URL shorteners are those handy sites that take a really long URL, such as http://www.quantumofgeek.com/2010/08/oh-gr8-i-m-goin-2-hav-2-lern-a-nu-lngwij-jst-2-spk-2-my-kds/ and turn it into a short URL, like http://goo.gl/j9Mr. With the increasing popularity of micro blogging such as Twitter, where your content has a length restriction (140 characters for Twitter),  a shortened URL makes a lot of sense. Simply because [...]

Are we (IT) cavemen or are our users/employees children to be coddled? I recently experienced a business that decided Social Media should be banned from the workplace, and blocked on their outgoing content filters. The basis for this decision was due to perceived “productivity” problems and security concerns. Frankly, I simply find this position to [...]