by ezs | May 4, 2006 | blogging, evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
Novell today changed the inernal policy governing how employees use the internet.
One massive change for the good:
Personal websites, weblogs and other forms of online discussion are encouraged, and Novell respects employees’ use of them as a medium of selfexpression.
Obviously as a public company Novell requires that no confidential or proprietry information is posted. Novell has an ethics code that all employees are required to agree to (and electronically sign).
A good policy.
One interesting part it seems like my small print has been quoted directly in the policy š
by ezs | May 2, 2006 | travel, Uncategorized
I’ve blogged before about the various airports offering ‘free WiFi’ to customers – this is generally a great service.
Chicago O’Hare is rolling out a new wireless service in the public concourses – run by Concourse Communications this is billed as ‘Wifi Zone – A Concourse Network’ – and the all important word ‘BETA’.
I’m in the United terminal; near gate C5 waiting to wait list to an earlier flight to Salt Lake City.
I’ve got ‘good’ signal on my wireless NIC; but the service sucks. It’s slow, unreliable, disconnects – I get better throughput via GPRS on my cellphone.
City of Chicago – while this is beta make sure it’s free! Concourse Communications – fix it – this is truly the worst public WiFi I’ve had to use in a long long time. I can’t believe people pay money for this. I’m certainly asking for a refund.
[As an aside – I’ve not had problems with T-Mobile Hotspots in the United Red Carpet Club lounges]
by ezs | Apr 30, 2006 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
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Some light relief from the ongoing debate on management consoles – a real blast from the past – from the days of SYSCON.
Here is SNIPES. Itās fifteen years old this year.
You can download your own copy of SNIPES from Novell – itās part of the NetWare Lite 1.1 update. Now doesnāt that make you feel warm, fuzzy and old.. Just download and run the NLSNIPES.EXE binary. 18k of DOS goodness.
Written at: Draper, UT.
by ezs | Apr 28, 2006 | blogging, evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
I blog a lot. Here, on my family web site, on Novell Cool Blogs.
Grania is also blogging – on the same family website – and also on ‘Bad Mothers Club’. Sounds bad doesn’t it – but it’s a UK centric mums forum site. It’s all good fun.
by ezs | Apr 26, 2006 | Uncategorized, ZENworks
Several articles on this blog have referred to the Cool Solutions Wiki – http://wiki.novell.com.
If you have not used a Wiki before – you may wonder what this weird and wonderful sounding thing actually is.
Iāll try and give some background – and finish with a plea for content!
Written at: Toronto, ON, Canada
Put simply (again – quoting Wikipedia – itself a wiki)
A wiki (IPA: [‘wi??.ki??] or [‘w?.ki??] [1]) is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit all content, very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing. The term wiki is a shortened form of wiki wiki which is from the native language of Hawaii (Hawaiian), where it is commonly used as an adjective to denote something āquickā or āfastā.
The Cool Solutions Wiki is a central spot for all of that āother important informationā that should be shared across the community. Sometimes created by Novell people; most often by you – our customers, partners and developers.
The content is as good as the community. Like one large āpot luck mealā – if we all bring something good weāll have a feast. The vast majority of wiki sites become the body of knowledge for the broader community – Iāve already plugged Wikipedia – but other sites as diverse as the WordPress Codex to Science of Spectroscopy use the Wiki structure to facilitate rapid and broad information sharing.
Sounds like a public information film eh? All very co-operative and liberal.
Take a look at the Novell Cool Solutions Wiki – and think for a moment. Do you have a morsel of information that can be shared? Can you spare a minute or two to jot it down.
Iāll especially plug the ZENworks part of the site – Iām just writing a lab guide or āCook Bookā on ZENworks 7 Linux Management. Iāve also created a āCall for Contentā – where you can take the lead and start sharing your information. Itās a work in progress; a living body of documentation.
Let me know your comments, feedback and whether the Cool Solutions Wiki is useful. Iāll see if I can whistle up some āEvil ZEN Scientistā T-shirts for the best few articles that get written as a result of this post. Bribery always works.
Written at: Toronto, ON, Canada
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