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People are irrational when it comes to computers and sound, and doubly so when the computer is running Linux. Learn how to stay calm and make sound work for you.
The ffmpeg video editing command, explained in detail by an industry (both the Linux and the film industries) professional.
A look at the Linux desktop over the course of 10 years.
A slideshow featuring five tips for avoiding common pitfalls in negotiating cloud SLAs. January 2015. My first piece for InformationWeek.
Why survey customers if you’re not going to directly act on what they tell you? September 2011.
Netflix-like customer-service surveys — consisting of but one question — miss the bigger picture. August 2011.
Sentiment analysis — linguistic sentiment analysis on social media content, in particular — has the power to predict the future. Part of a point/counterpoint. My first piece for All Analytics. August 2011.
Researchers predict that “2024 is the end” for NAND-based SSD tech. From February, 2012.
Despite what Europeans and big banks have to say, EMV is far from perfect. My first piece for Enterprise Efficiency. December 2011.
Phoenix based Symple PC, which offered refurbished “web workstations” running Ubuntu for $89, has evidently ridden off into the night of no return. Since at least August 24, the company’s website has said the product is “No Longer Availabe,” although the website remains operational.