Feb 2nd, 2009 - This morning I awoke to read news headlines declaring the worst snow the UK had seen for some 13 years, with reports of thousands of minor accidents and major motorway networks grinding to a halt. In London the public transport system collapsed, with London Buses, Underground and trains all being... (Read More)

Oct 30th, 2008 - Every so often the idea of an IT worker's union or lobbyist group comes up, but it appears most people in the tech sector are opposed to the idea. Business partners Jack Edwards and James Smith understand, and say they have a solution: the International IT Worker's Group (IITW). Edwards says... (Read More)

Oct 17th, 2008 - I'm probably a disgrace to my gender for saying this but I think the new study showing women in IT face "significant barriers to advancement" is a bit overblown. According to research conducted by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, the situation is so bad that nearly 30% of women... (Read More)

Sep 8th, 2008 - Attention bosses: Tom Brady's knee injury in yesterday's New England Patriots game against the Kansas City Chiefs is going to cost you. According to a survey by outplacement company Challenger, Gray and, Christmas Inc. employers will cough up $9.2 billion dollars in lost worker productivity due to... (Read More)

Aug 22nd, 2008 - When sysadmin Terry Childs went off the rails in San Francisco a few weeks ago and deliberately locked down the majority of the city's network, no one should really have been surprised. As most IT professionals will tell you, it was bound to happen sooner or later. InfoWorld took a fascinating... (Read More)

Aug 21st, 2008 - According to a recent survey by WorldatWork, the number of employers that offer remote working options have risen 40% in the past year. On the surface, it seems like it's the ideal arrangement, however telecommuting is one of those ideas that looks great on paper but doesn't always work well in... (Read More)

Oct 2nd, 2008 - I want to get to the impact of the current economic crisis on tech workers, but first a word on U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen, who engineered the mammoth $700 federal bailout of Wall Street with your tax dollars. And your kids' future tax dollars, and their kids' future tax dollars. I've... (Read More)

Oct 31st, 2007 - Yesterday I laid out the risks and rewards of investing and trading stocks online. As I said, it's easy to do and actually kind of fun, but like going to Vegas, you have to be able to walk away from the table if you're losing money. To help you avoid that, if you really want to start... (Read More)

Oct 30th, 2007 - My friend and I were texting each other about the Red Sox World Series rout the other night -- way to go Sockies, how to beat 'dem Rockies! -- and, both being Boston natives, were having a grand old time. My pal won some money on the Series and had a strange question for me. Or maybe my friend... (Read More)

Oct 3rd, 2007 - Study after study shows that Americans just aren't saving enough for retirement. Part of the problem is that, as a nation, we have taken on so much debt that we're using our savings to pay it off. The other is that, through the miracles of modern medicine, we're going to live a lot longer and thus... (Read More)

Jul 11th, 2008 - I have an iPhone on my desk. Don't get excited, though - you'll have read a number of accounts of difficulties getting hold of them in the UK, and they're right. I have one on my desk because mobile phone company 02's media relations department kindly sent it over so I could have a look at it... (Read More)

Apr 23rd, 2008 - If you’re developing applications for MySpace or just thinking about it, the social networking company has made it easier to get the word out about and popularize your apps. An update to the fledgling MySpace Developer Platform released last week lets app builders add messaging and posting... (Read More)

Oct 15th, 2007 - A study of some 800 workers in the UK, conducted by HP with the help of The Mind Lab, compared working environments to see what impact it made upon productivity and health. The experiment was headed up by cognitive neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis, and involved the creation of a 'battery office'... (Read More)

Apr 20th, 2007 - According to a Wall Street Journal report the huge crash that left thousands of American Blackberry users without web or email connectivity for ten hours, or ‘a lifetime’ as most of them described it, was caused by a simple, non-critical software upgrade that just had not been tested properly... (Read More)