@Duffney Have at it! It is how Daniel Petri did it—

• http://www.petri.co.il/
• http://www.petri.co.il/author/daniel-petri

Check the WaybackMachine to see how it had evolved over the last fifteen years.

@fiyafly It is a business maturity component. Documentation fits into several larger pieces such as DR (disaster recovery) and BCP (business continuity planning). Another way to view it is not having documentation is a risk. Senior business management needs to accommodate the risk level accordingly (i.e., BCP which trickle down).

Having things streamlined helps reduce duplication of effort. Duplication can be by multiple people, or the documentation existing in multiple systems (e.g., printed docs and the change control system). Time is always a notable constraint

Reasonable ways to assess documentation satisfaction level is:

• during a periodic review (annual is preferred);
• when a new employee comes on board;
• when an experienced employee separates; and,
• when bad things happen.

Triple constraint concept and good-fast-cheap apply to the quality and effort applied to documentation—

Could see a use for those in regulated industries (clinical care, finance, etc) seeking to access their restricted resources.

@scottalanmiller @dashrender @justrob Russinovich pushed out an update to psexec last week—

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553

As usual, he doesn't say much about it (or even announce it). Assumption is it smooths interoperability up to Win8.1

@scottalanmiller But, but .... Wikipedia's map is perfectly clear—

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

Not a podcast, but using—

• http://www.thegreatcourses.com/

Basically, these are re-packages university lectures from inspired professors and enthusiastic about their subject.

Time Machine (TM) is an awesome feature. Goes with a common reason to have a Mac, "paying in advance not to have problems". Has moved from the "backup for people who don't do backups" (OS X 10.5) to much more (OS X 10.9).
Get it muddled on which version intro-ed which feature. The Mavericks TM iteration can now—

• Backup FileVault2 encrypted hard drives
• Have the backup itself be encrypted
• Have multiple TM mount points (say, one at the office and one at home)
• Boot from a TM backup should the Mac's main hard drive fail

Few annoyances—

• TM kicks in every hour > can be adjusted with 3rd party tools or tweaking via Terminal
• Should have it skip things like VMs, i.e. large files which change frequently but are better done another way
• Setting multiple TM mount points is less clear than desired

Big take-away, do have a second TM mount point, if possible. Not all that different than a business: live copy; on-site backup; and, off-site backup. Hard drives are cheap & all that (~$150 for TB external?).

@IRJ FUD, licensing, and time to migrate are probably the big detractors.

Got to keep in mind Office2003 is sunsetting, too. Server 2003 isn't far off (next year). Surprised how often Server2003 comes up in tech groups. Cringe inside every time I see it.

fwiw, going through and surviving these migrations are a good thing for the resume and job talks.

@scottalanmiller Certainly different in electronic form versus paper. Convenience factor of digital is very cool, but still got the hard copy need in my bones. Won't make me go through the sadness having to purge antiquated books (WinNT anyone?). Like ePub's ability to change text characteristics. Had to use a hard copy book for a class last year which has the most visually aggravating typeface & size I've ever had to endure. Classmates conceded it was bad, as well.

/rant

One Austin, TX, company lost 20 people—

• http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/03/09/0251210/20-freescale-semiconductor-employees-on-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight

@joyfano Aside from AF447, there are others—

• http://time.com/18358/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-disappearances/

These things ought help keep human humble in we are still learning, things can happen very fast, and technology is not perfect. Best thoughts for those missing family and friends.

Thanks for pointing these out. Most are already accessible via Safari Books Online, fortunately.

@networknerd
@Dashrender That approach. Pushed, but no alerts. Check it when convenient or needed. Could set alerts for VIPs (SO, family, etc), haven't been compelled to that just yet.

Always liked OCZ, good to see they are still crafting interesting product.

New CEO. Have got to tighten up operations and product lines. Wonder what the new world vision looking 5-10 years ahead is for them.

@Hubtech If already in the iPhone way of doing things, makes sense to stay with it for consistency. Size works for me, using a tablet when something bigger is needed. Device selection depends on personal preference and work style.

Danielle's comment of pocket size is apt, as have a few folks losing their oversized phones as they don't fit in a pocket, are put down, and forgotten/lost.

@Bill-Kindle Bill's right, it is popular in schools. Topic comes up a bit in the SW areas. Wins out over competitors (Pharos, Equitrac, etc).

@Bill-Kindle Heard about it. PDF spec has many cool features....which can also be used for malevolence as PDF virus trend has shown.

Good to see the 3D bits actually implemented.

Also—

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format#Standardized_subsets_of_PDF

@deniskelley @scottalanmiller It was Slashdotted. May just be one course to put the "massive" in MOOC—

• http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/03/08/2258208/2400-introduction-to-linux-course-will-be-free-and-online-this-summer

Is the wired port working?

Assuming this is the Mint/Linux box, launch Terminal and type "ifconfig -a". Looking for a "wlan0" (probably) if the wireless is installed as hoped.

Related, http://www.tecmint.com/ifconfig-command-examples/

@Joyfano VirtualBox gives an area to play with different OS and configurations. Such as, CentOS guest while using the preferred MInt host. Similarly, can explore Ubuntu, Knoppix, Kali, Backtrack, or other distro. And! Break them. Snapshot to go back-forth with changes. All sorts of goodness.