March 2011
1 post
Nikon D7000
If you want to get serious about photography, grab the best bang-for-the-buck digital SLR out there at the moment. The Nikon DSLR D7000. Comprehensive reviews here http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond7000/ and here http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7000.htm
Recommendation: Buy a Nikon D7000 if you are into photography.
January 2011
3 posts
Fitness
If you want to get fit, http://www.reddit.com/r/fitness is your one-stop shop for a ton of knowledge and motivation. Make sure to read the FAQ listed on the right side of the page and check in once a day to see what new topics are being discussed. It really helps to keep you going.
Recommendation: Get moving and use Reddit’s Fitness sub-reddit to reach your goals.
1 tag
The Personal MBA
At the moment I have a BS in Business Administration with plans to one day get my MBA. In the mean time, I read. One book that is hot right now, and that I highly recommend, is The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman. I’ll leave it to you to find a summary and reviews but if you are interested in business topics, Josh’s books bring together a ton of information into a no-nonsense compendium.
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Mobile Business Intelligence
My company has used a BI app called Q4bis for several years. It is great for slicing and dicing cubes in a web browser but I’m looking now to put mobile BI in the palms of my senior executives.
It turns out that MicroStrategy, a long-time player in the BI field, has apps for Apple and Blackberry devices. What’s more, they have apparently for quite some time been...
August 2010
2 posts
Online Backups
As a father, my photos and videos of my daughter are some of my most valued possessions. As an IT person, I am intimately aware of how often hard drives crash. At work, I have designed comprehensive disaster recovery plans and backup systems. Yet, for my personal computing uses, I have always been lazy about backups. Not anymore; preserving my family memories is just too important.
I did buy an...
July 2010
2 posts
iGoogle
Okay, this is a simple item that many people know about but I’m just doing this to get my feet wet. I have a feeling I’m going to post simple things for a while and then get more advanced; I just don’t want to leave anybody out in the lurch. If you want a good homepage, make sure to click iGoogle on the top right of the Google.com and set that as your browser’s home page....
Introducing my new blog... again
Greetings,
My name is Brian Pozar and this marks something like the sixth time that I have attempted to create a blog. Maybe Tumblr, which thus far seems very cool, will finally provide enough impetus to keep me going beyond the first 2-3 posts. If I can get into a habit of regular posting, that would be a huge milestone (if you are reading this a year from now, you’ll know if I succeeded...