A Digital Nomad

Bookmooch: Free Books from the Airport

By Marke Clinger, on April 3rd, 2008

My wife and kids read at least twice as many books as I do per year, which makes our collective used book generation pretty significant. A few months ago I signed up for the Bookmooch service to give our used books away. I was surprised at how fast books where being mooched (requested) from my . . . → Read More: Bookmooch: Free Books from the Airport

Skydeck – Analytics for Mobile Conversations

By Marke Clinger, on March 25th, 2008

I am glad I made it into the first 500 people invited to use Skydeck. After reading the basics about it the night before I couldn’t wait to get into the Beta. As you know I am in sales and I use my Blackberry as my primary communication device. I don’t have an office phone, . . . → Read More: Skydeck – Analytics for Mobile Conversations

X-RAID: The Borg of Network Attached Storage

By Marke Clinger, on March 17th, 2008

by Marke Clinger

This weekend I did the unimaginable.

I purposefully pulled out, one by one, every drive in my ReadyNAS NV RAID while it was running. I am pretty familiar with RAID technology because of the work I did in the late ’80s with several pioneering companies working on early RAID and network . . . → Read More: X-RAID: The Borg of Network Attached Storage

Now That’s Service! – Yousendit Callback in 9 minutes

By Marke Clinger, on March 5th, 2008

At 5:35pm tonight my phone rang with the area code of 408, Silicon Valley. Hum could it be mom? I don’t have any customers in that area code. I was still in my office in Santa Cruz, CA trying to figure out if I could track who downloaded a file using Yousendit’s Outlook plug-in. I . . . → Read More: Now That’s Service! – Yousendit Callback in 9 minutes

Personal Universe – Netvibes Ginger

By Marke Clinger, on February 19th, 2008

My position as a sales professional keeps me very busy and on the road. Keeping up on the news and events on the Internet is important not only for my profession, but also for my hobbies. Netvibes has been my feed reader of choice for the last couple of years due to its ability to . . . → Read More: Personal Universe – Netvibes Ginger

Part 2 – My Second Life Theme Explained

By Marke Clinger, on February 17th, 2008

This posting is the second and final explanation for my blog theme My Second Life. I sent my first e-mail in the summer of 1983 after joining Omni Products, a startup specializing in disk drive technology. . . . → Read More: Part 2 – My Second Life Theme Explained

What the theme – My Second Life – is about

By Marke Clinger, on February 10th, 2008

I was looking for a theme for my blog when my wife suggested “My Second Life”. Her meaning was my work life, which is totally separate from my family life. That will definitely be a part of this blog. There are several reasons for this segregation of family and work, the biggest being business travel.

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