Robert Half is an HR consulting firm that, for technology positions, provides technical consultants for projects or matches people to full-time positions. From their perspective, Robert Half Technology was able to write the 2014 Salary Guide for Technology Professionals. The guide provides useful information to employers on how to hire and retain talented employees. It is … [Read more...]

I am a persnickety person when it comes to terminology. I like to be accurate so people know exactly what I am talking about and so that it reflects that I know what I am talking about. I think it's a good habit to have and hope it is reflected in my writing. Ambiguity in documentation can be frustrating and when trying to get a group of people from different backgrounds to … [Read more...]

No. Oh, you want more than that? Let's see... Information Technology is an industry that is finally growing out of its infancy. IT is adapting itself to be a value-adding contributor with an eye for the overall business and not just a sunk cost. There are still people across the industry that jumped in or were pushed in to the role simply because they liked computers or were … [Read more...]

I often put my computer at home to sleep when I walk away from it. With Windows 8, that's a few clicks either way that you do it. I was hoping to find a faster way to do it, so I turned to scripting the process. That way I could just double-click a file or a shortcut on the Start Screen. I first found the sleep command to run rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0 but … [Read more...]