By Charlie Sodano, on August 13th, 2010
Media for Learning
It wasn’t that long ago when the only books to read were printed on paper. Electronic books have been around for more than 15 years, but only recently have caught on with the public. Try to remember the last time that you read a one of two pages that was hand written. [...]
By Charlie Sodano, on July 16th, 2010
Why are People Afraid of Change?
My entry into Records and Information Management came about when I got an assignment about 20 years ago to bring new technology into my company. I soon discovered that scientific breakthroughs were good, but the potential to run your business better and faster, with less manpower, via business process management [...]
By Charlie Sodano, on June 18th, 2010
Signatures and the Law
When a person writes his name, that is his signature. However, this is a relatively recent development in human history. Beginning around 3 BC, documents were authenticated and made somewhat tamper resistant with wax seals that were imprinted with information that identified the author. Signatures were usually made with a [...]
By Charlie Sodano, on March 26th, 2010
The Fight for Space
I’m sure most of you have run into a situation that I’m facing. I bought a new laptop 2 years ago with a 90 GB hard drive. Actually you only get 88+ GB of usable space out of this kind of drive. I could have bought a bigger drive, but remember [...]
By John Trigg, on March 9th, 2010
Portable electronic information devices
There’s not too many days that pass without someone telling me about the latest app they downloaded to their phone. Many all of these apps are for entertainment and a few are for helping to manage information more effectively. Don’t get me wrong. I love these apps too. But [...]