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NetworkWorld: DST: Change goes smoothly, though most IT shops still on lookout for glitches
It does indeed look like the DST changeover went well for most people. For once, however, the geeks get revenge; they may have lost countless hours of sleep, but finally, their work ensured that an hour of sleep was lost by countless people.
Metzger, for example, began preparing for the daylight saving shift in October when he and his team began updating dozens of Java virtual machines, a task that was particularly tricky because of the wide variety of Java Runtime Environments.
"We had our big push last weekend, which required the restart of every production server, database and application to apply all the patches for the new [daylight-saving time] rules, with double the staff we allocate for typical maintenance events," Metzger says. "I also had additional management staff on hand to make sure all went smoothly."
If geeks ever need job security, they should start lobbying local governments to lobby for DST changes…
New York Times: Study says computers give big boost to productivity.
Money spent on computing technology delivers gains in worker productivity that are three to five times those of other investments, according to a study being published today. But the study also concluded that the information technology industry itself was unlikely to be a big source of new jobs.
Yeah, right. You look up the history of a company on Wikipedia, three hours of distracted clicking later, you're looking for which British actor was the second Doctor Who. Actually, who was the second Doctor? Hartnell was first, then… hmm… I know the third was Jon Pertwee… darn it, I'm going to have to look this up now…
Anyone who understands how to leverage todays [sic] technology to increase intelligence, productivity and efficiency; anyone who stays up nights working to get better at what they do; anyone whose job is their life - is a geek. These are the most important asset your company has. For this reason, its [sic] important to give geeks what they want.
Geeks Want Apostrophes!
Actually, that was a bit mean-spirited and pedantic of me (and it's not like I don't have a litany of apostrophe, comma, semicolon, and umlaut mistakes of my own); but the points made in the article are pretty sound, and I (editor Brian Boyko) am personally lucky that NetQoS follows most of them closely.
