John Milan posts that Enterprise IT should give up the idea of the perfect intranet and instead live on the web, giving British Petroleum as an example:
Instead of IT edicts, employees were given the responsibility – including a budget – to build and configure their computing needs. Instead of issuing rules, BP began issuing a Computer Driver’s License. A BP employee was given an increased role in managing and protecting their desktop environment, from keeping anti-virus software current to being responsible for licensing practices. In turn, IT was able to reduce its overhead and turn on the internet full time instead of maintaining an intranet/internet duality.
Do you trust yourself and the people you work with?
Pete Cashmore says Ron asks some inane questions, revealing in the process that he has pretty much no knowledge of tech, but this video seemed entertaining to me. You be the judge.
I spent hours today playing with the new Google My Maps. You can plot locations, lines, and shapes. You can embed pictures and videos. Check out the map of our Trip to California!
If you visit our blog often you have probably noticed we like YouTube a lot. Lately our comments on YouTube have been a bit flaky, sometimes they show up and sometimes they don’t. Of course with any system there are glitches, and I’m sure before long YouTube will have this fixed. If not we will be in search of another good online video hosting site. Anyone have suggestions for sites other than YouTube to host videos online?
It shouldn’t really be called QuickVPN because it’s not all that quick. I setup up one of these today, and these are the things you should keep in mind if you are going to be setting one up.
1. QuickVPN software does not work on Vista – and I have been told there is not VPN software that will work on Vista with the RV042 at this time (don’t know if this is true)
2. If you call Linksys technical support Level 1 always sucks and they don’t even know QuickVPN is not compatible with Vista, always insist on being elevated to Level 2 support after they show the first sign of stupid. If you keep insisting they will send you on up to a competent person.
3. If you are using QuickVPN software all you need to configure under the VPN section is the VPN usernames and passwords (no Group VPN). Make sure you check active, then export your certificate from the router and save it in the QuickVPN program directory.
4. On the Firewall tab disable Block WAN requests
5. Change MTU to 1400
6. Most Important – upgrade the router’s firmware before you start (the one that came with mine didn’t work), and download the latest QuickVPN software. You can find both here .
7. Don’t forget to breathe, these routers are a bit irritating to setup, but not bad once they are working.
It didn’t make Sense. In the past couple of days I got over 35 comments on my YouTube videos, mostly Carp Water Duck. Then I tracked it down. The clip above was the second featured video on YouTube’s Home Page, and Carp Water Duck was the first related video on that page. If someone went to Carp Water Duck, they could click on ten other clips by us. So if you put out a lot, sometimes an accident can cause Unexpected Returns.
Driving down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, I got an idea for some Brand Hacking: We would set up a YouTube Channel for short 30 – 60 second videos that we would shoot for Free. The channel could focus on Resorts or Restaurants or Bed and Breakfasts or whatever. For those who wanted a more in depth presentation, we would offer Premium videos of one to two minutes. We’ll use this Freemium Business Model in Arkansas, then California.
