26 August 2010

Cisco Cius – That’s Not Innovation, It’s ME TOO.

So Cisco “announced” the Cius Android tablet. It’s not innovation. It’s just a cheap knockoff that’s easy to do.

Has IT Certification Become Nothing More Than a Racket?

Has IT certification become nothing more than a racket? Something I heard this week made me really start to wonder?

Rant: Deleting My Facebook Acount – Done

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I have had serious concerns about Facebook exploiting my information for some time. Their drive for growth and to make money from their captured audience has seen them move over the line of what I regard as acceptable behaviour into unethical behaviour.

Rant: It’s a Yes / No Question & Cisco IOS Software Licensing Hell Begins Here

For Crom’s sake, answer the question. Who let the marketing people write this stuff!!!

OH, AND Cisco IOS Software Licensing hell starts now. I’m calling it.

Rant: Brocade Requires Login & Service Contract to Access Foundry Manuals

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So, I’m working on some Foundry gear and I’d like get access to some manuals to learn how Foundry works. Except they are hidden behind a login for valid service contract holders. Whats up with that ?

Rant:Cisco – Masters of the Networking World – What’s That on Your Home Page ?

Is Cisco’s home page a complete FAIL today ? Or is that just me.

Rant: People Are Not Valuable or Why I Don’t Attend Office Parties

I am often asked to attend parties with my co-workers for people who are leaving, Christmas or team parties. Then I realised how little it really mattered and got on with my life.

Rant:Why Is the IEEE All About Secrecy ?

I’m not happy that IEEE hides much of the meeting and discussions that progress the standards that affect all of us. Why does it have to be a secret ?

Rant:Cisco Networkers Virtual – Its Bad, Very Bad.

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I went to Networkers in Barcelona last year and got a login to the Networkers Virtual. Frankly, what a pile of utterly misguided marketing hype. It’s unusable and not fit for purpose.

Rant:My Growing Dislike of “Cross Marketing”

I purchase a new product / thing / software. I delight in opening / using / starting it for the first time. Then, an advertisement spews up for a related product. Lousy douchetards, if I wanted that, I would have bought it.

Why Does This Remind Me of Putting FCoE in My Network ?

This photo reminds me of networks that I have worked on. FCoE anyone ?

Rant:D-Link Hijacks Your Internets – In FIRMWARE

Ubersource points out the D-Link router/modem firmware forces you to go their website and receive spamvertising about security software. You have to login to the router, go Advanced and OPT OUT to stop this. This is very poor practice. Opt-out is NEVER ACCEPTABLE, and using a piece of hardware that is fully paid for to [...]

Rant: Certguard in Computerworld – Go and Register Your Disgust

Certguard have been mentioned in a Computerworld article about exam cheats. Please go and leave a comment to show how disgusting that Certguard, who falsely accuse people of cheating, have been used for comment.

Managing and Technical Life – Reprise

Give the amount of misinterpretation from my previous post, let me expand my hypothesis a little further.

Rant:Managing Is Easy Compared to Technical Life

Not everyone will be a good manager, but very few people will ever be a good, I mean _really_ good, technician or engineer. You should be willing to pay for that.

Rant:New Logos ? Tasteless Rubbish

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When I first heard about the logos, I thought, fair enough. Now I have had a closer look, and taken a few days to think about it – they are rubbish.

Rant: I Loathe Voicemail, Its Disruptive and Inefficient

Its hard to describe how disruptive voice mail can be to an organised engineering day. The idea that someone can leave a message which requires me to undertake a further action (usually without confirmation) is anathema to being organised and getting things done.

Rant: F5 LTM and GTM Doesn’t Do External AAA Authorization

F5 BigIP LTM and GTM does not have any user authorisation capability for administration by Radius or TACACS. Can you believe that? They have been producing F5 BigIP software for more than a decade and I cannot believe that customers have not been asking to provide external user authorisation. To compare, I have just been [...]