text: Blogging is hard. Okay, the typing isn't the hard part, it is taking the time required for critical thinking. I needed to experience the life of a blogger for a variety of reasons, but mainly to bring all my thoughts in to one place. I figure some posts will be a swing and a miss, others, to the fence. a Today, its hardly even a… Read More »Blogging is Fundamental
  QR Code, a Symbol of Change
  Welcome to my QR Code.
  If you are online or read some popular print media, you have likely come across a cryptic symbol like one of those above, and maybe you have wondered about it? It might even look like some sort of bar code you see on packages from the USPS or FedEX, so why is it on webpages and blogs, and even my Sunday sale papers and advertisement? Ladies and gentlemen, meet the 2D world of the two-dimensional matrix Quick Response (QR) barcode.
  This bar code was created by Japanese firm TDenso-Wave in 1994 for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, the QR code has become one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes, and in a broader context. What makes it unique to the everyday user is not the fact that it takes a QR barcode reader to understand it, but the mere fact that most every person with a smart phone has a QR code scanner built in. Or have the ability to download a QR scanner app for free.
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  Cloud Computing, You are Probably already doing it.
  Imagine the amount of fat, bloated programs that hog your computer's storage and it only seems to grow. Or those wonderful digital cameras and digital video images you have been collecting for the last couple of years. And you wouldn't want to forget about videos, podcast and other rich media that you just want to hold on to like a digital packrat. So much so that it seems we have to yearly buy larger hard drives, more memory sticks or add portable storage devices to hold all our files like the 21st century version of a time capsule. When it comes to an organization, especially a large one, those costs in hardware and software all translate to money. Well along came Cloud Computing and unless you have been paying close attention you may have never heard the term, but you might have been doing it for a number of years.
  Cloud Computing is best explained as IT capabilities offered as a service. The Cloud is a long-used word describing the Internet, but when used with Computing some believe the term is not often understood. To add further confusion, Cloud Computing is similar, but distinctly different from another concept called Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). In comparing the two, an April 2008 Gartner report differentiates the two as "cloud computing refers to the bigger picture…basically the broad concept of using the internet to allow people to access technology-enabled services. SaaS is software that's owned, delivered, and managed remotely by one or more providers."
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  Twitter Dictionary for new Tweeters
  Essential Twitter Dictionary
  Social Media Breakfast, Killeen
  American Advertsing Federation
  If you were at today's Central Texas's AAF meeting, I have posted a link to the briefing used for the presentation, feel free to use it for your overview. It is here: Please tell us what you thought of the event! a http://bit.ly/eOxymh
  "In the digital age, knowledge is our lifeblood. And documents are the DNA of knowledge."
  -–Rick Thoman, CEO, Xerox
  In recognizing the way that the operational Army approaches knowledge management one must acknowledge that where you are at in Army Forces Generation (ARFORGEN) will drive your activities and focus at any given time. When you begin a life-cycle, usually at the conclusion of a operation or deployment as of late, knowledge workers are traditionally gathering observations and best practices, archiving and cataloging good ideas and what worked best, and improving on the processes that did not quite work so well. It is then when equipment (and people) are "reset," new soldiers come while old soldiers go, and new and overhauled equipment is issued.
  During the Ready phase is when the knowledge worker is sharpening their axe and helping the unit to prepare. New equipment is integrated and processes are evaluated. Staffs and operators are trained, standard procedures are developed and drills are established. Units begin checking with their deployed counterparts for possible changes and adjustments to their standing procedures while new and emerging doctrine is review and incorporated in to routine activities.