Curt Finch


How Your CellPhone Threatens Sarbanes-Oxley!

This audio interview with the CEO of ADV-Group , a Read story

Prototype.js - Making AJAX easier

AJAX is a web programming methodology where you can make any webpage behave more like a client application...  Read story

Online Education - Smarten up the easy way

I recently had the opportunity to take an online public speaking class from a local company here in Austin, Thinkwell .<...  Read story

It's Time For Fireworks!

July 4th is just around the corner and - not to rain on your pary - but there are folks who are starting to show concerns about how to make those py...  Read story

Spying on the Spies

For decades I've been observing the progress of technology. In the balance of power between the individual and large powerful organizations, it has...  Read story

IT and HR need to work together

IT people and HR people don't always get along in small companies. In working with our customers I've come to the following conclusion: The leade...  Read story

Automated School Bells

Every once in a while I run into another CEO who seems like he's on to something. The other night at a speaking engagement I ran into just such a ...  Read story

HP and EDS - a match made in ....

What does a hardware company do when hardware becomes a commodity and margins dry up? Just what IBM did several years ago when they bought Price-W...  Read story

Google and IBM!: It's Happening!

Last week my partnership director, Amanda, connected with the leadership at IBM Partnerworld and had the pleasure ...  Read story

How HiTech designs happen at Apple

This is my favorite description of the difference in philosophy between how Apple and Microsoft design things. First here's how Read story

Using Time Tracking Data to Avoid Recessions

If you have enough time with your small business to prepare before the recesssion hits and you're not in dire straits yet, whether a recessi...  Read story

Linux vs. Windows

My company sells employee time and expense tracking software . It is an application that turns your machine into a web ti...  Read story

Small business health care answers

Someone's gonna get elected soon and be our new president and when the issue of healthcare in America comes up these days you hear one of 2 points of view...  Read story

The Market that is not a Market

The Fed has worked through JPMorgan to rescue the enormous, ancient and eminent Bear Stearns brokerage from bankruptcy by intervening in the marketplace t...  Read story

IT Project Failure Rates

The Standish Group's 2004 Chaos Research report provided the following statistics on IT project failures: "71 percent of IT projects are either ou...  Read story

Ladies Torture Tech Focused Kid Lover

Can you write your own biography in 6 words or less? I worry about my wordiness. It turns out 6 words can tell a story and Read story

Avoiding Surprises When Choosing a Hosting Facility

In this article, Scott Whitney explains how to avoid getting put in a bad situation when you have to figure out Read story

SaaS, SAS70, and Firing Your IT Guy

Installing software is becoming passe'. Increasingly people are finding what they want out there on servers on the internet. But how can you be sure you...  Read story

Coffee on steroids

Every once in a while you try a new product on a whim, and you wonder if it really should be legal. Stok is...  Read story

Microsoft&Yahoo vs. Google - nobody wins.

I predict the score will be Microsoft - 0, Yahoo - 0, Google - 0, and you - 0. All of Google's revenue comes from pay-per-click (PPC), 99% of it o...  Read story

RFID is invading the universe

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are appearing everywhere, from bottles to seweres to prescriptions to sugar. Read story

Why people build instead of buying

There are many reasons why managers today fall into the trap of building software solutions in-house. * Management often views its employees ...  Read story

Hiring online with Monster, Dice etc.

My company, Journyx , is looking for a marketing person and ...  Read story

Book Review - Alan Greenspan

Alan Greenspan's book " The Age of Turbulence " is unemotional. He te...  Read story

Kindle is Kool

My book is now available on the Kindle, which Read story

Debt Crisis - for your weekend reading

This is the best explanation I've seen for mortals of what's really going on with regards to thi...  Read story

Google View

Google View is a new addon to their mapping system that allows you to see what a street looks like in 3D. You can see people and shops and cars and house...  Read story

Corporate Giving - Better Than A Beachtowel

Every year Google gives me a present. Google likes me. It might be because I'm such a great guy, but more likely it's because my company, Journyx, spends...  Read story

Personal Genetics

Here's the stocking stuffer you wish you'd gotten. For $1000, 23andMe will decode your DNA from a saliva sam...  Read story

How to get a CS degree in half the time

A CEO friend of mine in Virginia pointed me to a new concept in university education. In order to get a bachelor of science in computer sci...  Read story

How to discover YOUR COMPETITOR's web traffic

Ever wonder how your website stacks up against your competitors? Ever wonder how your subsites are performing? ...  Read story

News Flash - Vista Hacked in China

The arms race between the pirates and Microsoft continues with the latest Vista hack that creates a Read story

Linux training for free

If you've ever wanted to know more about Linux, you'll like this. A teacher out there has put all his Read story

A novel marketing approach

A friend of mine running a small software firm here in Austin recently made a bold statement: Everyone's sick of marketing. They'r...  Read story

Meeting Room Madness

Many law firms have this problem, as do large companies. You have 10 meeting rooms and scheduling them correctly, avoiding conflicts, and ge...  Read story

SEO Magic for FREE!!!

If you want to improve your web rankings for keywords that are relevant to your business, you first have to know where you are. Here is
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Are you a big fat hog?

If you sit in front of a computer all day like most knowledge workers, consider thi...  Read story

Dictator in the machine - How Apple does it...

How does Apple continually come up with things that just look better, feel better and sound better than everybody else? Read story

Getting old and ... forgetful?

I am. The drugs are coming soon though according to some research published in Nature r...  Read story

Makeup For Men?

My colleague went to the IBM Partnerworld conference in St Louis last...  Read story