Scott Lowe

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‘The Daily Show’ is back!

7 January 2008

Waaaay off topic…
I just got through watching the first episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  Jon was unscripted and didn’t have writers.  Although it was obvious that he didn’t have his writing team, I think he did a great job.  I tend to watch and listen to the news on a very regular [...]

TechRepublic blogs

6 January 2008

I originally created this site as a place to post random musings or other topics that might be of interest to the IT crowd.  However, shortly after setting up my blog, I was invited to be a regular contributor to some of TechRepublic’s blogs.  I’ve written articles and tips for TechRepublic for a long time [...]

It’s happened… I bought a Dell

19 June 2007

Since the beginning of time (ok, since the beginning of the current technology age), IT pros have prided themselves with their ability to pick just the right components and build the world’s most powerful system.  These folks read the latest reviews on AMD vs. Intel overclockable processors, find the fastest RAM, and pick hard drives [...]

Disappointed… Veridian loses key features

11 May 2007

Before I start, let me say that I like Microsoft’s products a lot.  I’m rolling out Exchange 2007 and SharePoint 2007 in my organization, and am working on a plan to deploy Office 2007 at some point.  That said, Microsoft is a pretty huge place.  Why can’t they ship something intact?  For example, even though [...]

My absence

3 March 2007

In looking at the logs, I’ve actually gotten more people looking at this stuff than I had anticipated.  I’m very happy to see that!  When I set up this blog, I had intentions of keeping up with it a whole lot more than I have.  I have been embroiled in a number of writing projects, [...]

IT & condescendence

14 January 2007

The Information Technology field is filled with people who have the attitude that, because they know a whole lot about technology, they are better than or smarter than the average user.  What it really boils down to is this: We all have different skill sets.  I work in a college.  I doubt that the Dean [...]