As far as operating systems go, I really dig Windows 8. The only thing is this; the most terrifying screen ever known to man:

Helpless. When it comes to computers or technology, that one word describes more people than would ever admit to it. In my experience, this applies to almost all corners of technology be it product development for a public audience, private in-shop development, or a mix of both.

Still Smilin'.

On 9 February, Microsoft finally let loose with the Surface Pro.

Over the years, I've experienced several different flavors of project management and management software. Some of those experiences were exciting and made work fun (as fun as work can be) and others were exhausting and extremely difficult to sell to my peers. To a degree, the ability to 'sell…

With the Christmas holiday passed and New Years coming up, I wanted to take a bit of time and reflect on balancing priorities.

As I discussed in DOing with Social Media, a recent post on the Tracky blog, the varying flavors of social media have different target audiences and end points.

Looking back at Microsoft's track history, Windows 98 (code name: Memphis) was a huge success. Building on the Start button interface introduced by Windows 95, Windows 98 hit home by adding (functional) hardware and software support, and dipping into the first integrations of web technologies (IE 4.01, Outlook…

"Social Media Explained" provides a great tongue-in-cheek explanation of the communication options available to us--a list that is growing each day. Each of these services provide an amazing stage communication and interactivity with varying audiences and reaches; however, they focus on the message, not the action.

I've been working in "tech" for over 15 years now and I still love it. I don't believe that there are many out there that can honestly claim they love what they do after so long.

I'm finally taking the time to replace the domain redirect and house my blog, prototype site, and other fun toys over at http://drlongnecker.com.

With a laptop, work computer, and home computer, I find setting up and syncing configurations takes quite a bit of time even after initial setup.

While I build things out, I'm going to do a bit of chronicling. It's also to have a decent length blog post to test formatting, layout, and such. Might as well be multi-purpose and ... well, sorta useful.

Well, back to blogging! I've had a huge list of things I've wanted to blog, but I wanted to get things migrated away from WordPress before I dug into the articles.

After over a decade with the Wichita Public Schools, I'm starting a new adventure with fantastic folks at Tracky. I'm looking forward to the journey and opportunity to work with and learn from a fantastic team.

Since I spend most of my day in the console, PowerShell also serves as my Excel. So, continuing my recent trend of PowerShell related posts, let's dig into a quick and easy way to parse up CSV files (or most any type of file) by creating objects!

Oh look, starting off with a disclaimer. This should be good.