Tips to Help You Prosper on the Internet
A quick list of a few things I’ve learned over the years about how to use the internet wisely. It’s a wild place, and you can get hurt.
Testing is a Critical Part of Software Development
Testing your applications, code, programs, web sites, and so on can make the difference between success and failure. So test your applications thoroughly.
Our disaster recovery project
At Trader Joe’s, we decided to create our disaster site in-house. We started the project in 1994 and expected it to take about six months. Boy, were we naive! We were so confident, so sure of ourselves – and we had absolutely no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Purpose of the project The first thing to do is decide what you are trying to accomplish. Well, since our company is located in Southern California, our primary purpose was…
419 Scammers and Their Malicious Intentions
Scammers are everywhere, and their nefarious plots can seem quite real. Sometimes they can be very hard to spot. Protect yourself and don’t fall for them.
Death, The Internet And Taxes: Tips To Avoiding Internet Dangers
The internet is a dangerous place and, if your computer not adequately protected, and if you don’t follow some simple procedures, you are at risk.
Shhhh… Listen! Do You Hear The Sound Of Cookies?
With all of the rhetoric about cookies many people don’t understand that these little text files were invented for a reason. In fact, cookies were created to solve the internet’s equivalent of Alzheimer’s disease. Web sites do not remember who they are talking to! The web was designed to be simple and straightforward. You (a browser such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox) ask for something (video, image, text and so on) from a web server. The web server obediently…