http://www.fourthwc.com E-Commerce and LAN Solutions Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:06:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Big Picture Dave's Economic Assessment - April 2009 Index Executive Summary Undisputed Facts Not Quite Undisputed Facts The Good News My Opinion & Predictions What Must be Done Best Case Scenario Worst Case Scenario Most Likely Scenario Recommended Reading Handy PDF ... http://www.fourthwc.com/being-nothingness/2009/04/the-big-picture.html Expertise & specialization make their home in a niche One of my favorite things about the Internet is the phenomenon of the long tail. Basically, the barriers are down and it's led to an incredible explosion of content & commerce. Shelf space is no longer a consideration, so retailers can afford ... http://www.fourthwc.com/being-nothingness/2007/06/moroccan-home-furnishings-find-their-place-in-the-long-tail.html Troubleshooting: in computers, no one can go very long without being forced to do at least rudimentary attempts, but I've found few books or other resources that help teach the mental process. After almost two decades of working with computers, since my first IBM XT at the ripe age of ... http://www.fourthwc.com/pcs-technology/2007/03/failed-hard-drive-anatomy-of-the-trobleshooting-process.html Kinesis saves your wrists single-handedly with a goofy looking keyboard Call it what you like - RSI (repetitive strain injury), carpal tunnel syndrome, or good ol' "keyboarder's bane". Everyone who types much for very long should at least be thinking about it. While I'm sure we've all heard the horror stories ... http://www.fourthwc.com/reviews/2007/01/the-best-keyboard-in-the-world.html Ways to ferret out the root cause As with any web hosted environment, response time and performance are a major issue. I would say the entire SAAS industry (software as a service) will have to deal with this problem for the forseeable future. Only Google seems to have figured out how ... http://www.fourthwc.com/netsuite/2006/12/netsuite-tip-diagnose-slow-loading-pages.html Now i'm not the first to predict that soon we'll be seeing pcs with an operating system made by Google, and there's still quite a bit of debate on the topic. Officially Google denied it, but in such a vague way that it's not even an answer. For those of ... http://www.fourthwc.com/pcs-technology/2006/12/the-google-pc-oh-its-coming.html A Google Co-op based engine that searches NetSuite resources Last week Google annouced yet another great new feature: the ability to create you own customized search engines using Google Co-op. Of course the first thing that sprang to mind was to create a search engine for the NetSuite web developer. To ... http://www.fourthwc.com/netsuite/2006/11/announcing-the-first-netsuite-customization-search-engine.html Offsite Disaster Recovery Made Cheap and Easy Backing up important data has always been one of those things most people don't think about until it's needed and too late. Any good network admin will consider this an important area to address, but are often given insufficient funds. In the end, backups ... http://www.fourthwc.com/pcs-technology/2006/09/carbonite-online-backup-reviewed.html Search Dominance in Your Grandma's Internet For almost as long as I've been aware there was a Google, I've heard people foretelling its imminent demise. Historically this is a smart bet when it comes to search engines - Over the short lifetime of the World Wide Web, quite a few search ... http://www.fourthwc.com/pcs-technology/2006/08/why-google-wont-be-jumping-the-shark-anytime-soon.html Details of a Netsuite Customization Project One of the projects I've been working on lately has gone live, and I like to annouce these things when relevant. In particular, this project highlights a number of lesser-known Netsuite customizations and techniques that the do-it-yourselfer might find interesting. DNA Worlwide: DNA and Paternity ... http://www.fourthwc.com/netsuite/2006/08/customized-netsuite-site-launch-dna-worldwide.html