networking
What Cisco Doesn’t Want You to Know – ADTRAN’s Router Performance Results
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gillette. All opinions are 100% mine. I had the opportunity to speak with the Director of Marketing for ADTRAN over the weekend. If you’ve not heard of them, you definitely [...]
Take Time for You When Traveling
I stumbled across this video on my friend Chris Brogan’s new Man on the Go website. Chris travels a lot for business, and has gathered a ton of travel tips, tricks and ideas along the way. He’s also begun embedding videos created by others to help guide you in your travels. This particular video was [...]
Ning Services Will Remain Free for Educators
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the disappointing news from the Ning camp. The service had announced that they will be suspending their free service, and only offer paid-for services in the near future. There has been a lot of discussion and rants floating around the web regarding this sad turn of events. [...]
Do Computer Majors Mean Anything Anymore?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The job market is always changing. Computer program majors often find themselves having a tough time after graduation. It may sound insane due to the number of computer-related fields that are are there. Much of it depends on where you live, [...]
You Need a Thick Skin to Participate Online
Earlier, I read a thread on Geeks about Trent Reznor, the Nine Inch Nails frontman, deleting his Twitter account. Trent embraced Twitter quite awhile ago after discovering what an amazing outlet it can be. He quickly recognized the excellent means of communication Twitter provides. He helped raise over a million dollars via Twitter for a [...]
Geeks Getting Out and About
Yes, it’s true. I have yanked myself out from behind my monitors, and have been venturing out around the town recently! I have been attending a few local meet-ups, as well as some other fun social gatherings. Who knew I could enjoy something like that!? I’m not a rock concert kind of guy. I don’t [...]
Can a Company Take Social Networking too Far?
Word on the street is that Best Buy is now requiring applicants to not only be on Twitter – but to have at least 250 followers, as well. When I read this, my mouth hit the floor. In effect, the company thinks that hiring people with a large Twitter following will garner more business for [...]
Is There More to Life than Gnomedex?
After today, it feels as though Gnomedex is my life! I’m not complaining, though. We’ve been quite busy getting things ready for all of you to descend upon Seattle in just a few short weeks. We announced some ticket price drops today, in the hopes those of you hit hard by the economy may be [...]
Gnomedex Questions and Answers
I received an email from Nicole, a lady who is considering attending Gnomedex this year for the first time. She recently started a business based in New York, and had some questions about the conference. The questions are very good ones, and I decided that others may benefit from the answers, as well. What is [...]
What Do You Need to Know About Social Media?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Social Media can be confusing for people who aren’t yet a part of the sphere. Where do you start? What should you join? Social Media is something that has wormed its way into our daily lives, and become an integral part [...]
Who Are You on Twitter?
http://twitter.com/chrispirillo – I was quite surprised to fire up a Web browser and check out my “Twitter Grade” (which I’m sure doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things, but it’s still an interesting statistic to know – considering just how many people are using Twitter these days). Turns out, I’m in the Twitter [...]
Free Network Tools for Troubleshooting
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Josh is joining us once again from solarwinds. We always have a great time when we get together to give all of you tips and tricks – not to mention great deals on excellent software! Be sure to check out what’s [...]
Apple Airport Extreme Base Station Review
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – Since my Linksys router fried itself last week (with no clear explanation as to why), I decided to take this opportunity to see what all the fuss over Apple’s Airport Extreme Base Station was all about. I took my $100 iPhone [...]
