January 2006 - Eric Wise

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  • What happened to "Don't Be Evil?"

    **UPDATED, I misread my previous source, it wasn't child pornography but pornography accessible to minors** So let me get this straight. It's being reported that Google has given into China and is not only censoring its search results but also outing people that could possibly be arrested by the chinese...

  • Wireless Keyboard / Mouse Combo

    I gave the microsoft line of wireless keyboard/mouse combo a shot a few weeks back and I just wanted to say that I ended up returning it. It states that you should keep the receiver "8 inches away" from any sources of interference. I moved the receiver all over the desk in varying distances and I just...

  • Dealing with Recruiters

    I often see a lot of posts on newsgroups and job boards about recruiters. Are they useful? Will they give me a fair shake? Why should (or shouldn't) I use them? I have used recruiters off and on throughout my career so I figured I'd share a few tidbits about what to expect and how to cope. Bad Recruiters...

  • Review :: The Mythical Man Month

    I had the opportunity to pick up The Mythical Man Month the other day when I was visiting the local Borders and I must say that this book literally drips truth. Many of the essays resonated with me at a very deep level, oftentimes pointing out reasons for pain in software projects that I had experienced...

  • Favorite .NET 2.0 BCL Features

    I was over at the Cleveland .NET Special Interest Group meeting on Tuesday and the presenter talked about some of the new stuff in .NET 2.0 and the Base Class Library. It got me to thinking about what my favorite new additions have been thusfar: 1. Generics- hands down, they rock. 2. String.IsNullOrEmpty...

  • You never know who you're dealing with

    In customer service, it's important to make sure that you treat all customers with respect... you just never know who you are dealing with. Case in point. A friend of mine is a high ranking IT person at a school district. He has a personal Nextel phone which was going to be replaced by one that would...
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