Comment Re:Woot! I got one of those developer spots. (Score 1) 298
Yep, I'm in too! I don't know what to make with the kit yet, but I hope it's going to feel like tinkering with an electronics kit from the 1980's :)
Comment Off site backups (Score 2) 260
I think the most important thing you can do for your small company is to research and implement an off-site backup solution. Find one strikes the right balance of cost versus privacy/security for the business sector that you're in. So if you're using the Mac as a central place to back up the employees individual computers, or if you've made it the place where everyone saves all their files, that's a great first step. But it needs to be augmented with off-site backup.
I have seen too many examples of small businesses losing all of their data to theft or fire. I don't mean I'm reading about them on the web, I mean I hear these stories in person. I'm honestly amazed at how many times this happens, and having central backup or central storage alone isn't enough to mitigate the dangers.
Good luck, and happy Googling!
America's Cubicles Are Shrinking 484
Hugh Pickens writes "In the 1970s, American corporations typically thought they needed 500 to 700 square feet per employee to build an effective office, but the LA Times reports that today's average is a little more than 200 square feet per person, and the space allocation could hit a mere 50 square feet by 2015. 'We're at a very interesting inflection point in real estate history,' says Peter Miscovich, who studies workplace trends. 'The next 10 years will be very different than the last 30.' Although cubicles have shrunk from an average of 64 feet to 49 feet in recent years, companies are looking for more ways to compress their real estate footprint with offices that squeeze together workstations while setting aside a few rooms where employees can conduct meetings or have private phone conversations. 'Younger workers' lives are all integrated, not segregated,' says Larry Rivard. 'They have learned to work anywhere — at a kitchen table or wherever.'"
Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 238
We all say "vote with your wallet" all the time. Apparently, a lot of us did.
Yep, I paid $20 just now, so that I could hopefully raise the average price if only just a tiny little amount, and also wanted to count my vote in the stats under "Mac"!! I probably won't play any of the games myself, but I'm sure my kids would love to get into World of Goo.
Comment Show me the demo!! (Score 5, Funny) 157
Too bad he doesn't want to show an online demo of this, I was kind of getting used to being able to try out these kinds of exploits in my own browser. Call me masochistic.
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