Q:
My keyboard needs to be cleaned badly! Can you give me a guide on how to get the job done?
A:
Just follow these four steps for basic keyboard cleaning.

First of all, you'll want to turn off your computer and unplug your keyboard.

1.) Turn your keyboard over and try to shake out any loose particles. This part can be pretty gross, especially if you tend to eat at your desk.

This is what greeted me a few days ago on my visit to Latham, NY.

I’m on my way to Lansing Michigan, but I was so impressed with the people I met at the Vertafore offices and the users that attended the event. I did my presentation “All about computing and the insurance agent – Attention Deficit Disorder Edition.” This was more about me talking about a lot of different topics.

I hope to see you at the NorEasters Vertafore Users Group in Windsor CT. I’ve attached the agenda. Hope to see you there.

Everybody knows that patching is important. Microsoft comes out with security releases and bug fixes all the time. However, especially within the insurance industry, those patches need to be tested. This is why we don’t deploy a patch until we first see that the patch doesn’t cause any problems to existing software. This is an old article which explains the 10 rules of patch management but the principle remains the same.

Frankly, I think if you need a poster to motivate you in the morning, well I am not that person. But, I do like these demotivational posters. One of my favorites is one of a sinking ship "It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."  But there are many others that are just simply hillarious. And if you call them to order one of their posters or calendars you will get a demotivated person on the phone.

I saw three new and interesting products at the show. One is Worksmart which I've recently seen a demo of. It works with both 360 and Sagitta and will connect with both online and in-house versions on the respective products. However, for now, Worksmart is only an in-house product. Basically Worksmart sits on top of these management systems to do image scanning through the included Imagewrite product. It has built in workflows and document management characteristics. In English what this means.

Much to my surprise Snoop Dog joined me for the flight back to L.A. If you want to see a pic of his bodyguard, I think his name is Tiny, click here.

I have to say that Bongo works. It went down once, but I’d say it’s as reliable as my home Internet. But this is the the idea that you can steal. I find that sitting in a buckled seats makes me 10 times more productive. Maybe some enterprising entrepreneur could design that and make millions. Great for the ADHD husband.

In SuperFreakonomics they discuss Oncologists and the fact that chemotherapy does very little for some types of cancer patients. If you want to read an excerpt click on this great article. It turns out that not only do Oncologists have lots of incentives to believe that Chemotherapy works. They want to believe that they are helping people, they want to believe that they are good doctors, and they have a financial incentive to take the chemo drugs.