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Tech Comics: Technical Relief By Oliver Widder | News Article Published May 3, 2013 Sometimes projects get cut unexpectedly. Sometimes that's a good thing. Tech Comics: Windows Glass By Oliver Widder | News Article Published April 12, 2013 What happens if you cross Google Glass with Windows Blue? Tech Comics: Developers and Managers By Oliver Widder | News Article Published April 5, 2013 Sometimes developers have to speak in very simple terms to make sure they're understood. Tech Comics: 'Those' Glasses By Oliver Widder | News Article Published March 28, 2013 The right pair of glasses can truly change those who wear them. Tech Comics: "When Batteries Go to Die" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published March 19, 2013 When it's time for them to expire, where do batteries go? Tech Comics: "Schizophrenic Coders" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published February 1, 2013 Some types of programming require developers to truly challenge themselves. Tech Comics: "Important Tech Concepts" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published January 25, 2013 Amid the many highly complex tech advances, what's the most commonly used? Tech Comics: Cell Phone Good News, Bad News By Oliver Widder | News Article Published January 11, 2013 Life with a cell phone is expected to get quite bit better. And worse. Tech Comics: "Latency (And Love)" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published December 14, 2012 Lag time from network latency can have unexpected effects. Tech Comics: "Version Control" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published November 9, 2012 Okay, now exactly what number version are we on currently? Tech Comics: "Don't Worry (It's Just a Geek)" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published November 2, 2012 Tech Comics: The Cold War By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 26, 2012 Not all of the adopters of agile have had great success with the technology. Tech Comics: "Tech Job Interview" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 19, 2012 Today's tech job applicants need to be ready to give the right answers. Tech Comics: "Computers in the Good Ol' Days" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 12, 2012 Desktop computers were once rather different machines than they are today. Tech Comics: "The Facebook Effect" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 5, 2012 Social media enables us to all too much about one another. Or does it? Tech Comics: "Wireless Relationships" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published September 28, 2012 The connection in certain personal relationships can be as touch-and-go as a poor wireless signal. Tech Comics: "Initial Testing" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published September 21, 2012 A complicated tech procedure always starts with a test. Tech Comics: "Quantum Physics" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published September 14, 2012 Quantum physics can be far simpler than it first appears. Tech Comics: "Spam Folder" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published August 31, 2012 Talented geeks have a way of ignoring what they don't want to hear. Tech Comics: "Java Developers" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published August 24, 2012 The lives of Java developers include some constants amid the continual change. Tech Comics: "Windows 8" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published August 17, 2012 The Windows 8 emphasis on mobility may present a challenge to some users. Tech Comics: "Teaching Object Orientation" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published August 3, 2012 Imagine an object much like a thing in the real world.... Tech Comics: "Bring Your Own Device" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 27, 2012 The penalties for using your own mobile device for work purposes can be quite severe. Tech Comics: "Message Box" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 20, 2012 The in-box of a geek's messaging system can take many different forms. Tech Comics: "Pavlov" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 13, 2012 Ask a tech expert to document a given technology and the response is typically Pavlovian. Tech Comics: "The Facebook Effect" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 6, 2012 Facebook enables people to know more about us. Or does it? Tech Comics: High Availablity Computing By Oliver Widder | News Article Published June 29, 2012 There's more than one way to maintain the five 9's of high availability computing. Tech Comics: "In the Computer Museum" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published June 15, 2012 Kids in the future will be amazed when they look back at our gadgets. Tech Comics: "DIY" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published June 8, 2012 A real life example that defines the tech term DIY. Tech Comics: The Freemium By Oliver Widder | News Article Published May 18, 2012 On the Internet, sometimes free doesn't mean completely free. Tech Comics: "Before 3G Wireless" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published May 11, 2012 In earlier times, wireless signals didn't move quite as fast as they do today. Tech Comics "The Smartphone Reflex" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published May 4, 2012 People check their smartphones in the most unusual situations. Tech Comics: "The New Developer" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published April 27, 2012 A developer who's new on the job should read the documentation. Or not. Tech Comics: "The Apple Family" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published April 20, 2012 A family of Apple users needs to take a basic step before buying yet more Apple gear. Tech Comics: "Microsoft Office" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published April 13, 2012 While certainly a popular tool, the famed Office suite does produce its moments of pique. Tech Comics: "Software Code Review" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published April 6, 2012 Some software developers find ingenious ways to deflect blame for coding problems. Tech Comics: "Old Geeks" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published March 30, 2012 As geeks age, their preferences in gadgets tends to change. Tech Comics: "Zeno's Paradox" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published March 23, 2012 Your computer's progress bar may reflect Zeno's paradox. Tech Comics: "The Internet of Things" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published March 16, 2012 What happens when your very own