I’m a fan of Seth Godin and his book Linchpins and I saw an example of how one individual celebrated some of the linchpins within their organization with physical ones! I thought that was neat. So, how are you celebrating your team mates and co-workers?

Temperature monitoring and alerting on a small budget – sounds good, right? In our small office, we have four servers, switches, a telephone system, and several UPS units in a small wiring closet.  I need to make sure that I know if the closet starts to overheat, but most environmental monitoring systems are targeting the [...]

You would be hard pressed to find someone who loved coffee and also loved paying $2.50 (at least) for a little cup of it every day. Coffee is an art, a lifeblood of many and a great pleasure, but $2.50+ for a small cup of it can be ridiculous. Sure, there are those times where [...]

I literally LOL’d.

We’ve already noted how we’re fans of Google Apps and the robust number of features that is offered at minimal cost (free)! One of the features that we started using just a little while ago was the ability to create user groups for easier communication. For example, we created a “Staff” email address and “Team” [...]

It’s so easy to get lured by the latest and greatest technological bauble. Oh how they sparkle! Or to find opportunities to leverage a great product with, what is perceived to be, the perfect problem. Over the years, I’ve been caught in this trap. I’m searching for the perfect solution for my actual problem and [...]

Keyboard, Mouse, & Video (or KVM) Switches aren’t what we’d call new technologies. Though they’re still useful (in fact, I have one in a drawer beside me right now), but I don’t know how common they really are in the home. Still , it’s not terribly unusual to have a couple of machines running side-by-side [...]

This is pretty neat stuff if you ask me. Joel Lingenfelter shows us how they created a simple way for volunteers at their other sites to create a wireless network that connected to the main campus via VPN. Check out this video walkthrough:

It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally here: Google Voice is now open for business without an invite! Thank goodness, because I, for one, have loved the use of Google Voice, even if the auto-transcription service still has a little to be desired. Is this something that you would suggest your ministry team [...]

We wrote about OpenVBX, an open source phone system, the other day and one commenter (thanks Ben!) noted another system that I wasn’t familiar with (but am now!). Enter FreePBX, a free phone system for businesses (and ministries)! Here’s what they say: FreePBX is an easy to use GUI (graphical user interface) that controls and [...]