rebeccaaward-cox, Author at TechRepublic

rebeccaaward-cox

Bio

9 months as SmoothWall WorldWide Online Manager, 5 years IPCop Translation Coordinator/Core Team Developer, own my own web design business (2.5 years), 9 years web design experience. Was IT everything for a Non-Profit Mental Health program for 2 years. Currently an analyst for a contracting company.

Latest from rebeccaaward-cox

After Hours

A real ‘Hideaway’ or not?

Take a look at examples of artist Inga Nielson's work. All the pieces featured were created, at least in part, with a geeky software tool called Terragen.

After Hours

The Wii – How much of a shortage is there?

The Wii!!! My 18 year old son had wanted one from nearly the second he heard about it – back when it was the ‘Revolution’. He set aside money in a special account for it. For 18 months, he went to the Wal-Mart daily, hoping to get one. He went to the gaming stores in ...

After Hours

Problem resolution flowchart

Here's a handy little decision tool to help you escape blame in almost any office-related disaster.

Storage

New Office – Greener Pastures

When one changes jobs, there are usually many things that change besides just the job at hand: email, phone number, parking space, domain name, DNS server, Remote Web Workplace access. I recently changed jobs, for the better. My old job was fun, but not very challenging. It was only part-time, which left lots of time ...

Innovation

Roomba or Doomba?

It has been a while since I posted. The project I was on lost funding so I have been spending my days on Monster.com. But, now I sit and wait as my security clearance is being processed. It should be done any day now. While I have been home these last 5 months, I have ...

After Hours

Swag – the battle

A while back, my husband wrote a blog about the swag that I have received. In my last job, besides being the system admin/network admin/database/admin I was also the main purchaser of … themed items…so I am on the list with several companies as an active buyer. Most of the time, I get samples from the ...

After Hours

The Needy Get Nerdy

An intro to the coolest nonprofit ever, taking "obsolete" computer detritus and reusing/recycling it to help the needy get nerdy

Project Management

Reference for colorful websites

I don’t remember what I put in my profile. My spaghetti brain doesn’t work that way. I keep some key bits of information and then the address to where the rest is located. I guess that means I work on the pointer basis. Anyway, in one of my lives I am a freelance web designer. ...

After Hours

Spam-A-Lot Grail-A-lot

I had to tell you all about two of my favorite things being brought together – D&D and Monty Python! In this morning’s email is a note from Paizo, the publisher of Dungeon and Dragon magazines. They have hidden 12 grails among the pages of their magazines and their website. He who finds these grails, ...

Software

Dancing ducks, frogs, James Brown, and a whale. What is the connection?

I was feeling kind of down today. It has been three weeks since my former boss quit (nearly two months since she tendered her resignation) and I have heard nothing from the board as to whom (me or someone else) will be the new program director, where the new office will be, or whether we ...

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