Montana InBusinessMonthly articles

My May, 2011 Missoulian InBusinessMonthly column It seems like all things come down to money, and there is currently a kerfluffle that may or may not change the quality and economics of the world of online writing and journalism. It’s generated talk and recrimination and a huge lawsuit worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The […]

My April, 2011 Missoulian InBusinessMonthly column The Verizon iPhone came out in the first part of February, and if you didn’t jump in right away and are still considering one, you should think about the basic differences between the two iPhone options – AT&T and Verizon – to decide which might be best for you. […]

My March, 2011 Montana InBusinessMonthly column Last month’s Western Montana InBusiness Monthly contained the first of my two-part series on the Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Center in Butte, and what chief consultant Earl Dodd is doing to push the growth of the green and high-tech industries in Montana. (Read here: Montana Should Benefit From Butte’s Supercomputer) […]

My February, 2011 Missoulian InBusinessMonthly column I spotted an article in the news last fall about the Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Center, and you know, I just had to look into it more. The term “supercomputing” isn’t normally said in the same breath as “rocky” or “mountain.” And the idea that the supercomputer was in Butte […]

My January, 2011 Montana InBusiness Monthly column 11/05/11 Update: See IE6 Countdown to Death and Even Microsoft Wishes Internet Explorer 6 Would Just Die Already and Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer 6 Countdown which urges users to upgrade from IE6 – “10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that […]

My December, 2010 Montana InBusinessMonthly column Are you looking for a new personal computer as a holiday gift for someone or for yourself (because Santa knows you’ve been good all year)? Or maybe as a year-end tax deduction for your business? Here’s a quick buying guide for those in the market for a new PC. […]

My November, 2010 Missoulian InBusinessMonthly column The Diaspora Project has come alive with the first code release as of last month, and programmers are fixing bugs and testing code and building in new features. And the feedback is mostly good. What’s the Diaspora Project? It’s a project envisioned by four New York University students and […]

My October, 2010 Missoulian InBusinessMonthly column There’s already a casualty of the November midterm elections, and it’s called Net Neutrality. Some issues on Net Neutrality were scheduled to be decided by the Federal Communications Commission last month. But that’s been put off until January at the earliest, because the FCC changed course and decided to […]

My August, 2010 Missoulian InBusinessMonthly column Apple is a company known for precise image control and a very specific corporate identity, but the launch of the iPhone 4 has been very different from its usual smooth product releases. The iPhone 4 is the latest and most successful of all models of the mobile phone and […]

My July, 2010 Missoulian InBusinessMonthly column Last month, (Managing Online Reputation Increasingly Important) I covered what makes up online reputation management for individuals and some different ways to manage your personal reputation that appears online via Web searches. Mostly, ORM consists of being careful of what you put out there to begin with. That includes […]