Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Justin Ryan
Bad things happen to good people — it’s sad, but it’s true. When life’s woes come along, it’s important to have the right people in your corner. Unfortunately, far too many people wait until after a problem arises to put together the support team they need.When I started my first business (as a tech consultant), [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by Justin Ryan
So, you’ve been taken in by my endless praising of the Firefox browser. Or, you found it on your own and decided to give it a spin. However it happened, you finally made the plunge and installed the greatest browser ever. Now you need to know how to use it. Fear not, the answers [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Justin Ryan
I don’t particularly like banks. I hate identity thieves. I really hate it when I can’t tell the difference between the two.
This afternoon, my office phone rang. It was an 800 number that I didn’t recognize. When I answered, there was a recorded message identifying it as Chase, my bank, and requesting that I call [...]
Posted on September 15th, 2007 by Justin Ryan
Today is Software Freedom Day 2007, the fourth annual celebration of the free and open source movement. In honor of this, the holiest of Free Software days, I bring you a list of the best free software, to free you from the greed and gluttony of the big software giants.Free and open-source software provides free [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2007 by Justin Ryan
The blogsphere is abuzz this week about deceptive practices at social networking site Quechup. Apparently, the site is using customer’s propensity to scan and the tendency to rely on similar experiences in order to create a massive spam campaign.
Several dozen bloggers have posted apologies in the last couple of weeks after Quechup scammed them and [...]