en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/334663 Comments by Trevor_Rotzien http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really#IDComment19562230 Taken to its logical extreme: Imagine Twitter populated entirely by robot created and robot managed accounts, all competing viciously for each other's follows, all posting links that will rarely, if ever, be clicked. Oh wait. Maybe we are there already? Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:17:29 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really#IDComment19562230 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/a-practical-guide-to-it-the-internet-toc#IDComment15773357 John_Reddish's comment also reminds me that to be truly current, you'll want to provide some advice on using (or not using) storage and apps in the Cloud. Google Apps and Zoho come to mind. Drop.io for big file transfers between business and customers or vendors. DropBox for an easy way to sync files between trusted machines (used by the same or different employees). Lots of free or nearly free goodies out there. And the SMB SaaS apps list is huge. The days of the bloated office suite and fat local server may be ending for many businesses, especially those just starting now. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:01:08 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/a-practical-guide-to-it-the-internet-toc#IDComment15773357 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/a-practical-guide-to-it-the-internet-toc#IDComment15772234 Cool, thanks David Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:27:33 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/a-practical-guide-to-it-the-internet-toc#IDComment15772234 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/a-practical-guide-to-it-the-internet-toc#IDComment15771022 Understood for a reasonably sized company. I was thinking about really small business, way down in scale, as in micro: sole proprietorships, small partnerships (e.g. two dentists sharing space), etc. They simply don't have the size to specialize for even basic IT functions. For them, it pretty much means they have to rent a geek, on retainer or on demand. But they may not know how to obtain those services with confidence. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:53:38 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/a-practical-guide-to-it-the-internet-toc#IDComment15771022