coffee machine acts like a longtime Web user? Tech Comics: "(Romantic) Decoupling" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published March 9, 2012 What happens when system architects speak the language of love? Tech Comics: "When Geeks Divorce" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published March 1, 2012 Oh goodness, how are we going to split the hardware? Tech Comics: "Why I Love Apple" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published February 24, 2012 Apple's product cycle just keeps on churning. Tech Comics: "Tech Fumblings" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published February 17, 2012 Dealing with new technology can put users in an "almost there" frame of mind. Tech Comics: "Groundhog Day" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published February 10, 2012 When geeks confront the dreary task of documentation, the nature of time seems to change. Tech Comics: "Daydream of a Tech Salesman" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published February 3, 2012 Tech salesman have daydreams just like everyone else. Tech Comics: "One Day They Will Yell Back" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published January 27, 2012 If a piece of software frustrates you, did you attempt to communicate with it? Tech Comics: "Coding is an Art" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published January 20, 2012 If you don't get it, you're not looking at it in the right way. Tech Comics: "Developers and the 2012 Apocalypse" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published January 13, 2012 The Mayan calendar suggests that an apocalypse is due this year. Is a recently heard developer comment the first sign of impending doom? Tech Comics: "Love and Terms of Service" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published December 16, 2011 The Terms of Service agreement you agree to for software is lengthy and obscure, but what about for love relationships? Tech Comics: "Geeks and Holidays" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published December 9, 2011 Geeks shouldn't plan on taking too much time off over the holidays. Tech Comics: Geek at the Eye Doctor By Oliver Widder | News Article Published December 2, 2011 Eye doctors need to use a special chart to treat a geek. Tech Comics: "Apple's Siri on the Star Trek Enterprise" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published November 18, 2011 We can be thankful that the Star Trek Enterprise was not made by Apple. Tech Comics: "How to Live with Non-Geeks" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published November 11, 2011 Geeks must realize that non-geeks simply don't understand some very basics things. Tech Comics: They Just Don't Understand Us Geeks By Oliver Widder | News Article Published November 4, 2011 When will people realize that we geeks just aren't like them? Tech Comics: "Life's Big Questions" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 21, 2011 One looks to divine inspiration for answers to questions about, say, the scroll-lock. Tech Comics: Geeks Give Birth By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 14, 2011 Deciding on a name for the new arrival is one of the challenges for expecting geeks. Tech Comics: "(Yet Another) Firefox Release" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 6, 2011 When Firefox refers to a rapid release cycle, they're not kidding. Tech Comics: Nasty Emails By Oliver Widder | News Article Published October 4, 2011 Software developers have an ingenious technique for expressing irritation via email. Tech Comics: Geeks and Defragging By Oliver Widder | News Article Published September 23, 2011 Don't mess with a geek after they've organized their beloved computer. Tech Comics: Finding a Job in The Cloud Computing Era By Oliver Widder | News Article Published September 16, 2011 It's a job opportunity: someone's got to take the blame for the inevitable outages. Tech Comics: "Star Trek's New USS Enterprise" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published September 9, 2011 What if today's software enhancements were incorporated into Star Trek's USS Enterprise? Tech Comics: "A Day in the Life of the Queen" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published September 2, 2011 Modern social networks like Facebook aren't set up to handle the demands of royalty. Tech Comics: "Mini Geeks" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published August 26, 2011 Very early in life, geeks begin looking at life in a certain way. Tech Comics: "Job Interview at Apple" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published August 19, 2011 The recent changes in Mac OS Lion create some tough challenges for job applicants. Tech Comics: "Intelligent Management" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published August 5, 2011 Management can change its mind on a whim. But the problem is yours. Tech Comics: "Graph Theory for Geeks" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 29, 2011 Graph theory can be confusing. Can a geek simplify it? Tech Comics: Let Cloud Computing Make Your Life Easier By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 22, 2011 Cloud computing can solve all tech-related problems, can't it? Tech Comics: "Geeks and the Manual" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 15, 2011 Geeks have a unique relationship to tech manuals. Tech Comics: The History of Search By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 7, 2011 If fables are to be believed, the first search engine played a role in an ancient mythic story. Tech Comics: Great Moments in a Geek's Life By Oliver Widder | News Article Published July 1, 2011 Geeks take special joy in things that non-geeks just don't understand. Tech Comics: "Find the Apple Fanboy" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published June 24, 2011 Even in the smallest crowd, this obsessed individual tends to stand out clearly. Tech Comics: "Massive Multitouch" By Oliver Widder | News Article Published June 16, 2011 Using today's technology may, in some instances, require some advanced assistance. Tech Comics: "Worst Case" By Oliver Widder | Applications Article Published June 10, 2011 If your computer system goes down, it causes major problems with customers. Or at least you hope it does. Tech Comics: "Techie Kids vs. Nature" By Oliver Widder | Article Published May 27, 2011 Today's tech-savvy children have a unique take on the wonders of the natural world. Tech Comics: 'Really Private' Facebook Apps By Oliver Widder | Article Published May 20, 2011 Imagine, some people use Facebook apps yet still expect to protect their personal data. |
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