Jon DiPietro is Domesticating IT

Three Reasons Why You Need to Own Your Personal Domain Name

48% of respondents to the Online Footprint Survey did not own their own name – here are three reasons why you must.

Spreadsheets: Use at Your Own Peril

Approximately 90% of all operational spreadsheets contain errors. Most of these are cases of hammering a nail with a banana; using a database would be a good start.

4 Communication Tips for Avoiding “You Lost Me At ‘Hello’”

Effective communication requires taking responsibility, attracting readers, hooking them early, and making your ideas memorable.

Backup Horror – Jeff Atwood’s Blog Goes Poof!

The Coding Horror blog is lost – backups and all! The lesson here for the rest of us mortals is to remember that in the end we are responsible for our own data.

The Fatal Flaw In IT Security

“There is no such thing as 100% inspection.” The problem is, many IT departments do not understand this concept and are deluding themselves into a false sense of security that they are in control.