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A Look Inside a Data Center

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Michael

We spend so much time using the web that it’s sometimes easy to forget that the internet is a very real, very tangible thing. We all talk about “the cloud”, but the backbone of internet services – data centers – are not exactly fluffy and white. They are very large, very advanced facilities owned and operated by large companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook.

There are  a number of videos out there that show the inner workings of a data center, but we thought we’d highlight a couple of the more interesting, better-prduced oens to give you an idea of the incredible engineering and design that goes in to making the cloud stay up in the air:

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IT Expertise For the Mobile Age

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Michael

A few months back I had an interesting, rather humbling experience: I had to ask one of my younger colleagues how to use the touch–based gestures and tricks on my new tablet computer. It reminded me of an anecdote when I was a young IT worker all the way back in 1995, when everyone was moving to PCs instead of terminals. I was the young buck, the hot shot who knew how these new-fangled things worked, and everyone had questions. I recall sitting with the high-powered CEO and walking him through his first double-click with a mouse. Everyone knows how to use PCs these days, and the terminal long since faded away.

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The World’s Greatest Keyboard Shortcut!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Michael

Everyone knows the old stand-bys like ctrl+c and ctrl+v, but many people don’t realize just how many useful keyboard shortcuts there are that are incredibly useful. We were reminded by the following video of a particularly awesome shortcut that, once learned, will be used daily (if you’re the clumsy type, anyway.) Wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise, so just watch the video and enjoy:

If you like this, there are plenty more goofy tech videos over at Tested.com.


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