Yearly Archives: 2012

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VideoConferencing for Idiots

I'd talk about this new product even if we didn't sell it.  Videoconferencing has long been stymied by the fact that it's actually hard to use.  Some of that has been the state of the technology, and some of that has been the inability of videoconferencing vendors to make their products actually usable.  So it [...]

By | 2017-09-12T11:22:53-05:00 July 31st, 2012|Bob's Blog - The Blob|Comments Off on VideoConferencing for Idiots

IT In Chunks

One of the challenges in running an IT shop is finding time in the day to actually do your work. Most of our clients are pressed for time, and their workdays stretch on and on into the evenings. One answer is to make as much of your IT base nonstop, so that there are no [...]

By | 2017-09-12T10:59:17-05:00 May 21st, 2012|Bob's Blog - The Blob|Comments Off on IT In Chunks

A Little Bombshell from Apple and the FCC

FOLKS--You may have missed it, but Apple recently introduced the concept of e-books. They said that the plan to introduce e-books, and that no e-book will cost more than $16. They're also making their e-book development environment open to people who want to write and publish e-books. So Apple has just legitimized this embryonic business. [...]

By | 2017-09-12T10:59:38-05:00 February 26th, 2012|Bob's Blog - The Blob|Comments Off on A Little Bombshell from Apple and the FCC

A Technical Nightmare?

So this is the absolute first time I have ever posted anything on a Blog.  Not really sure where to start or what to say other than the purpose of this is to shed light on technical issues and inform our customers (and anyone else that cares) about them.  The hope is that the information [...]

By | 2017-09-12T09:45:24-05:00 January 29th, 2012|The Technical Blog|Comments Off on A Technical Nightmare?

Apple Does It (To You)–Again

Well, Apple has announced support for electronic textbooks, legitimizing this embryonic business. iBooks Author is a free software app for Mac's that will help authors create and publish their own e-textbooks. They're also broadening iTunes U by adding apps that allow professors to create full online courses with assignments, books, quizzes, and syllabi. And Apple [...]

By | 2017-09-12T10:59:49-05:00 January 28th, 2012|Bob's Blog - The Blob|Comments Off on Apple Does It (To You)–Again

A New World!

FOLKS-- It's probably fitting to be a little grandiose on this, the first Bob Blog (BLOB) of our revamped website, and paint the world with a large brush. So here goes... We here at MXN see a huge paradigm shift afoot, comparable with the seismic shift from amber-and-green terminals in the late 1970's and early [...]

By | 2017-09-12T09:39:27-05:00 January 24th, 2012|Bob's Blog - The Blob|Comments Off on A New World!