Leonard Nelson

Social Search Engine vs. Knowledge Search Engine

Leo Nelson — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:05:18 +0000

FB IPO day and the river of news floods with everything and anything about FB.

Which search engine would you rather use for FB IPO information, the social search engine or the knowledge search engine?

Multi-Level Marketing Stalking

Leo Nelson — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:39:35 +0000

I’ve talked about my feelings with regards to companies like Quixtar and Amway. A friend forwarded an awesome quote by Dean and Laura Vandruff regarding what’s wrong with multi-level marketing (MLM) and multi-level marketers (MLMer):

What goes unnoticed to the MLMer is that when the neighborhood is turned into a marketplace, something precious is lost… which is not easily regained. This aspect of the MLM experience should not be underestimated, and the reflective reader would do well to think twice about the value of friends, family, community, and church fellowship before joining or continuing in an MLM.

Playing DVDs on Windows 8

Leo Nelson — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:24:35 +0000

Paul Thurrott on Microsoft’s decision that no version of Windows 8 will include DVD/ Blu-Ray playback capabilities.

Microsoft should just put both Media Center and DVD playback in the box, and suck up the costs. Period.

A step above the rest

Leo Nelson — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:31:07 +0000

First-class air cabins - interesting that no American airlines made the list. Different priorities?

When I get my inbox to zero, I’m like

Leo Nelson — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:04:57 +0000

When I get my inbox to zero, I’m like and other great start up analogies.

Top 10 IT Security Lessons

Leo Nelson — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:43:43 +0000

Tripwire has a great list of 20 of the best IT security lessons ever learned. Below are the top 10 of my favorite tips from the list:

Security must enable business, not prevent it
Work with people. Don’t fight them
Problems first, then solutions
Teach the basics again and again
To get respect, you’ll need a few shots fired at you
Think like an attacker
Backup your data…away from the data source
If it’s online, you can’t be certain it’s private
Record as much activity as you can
Security is everyone’s responsibility

Windows and Nook Sitting in a Tree

Leo Nelson — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:07:22 +0000

Via Washington Post:

Microsoft will make a $300 million investment in the subsidiary for an approximately 17.6 percent stake. Barnes & Noble will own about 82.4 percent of the subsidiary, which has yet to be named. The companies say the subsidiary will help to speed the transition to e-reading. Barnes & Noble sells the Nook e-reader. The Nook app will make Barnes & Noble’s catalog of e-books, magazines and newspapers available to Windows customers.

Guess the Microsoft – Barnes & Noble lawsuits are history?

Bernard Pierce to Baltimore Ravens

Leo Nelson — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:22:50 +0000

Mike Gibson on Bernard Pierce’s selection by the Baltimore Ravens:

He’s got great vision, a sick burst to the outside, terrific moves in the open field and has the ability to punish tacklers and fall forward for an extra five yards at the end of every play. Ravens play Eagles in game two. If Pierce starts, I’m not betting on the Eagles that day.

Meeting Strategy

Leo Nelson — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:26:13 +0000

At Hunch, we don’t have meetings unless absolutely necessary. When I used to have meetings, though, this is how I would do it: There would be an agenda distributed before the meeting. Everybody would stand. At the beginning of the meeting, everyone would drink 16 ounces of water. We would discuss everything on the agenda, make all the decisions that needed to be made, and the meeting would be over when the first person had to go to the bathroom.

via The Free Thinker: Caterina Fake of Hunch.

Skydrive – Firing on all cylinders

Leo Nelson — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:14:52 +0000

Do I really have to read multiple pages to understand my storage limits? Why do other people’s files count against my storage limit? Why does my upload speed slow down? Why do I get gobs of free storage but have to pay to sync my desktop files?

via Making personal cloud storage for Windows available anywhere, with the new SkyDrive – Building Windows 8 – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.

Start your private cloud. Download your Skydrive apps.