Glyn Meek's Most Recent Posts

Ever wondered why some people in an IT organization get promoted to vice president, and other seem to just get stuck at a certain level?

Those of you with school-age children or grandchildren MUST read this blog. I have often bemoaned the fact that Twitter, Facebook and their like have given 'the mice' a voice, but now we have finally crossed over the sanity barrier.

With the proliferation of applications now available on mobile phones, I did a little research and came up with these novel and invaluable apps. Insider (registration required)

Your booming, high-tech start-up can quickly start to fail if you hire the wrong types of people, and once going downhill, it is difficult to turn it around.

I always though that the people who wrote programs back in the 70s were much better than those who write them today. Perhaps I was wrong ... who knew?

If you have ever worked for, or wanted to work for, a high-tech start-up, there is one golden rule that you should follow to ensure maximum job security.

Eventually technology overtakes even the best of us. Here are some of the ways you can tell if YOU are past your prime and need to hang up your coding pad ... especially if you know what a coding pad actually was.

I thought the Web meant INSTANT access to information. Why then do I have to watch 30 seconds of an ad, and then 2 minutes of some vacuous TV anchor person JUST to find out a single word's worth of information?

Our once vaunted 'technology lead' is rapidly disappearing and our education system is failing us in preparing for the future. I have seven suggestions for fixing the problem.

As a long-time programmer, I always cringe when I see some of the totally unrealistic screens 'images' that are used on computers in TV shows.

At last I can announce a device that will FINALLY make violent video games as realistic as life itself!

When I worked in corporate IT, I think that probably 80% of my time was spent in 'meetings' of one kind or another. I grew to loathe them, but then I developed a whole new interest.

... Last time I gave an example of a truly atrocious consulting engagement. This time, a more general set of seven points of advice that ALL 'business' and 'strategic' IT Consultants should pay attention to.

How many of you have ever spent thousands of dollars hiring a STRATEGIC IT consultant, only to NEVER use their suggestions or conclusions? More of you than are willing to admit it I fear! Insider (registration required)

After the government, the high-tech world MUST be the worst offender in coming up with a constant stream of new and utterly incomprehensible acronyms.