How to open up device manager on windows in 2 steps
Windows + R to bring up the run command. Type devmgmt.msc and hit enter.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Finally got my network sorted
With the internet being the life blood of IT, after upgrading to fibre, I spent an afternoon crawling beneath the house pulling cables putting RJ45 sockets in every room in the house. This way my internet speed is guaranteed to be much faster than wireless. I could have upgraded my router to a more enterprise… Read More »
Minimum Viable Product in Reality
Everyone has a slightly different take on what constitutes a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) but one thing is for certain, if you are selling an MVP product, you have to create a baseline that everyone can agree upon. Otherwise, you’ll end up with different expectations.
Outlook 365 will control your mobile phone
So you have Microsoft 365 and you want to link emails to you mobile phone. Did you know that typically it will have the ability to: – Erase all data – Set password rules – Monitor screen-unlock attempts – Lock the screen – Set lock-screen password expiration – Set storage encryption – Disable the camera… Read More »
Complexity and Simplicity in Design
“To achieve complexity one must master simplicity”. In any system, the building blocks are so important and this is reflected in nature all around us. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. DNA the building blocks of cells and all living things. Elements of the periodic table the building blocks of the matter that… Read More »
Does anyone else hate typo’s?
Ok, so we’ve all been guilty of making spelling mistakes. I’m no exception but it just doesn’t look good. Here is one from the Slingshot website. The good old ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’.
Meeting Mr Thomas Power
I had the privilege to meet a social media expert yesterday by the name of Thomas Power. I wasn’t really into social media but Thomas turned that concept on it’s head. It seems like nowadays you cannot ignore social media. Thomas then laid down the challenge. 70 is not going to be easy. Many of… Read More »
Random Linux commands that I have used
find libblkmaker | wc -l This counts the number of files and folders in a directory. wc stands for word count. -l prints the number of lines. | pipes the results to the wc command. find libblkmaker -type f | wc -l If you want to count just the files, add the criteria -type f.… Read More »