• Un-social your Network

    Welcome everyone to Facebook Anonymous. I’d like to welcome our newest member: Me. It can happen to any information junkie. One day, it’s a fun thing to do. The next, it’s a full on addiction. What am I speaking of? Facebook, of course. I dove deep into Facebook. Too deep, perhaps. Over the past few…

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Growing up the way I did, I’m unfamiliar with the world as it was back in the days that Martin Luther King Jr. was alive. His dream of a “Color Blind” nation is as much of a reality to me as anything. I pause to reflect today on the progress that has been made in…

  • Security Hard Lines: Kiss your 1s and 0s Goodbye!

    There is a misconception that electronic data can be secured. Everyone suffers from it. The fact is – the moment your data turns to 1’s and 0’s, you can potentially kiss it goodbye. Your text messages, phone calls (yes, they are 1’s and 0’s), emails, documents, banking information – it’s all available to anyone intelligent…

  • When Clouds Die: Xmarks

    Another one bites the dust. It was announced earlier today that the popular bookmark sync service XMarks is about to go under. In a post on their blog, owner Todd Agulnick admitted that the company couldn’t find a profitable business model. [sarcasm] Profitable business model? But I thought the cloud was a free-for-all! [/sarcasm] For…

  • Is VDI the future of BIM?

    For some time now, we’ve been promised to be wowed by VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) and it’s merits as a way to bring the workstation experience to either thin clients or remote desktop sessions. The problem is has always been that the workflow in most Architectural firms has required the specs common to 3D workflows…

  • SMB IT will never die

    The Cloud. It’s all the “future” of technology according to many. What these doomsday prophets fail to include is a little bit of market research. How we use technology in our personal lives and businesses is as unique to each as anything else. I don’t use Outlook or Gmail the same way as the next…

  • Simple Biscuits

    Ah, biscuits. The most basic bread. A ‘quickbread’ as some folks like to call it. I simply call them delicious. 2 c all purpose flour 3 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp sugar (recommend evaporated cane sugar) 1/2 c (1 stick) very cold butter cut into 1 tbsp squares 1/4 c melted butter…

  • Summer Dinner

    Traditionally, most folks will associate summer with lighter fare for dinner. It’s hot, so nobody really wants to pig out on huge meals. I’d like to suggest that, with everything in life, there is balance to be had. Summer is also grilling season. Frankly, I’m having a hard time finding anything I can’t cook out…

  • Hiatus

    As is common around summer time, I’ll be taking something of a break from this site to focus on other projects that are pressing at the moment. Not to worry – I’ll be back soon! There are a few articles in the wings just waiting to be finished up that I’ll post in the near…

  • Cloudy Computing

    Architectural IT take note: You’re in a good spot to sit back and watch the Cloud for a little while longer. You’re also in a good spot to start consider some of the more mature options. Google Apps. Office Online. GMail. All great cloud apps. None of them have a place in your organization as…

  • Latest Windows Updates Breaks VMWare vSphere 4 Client

    For those who use VMWare extensively in their organization, beware that the latest round of Microsoft updates may break your older vSphere 4 client under all versions of Windows. More information from VMWare on the problem can be found here. Users of vSphere 4 Update 1 should not be affected. The primary update in question…

  • Your new electronic addiction

    Two wonderful things happened today. Apple announced it’s next iPhone device – complete with 1500 new ‘features’ – and the New York Times published an article on how our electronic devices are changing our lives – and probably not for the better. Sure, I love gadgets as much as the next geek. I have more…

  • Visting the Farm

    Today, Betsy and I traveled about an hour outside of Portland to visit family in St. Paul, Oregon. If you’re not familiar with the area – it’s largely known to us city folks as the place where the internationally acclaimed St. Paul Rodeo is held every year in July. Yes, this is outside the Metropolitan…

  • 6/6/2010 – Moved in (for some time now)

    At the request of Aunt Connie, I thought it might be good to post a few pictures of our house. We’ve been moved in for some time now. I just neglected to take pictures and share. Silly me!

  • Sushi Sakura Opens Downtown

    I can’t tell you how much I love sushi without telling you how much I hate to travel to get it. You see, Sushi is at it’s heart Japanese “Fast Food”. History, at least as it has been relayed to me, suggests that Sushi was actually something of a mistake invention that became wildly popular…

  • AT&T wants more of your money, Sprint offering EVO on Friday

    Steve Jobs’ promise of “unlimited” data on iPad 3G is no more. If you are considering an iPad 3G, please be aware that AT&T just quietly announced the discontinuation of the unlimited data plan for new iPads. Instead, users will be offered 2 options – 2GB a month (not much if you surf and watch…

  • Bringing WiFi to the Masses

    Community Wifi access is an important component to a thriving metropolitan area. Let’s face it – the Internet is an important part of every day life. Without it, you can’t buy cheap airline tickets, do online banking, check email or anything else without paying for a dedicated connection. The fact of the matter is, not…

  • Welcome to GregMoorePDX.com

    It’s not every day that people start their own website. Okay, it is. In fact, people are starting their own websites at an alarming rate. Frankly, I’m not sure where there is merit in this practice. Is anyone reading it? Is anyone reading this? Time will tell. What is the purpose of this site? Brain…

  • It’s all code

    How times change. Back in 2007, I lamented that technology is “all code.” In those days, as a AEC technology specialists, we were coming to the end of that age – when everything we wanted to do was all code. Today, it’s a very different story. Not too surprisingly, we have tools available to us…

  • All moved in!

    So, it’s been a few months since we last posted anything. We’ve been busy getting ourselves moved in and settled. We moved on September 3rd. It took movers 4 hours to unload our storage unit and unload everything into the house. Amazing! Both Betsy and I had forgotten how much work setting up a house…

  • Retire your Wizard hat

    For many companies, trust in IT is waning. This is particularly true in organizations with long established IT. Gone are the days when we were the experts in everything. Simply put, there’s too much to know and many of our users are much better with the application of technology and user interfaces than we are.…

  • 8/22/09 – Done

    It’s done. We just completed the blue tape inspection yesterday. Our home inspector said that this house is the best quality new construction he’s seen in his entire career (over 2000 home inspections.) Pretty cool. Makes me feel really good about living here for the next 30+ years. You’ll see lots of little blue tape…

  • 8/20/09 – Update Lite

    Okay, so it’s been a week+ since the last update. My apologies. There’s lots to share! We’re in the final throws of getting the financing done and the final punch list to the contractor. In a fortunate twist of fate, I’ve also picked up quite a bit of side work that’s kept me busy most…

  • 8/16/09 – We have a yard!

    Our yard is in – grass and barkdust. It looks really good. As we suspected, they didn’t completely understand what we wanted on the slope in front. Geoff assured me that he’ll correct it.

  • 8/14/09 – Landscaping prep

    The landscapers have been busy, putting down fresh soil (I assume full of fertilizer) for the sod to be set on top of. We’re a little concerned that they didn’t quite understand what we wanted in terms of lawn in the front, as the dirt they put down doesn’t cover the entire slope. We’ll see…

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