to a blog

{ Posted on Nov 29 2005 by annegentle }
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Using my own blog as an example, natch, I've written instructions on how to subscribe to blog feeds What do I do with that RSS button? Well, you need the "Tivo for web pages," which is an RSS reader ...Read More »

This lightbulb can tell you when it’s out

{ Posted on Nov 23 2005 by annegentle }
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Talking about notifications on systems that matter, and going beyond notification to action Here's a light bulb that can send your cell phone a message when it goes out. Think about it - you could generate a ...Read More »

What’s driving CMDB adoption?

{ Posted on Nov 18 2005 by annegentle }
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Talking about the top three reasons people say they're working on implementing a CMDB According to Network World, in this CMDB adoption: What some numbers tell us and why article, they have found three top drivers or ...Read More »

Delayed report from the BMC Forum about Discovering Configuration Items (CIs)

{ Posted on Nov 17 2005 by annegentle }
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Observations on discovery technology based on sitting in on the BMC IT Discovery Suite presentation at last month's BMC Forum Tools for discovering your IT assets are a new area to me, so if I get the technology all ...Read More »

Specifications are important, or are they?

{ Posted on Nov 15 2005 by annegentle }
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Lately I've seen several good articles or tidbits about specifications and was surprised to see some hatred for them You know, specs. That short little list of things that is supposed to be the technical description of a product. ...Read More »

How do you evaluate software?

{ Posted on Nov 10 2005 by annegentle }
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Discussing one evaluator's perspective and looking for other evaluation methods I use Google Answers for research questions on occasion, by typing in some keywords and then browsing through already-asked or already-answered questions. I believe you could ...Read More »

Reading IT-related blogs

{ Posted on Nov 09 2005 by annegentle }
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What are you reading on IT blogs? Ever feel like you have 100 channels but nothing's on? I'm definitely feeling that way about television. Now that I have a TiVo®, though, my television viewing is sharply focused ...Read More »

Darwin Information Typing Architecture – DITA (dih tuh)

{ Posted on Nov 04 2005 by annegentle }
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Roundup of the DITA reading I've been diving back in to lately Here's a rough grouping of some interesting articles I've been reading about DITA implementations lately. BMC has explored DITA implementations for both mainframe and distributed ...Read More »

Exploring Geocaching

{ Posted on Nov 01 2005 by annegentle }
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Back to the heart of this blog... exploring I want to write more about exploration, and specifically, I want to talk about Geocaching. Ever heard of it? Basically it's like a high-tech scavenger hunt using GPS (Global ...Read More »