by Michael Krupa on May 8, 2011
Heeeees Baaaaaaaack. Bet you thought I had abandoned my blog. Let’s not use such a strong word as abandon. How about hiatus or leave of absence or long vacation. It’s been a whirlwind crazy couple of months but don’t worry, I didn’t forget you all. To ease you back into my blog posts I thought I would write about the HRevolution conference I attended on April 30th. I didn’t want you all to freak out having to read so many words on my blog after my hiatus so I hacked into Paul Smith’s blog since he doesn’t know WordPress from WordStar and left my true thoughts about Paul and the conference on his Welcome To The Occupation blog. So go click that link just to the left of prior period thingy.
I’ll be back soon with some delicious blog posts of my own.
by Michael Krupa on July 13, 2010
It’s been a busy week in the technology tips world. In fact I might have to hold a few back for next weeks blog post. So let’s get on with it, shall we?
I know that the majority of the people who read this blog travel to conferences on a pretty regular basis and many of you also carry an iPhone in your purse/pocket/briefcase/holster (but not in your left hand). Read on for Five apps for the conference -goer.
Unfortunately I think we all have some email habits that probably should be avoided. Our pals over at Lifehacker have rounded up The Worst Email Habits and Annoyances You Should Avoid (or At Least Be Aware Of). Go on. I dare you to read it. Maybe one of your habits is on their list.
Don’t have Adobe Flash on you mobile device or can’t get Flash? Addicted to YouTube? Thank goodness I found this information over at the Boy Genius site: YouTube launches HTML5-enabled mobile website, native YouTube apps soon to be obsolete.
For you Apple Time Capsule lovers, I have some good news and some bad news. That bad news is that Apple manufactured a whole batch of flawed Time Capsules in 2008. The good news is that TUAW found out that Apple will repair or replace these Time Capsules should they die on you.
By coincidence I happened to find this beauty of an Apple Support document: Time Capsule: Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to make a copy of the Time Capsule disk. Since it looks like Time Capsules might be a ticking time bomb, I highly suggest you follow these instructions to make sure you have a copy of your Time Capsule backups.
Not really a tech tip but for the ultimate gadget lover I just had to share this totally amazing bathroom faucet with touch panel controls. I want one…bad.
Wow, iPhones, Email, YouTube, Time Capsules and High Tech Bathroom Faucets all on one blog post. What will I think of next?
by Michael Krupa on June 14, 2010
While talking to a few people recently and comparing our Google Reader subscriptions and trends, I discovered that I read a lot more technology sites than the average reader of my blog. So I figured I should put all that reading time to good use and share some of my technology goodies with you all.
It’s iPhone 4 pre-order day and I am sure you all are running around the house/backyard/office/parking lot/mall like crazy person trying to figure out how best to pre-order an iPhone for your spouse/significant other/son/daughter/dog/cat. Fear not. Engadget has you covered with their post on: How to: pre-order the iPhone 4 (update: third-party retailers best avoided)
As if we didn’t have enough reasons to stop by Starbucks for our daily quad shot Latte, the Boy Genius Report says: Starbucks offering free Wi-Fi access at all U.S. locations starting July 1st
A couple of my tweeps/peeps/yahoos have been bugging me to do Skype video calling. So for all you Skype people and video bloggers pay attention as Engadget has the goods on New Logitech HD Webcams
I don’t know about you but sometime my spelling engine goes on hiatus. It can be a problem when trying to search for something on Google. Its Google to the rescue with: Spelling corrections in Google search suggest
I know many of you use Google Reader and have been saying why, why, WHY can’t I easily rename my folders. Stop your crying and read all about: Renaming folders and tags in Google Reader
Last but not least for all you hardcore Gmail, Buzz and Google Maps users (you know who you are). I give you the holy grail of Google Maps previews in Gmail and Google Buzz
Did you like these tech tips? Found them useful? Want me to continue serving up these tips on a regular schedule? Hated it and wish I would not waste precious blog space doing this? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
by Michael Krupa on June 2, 2010
I’m currently sitting on a plane heading from Portland to Denver. The person in front of me has reclined their seat leaving me no room to use my laptop. Being a good tech guy, I pulled out the iPad I won at HRevolution and am typing this out using the iPad WordPress App. Okay, Okay, I might have finished up this blog post back on the ground but rest assured that the majority of the blog post was indeed written on the plane using my iPad. Now would probably be a good time to thank all the good people at Monster.com (especially my new best friend Eric Winegardner) for sponsoring the opening night party and for the iPad raffle that somehow I miraculously won.
A couple of weeks ago was the HRevolution 2010 conference in Chicago. I was not able to attend HRevolution last year as it was darn near impossible to get from Portland Oregon to Louisville Kentucky in a reasonable amount of time. Unlike many people who attended this year, I did not go to specifically pickup nuggets of HR knowledge. In some of my previous posts I lamented HR department’s lack of interest in technology so I didn’t go to HRevolution with the hope of a tech breakthrough. It’s a good thing since for the most part I witnessed the status quo. But more on that in a future blog post. I did not go to HRevolution to pick up HR technology information; I went for the opportunity to spend time with my HR thought leaders outside of the sessions.
I arrived on Friday afternoon and with casual meetups over snacks, the parties, the sessions and impromptu hallway discussions I managed to have great conversations. I also managed to squeeze in a couple of sessions. Of course one session I didn’t miss was the HR Technology Q&A session since I was co-facilitating with Bryon Abramowitz and Bill Kutik. Again, stay tuned for a future blog post on my observations on HR Technology conversations at the conference.
I could write about what worked and did not work for HRevolution but as it turns out many of my fellow conference attendees have already blogged about it better than I could. One of the HRevolution planners, Ben Eubanks, has already rounded up the HRevolution blog posts into the wonderful Carnival of HR-HRevolution Style. Go ahead, click that link to open up the HRevolution Carnival in a new window and read all the wonderful blog posts. I’ll wait right here until to you return. As incentive for returning, there is still a matter of the blog title to resolve.
I would be remiss if I didn’t give a shout out to my partner in crime and an amazing blogger Paul Smith who kept me highly entertained from morning until late at night and to the HRevolution organizing committee. Finally as I end this blog post, some of you are thinking, what’s the deal with the Dirty Martinis in the Blog Title? Well…I ended the conference on Saturday night at the rooftop bar at theWit Hotel by sipping a Blue Cheese Olive Dirty Martini along with Shennee Rutt and many many others. Good times were had by all.
Stay tuned for my next blog post when I beat you all silly for not having a proper backup strategy for your personal computers. 
