Goodbye, 2008. Hello, 2009!

I just want to wish everyone a very happy 2009.
We all know that 2008, as all leap years tend to be, wasn’t the easiest or calmest of the years.  From our debt-happy lifestyle finally catching up with us and causing a world-wide economic havoc, to losing our loved ones and friends — in short, things [...]

PSC wins the 2009 Lotus Award in the Philanthropy category

I am very excited to announce that PSC is the winner of the 2009 IBM Lotus Award in the Philanthropy category.
The IBM Lotus Awards honor companies who have dedicated their time and energy to building innovative solutions using IBM Lotus software.  The Philanthropy category recognizes a Business Partner who has developed and deployed an effective [...]

Why do I care what email client you use?

When Ed Brill posts an entry like one from December 13 (Link), it sparks too much thought in my head to fit it all into a comment.
It’s almost 2009, why are we still fighting over what email client a user wants to use?  Email is ubiquitous, that’s what standards are all about.  POP3 or IMAP [...]

What Mac applications are a must-have?

As a brand-spanking new Mac user I found myself a bit at a loss.  I knew what applications I always use on a Windows machine: there are the standard IM clients, MS Office, OneNote, Visual WebDeveloper Express, etc.  But what should I use on a Mac.  Jim, the same Jim who was the cause of [...]

Me — a proud Mac user

What started as an idle curiousity question on November 17th if Apple ever has sales, thanks to Jim, responding with this Link to AppleInsider, ended as a trip to my local BestBuy store.  Long story short, I walked out of the store carrying an all too sexy little box labeled Macbook.  It’s been 2 weeks [...]

Lotus Notes advertising on Google

I just couldn’t resist mentioning this..
So I was reading an email from one of my clients in my Gmail account.  The email mentioned Lotus Notes and Google, of course, obligingly put up some relevant advertisement along the right side of my screen.  The only ad said something about France Telecom signing with Lotus for some [...]

I am a US citizen

Well, almost…
I successfully passed my US citizenship interview.  I correctly answered 6 civic lessons questions, demonstrated my ability to read, write and speak English, and proclaimed my willingness to bear arms to defend the US of A.  All in all, this was a rather anti-climatic experience.  Not sure what I was expecting — the ghost [...]