Shark Tank: Another satisfied customer
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12/09/2002 11:36 PMTread lightly on the things of earth: Transition to new location
complete Looks like I've successfully migrated my Radio weblog...
Shark Tank: Ya think?
Shark Tank: Ya think?
03/17/2005 02:55 AMPilot fish is on the team deploying a management system for a medical
practice. And because some of the users are computerphobic, the team
tries to make things as mistakeproof as possible.
Shark Tank: If I can get around it, it
must be OK
Shark Tank: If I can get around it, it
must be OK
04/06/2005 02:42 PMThis company's sales system has been modified to block orders from
customers with credit problems. But according to a branch sales
manager, the credit check doesn't work.
Shark Tank: Who needs it?
Shark Tank: Who needs it?
03/06/2004 01:53 AMIt's the mid-1990s, and this site has two networks. One is an
under-construction Ethernet network running Novell NetWare to
Windows-based PCs. The other one -- the mainframe network -- is, well,
interesting.
Shark Tank: Possible
Shark Tank: Possible
01/17/2004 10:38 PMIt's back in the days of punch cards and paper tape, and the school
district where this student pilot fish lives has a minicomputer just
for student use.
Shark Tank: Don't DO That!
Shark Tank: Don't DO That!
08/06/2004 11:59 PMIt's years ago at this busy circuit-board manufacturing facility, and
the new component-insertion machine suddenly starts sticking
capacitors and resistors everywhere but where they belong.
Shark Tank: Just because
Shark Tank: Just because
01/05/2005 01:35 AMIt's the mid-1990s, and this IT pilot fish works in a small support
department at a big company where some processes are handled the
old-fashioned way: through paperwork and sneakernet.
Shark Tank: Who is he, again?
Shark Tank: Who is he, again?
11/05/2003 12:43 AMWhen it's time for this consultant pilot fish to install the mortgage
application he's written for a local bank, he walks into the bank and
informs a teller, "I'm the computer guy..."
Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask
Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask
06/05/2005 10:55 PMSysadmin pilot fish works in a hospital, and he works hard to keep the
staff happy -- especially the pharmacists. So when a networked machine
that dispenses medications goes off-line, fish knows what to do.
Shark Tank: You're very welcome
Shark Tank: You're very welcome
01/22/2004 02:11 AMThis IT pilot fish, the technical guru at a small company, needs
copies: 50 pages, double-sided, collated and stapled. So he loads his
originals into the copier and, unfortunately, gets help.
Shark Tank: Just like it says in the ad
Shark Tank: Just like it says in the ad
12/19/2003 11:34 AMIt's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish is working for a government
contractor when an order comes in from an Air Force legal office for
three cutting-edge, top-of-the-line handheld scanners.
Shark Tank: Just our way of saying
thanks
Shark Tank: Just our way of saying
thanks
03/06/2004 01:53 AMThis software-based simulator is huge, it's more than a decade old,
it's the division's cash cow -- and the project to deliver a new
version is on track to miss its February delivery date by about four
months.
Shark Tank: Aw, would we do that to you?
Shark Tank: Aw, would we do that to you?
03/14/2005 05:10 PMIt's the late 1980s, and new-on-the-job IT pilot fish gets his first
important project: Expand the Ethernet backbone into a new office area
at this manufacturing company.
Shark Tank: Get it?
Shark Tank: Get it?
08/20/2004 11:15 PMThis university's server center is in a space never intended for that
purpose -- dark, moldy, carpeted, with wonky air conditioning. Then
management finally agrees to move it to a more appropriate space.
Shark Tank: Because it's there
Shark Tank: Because it's there
07/09/2004 12:05 AMThis software company is eager to show its investors that it's
spending money wisely. So when someone suggests using offshore
development, the CTO begins courting offshore vendors.
Shark Tank: Two-fer
Shark Tank: Two-fer
03/17/2005 02:55 AMPlant foreman comes to this pilot fish with a challenge: He wants a
way to display important operational statistics so machine operators
can see them at a glance.
Shark Tank: Yep, that would do it
Shark Tank: Yep, that would do it
12/19/2004 03:19 PMThis big construction-equipment dealership has locations in several
states -- and one IT pilot fish who's responsible for all of them.
Shark Tank: What's in a Name?
Shark Tank: What's in a Name?
03/28/2005 01:18 PMState agency's data warehouse project is renamed: It's now officially
an "administrative systems reporting database." But why not just call
it a data warehouse?
Shark Tank: Sure, we can do that
Shark Tank: Sure, we can do that
03/13/2003 10:22 AMThis assignment is technically pretty straightforward: Write an
application to track how long it takes to process each document at the
company. But the politics of putting it in place are a little more
complicated.
Shark Tank: Well, that's one way to do
it
Shark Tank: Well, that's one way to do
it
12/19/2004 03:19 PMIt's the spring of 1999, and this pilot fish has just set up a
computer as a time server for the steel mill where he works -- which
should make the switch to daylight-saving time a breeze.
Shark Tank: Just doing our bit
Shark Tank: Just doing our bit
04/20/2004 11:29 PMIt's the 1970s, and this pilot fish is working at a site in the Far
East for a U.S. organization when communications problems set in.
Shark Tank: Thanks for All Your Help
Shark Tank: Thanks for All Your Help
07/31/2004 12:20 AMRemote server goes down hard, and it appears to be due to overheating.
So a tech is dispatched to the remote site to replace the server's fan
-- but that's not the problem.
Shark Tank: Can't be!
Shark Tank: Can't be!
12/19/2004 03:19 PMIt's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish working at a big insurance
company is facing the kind of miserable weekend project that only a
penny-pinching mainframe shop can provide.
Shark Tank: Sometimes they just don't
want to know
Shark Tank: Sometimes they just don't
want to know
12/03/2003 12:36 AMIt's the early 1980s, and at a big Midwestern bank, this mainframe
programmer pilot fish is part of a project that will revolutionize
general ledger -- except for a billion-dollar problem.
Shark Tank: And we certainly can't have
that, can we?
Shark Tank: And we certainly can't have
that, can we?
03/13/2003 10:22 AMThere's a vote coming up at this international association of
educators, so the executive director gives the IT manager pilot fish
the job of estimating how much it'll cost using paper ballots and
scanning equipment.
Shark Tank: It's all the PC he needs
Shark Tank: It's all the PC he needs
09/22/2004 12:32 AMThe company's executive offices are being recarpeted over the weekend,
so this IT manager moves all the bigwigs' PCs on Friday, then heads
out for a conference. But on Monday, the president isn't happy.
Shark Tank: A little too impressive
Shark Tank: A little too impressive
04/09/2004 03:58 PMNew company president sets up an IT task force to cut the large number
of hard-copy reports printed every month -- and members of the group
come up with a dramatic way of demonstrating the problem. ...
Shark Tank: Oh, they're common, all
right
Shark Tank: Oh, they're common, all
right
04/09/2004 03:58 PMIT pilot fish joins this government project and finds all kinds of
users buying all kinds of PCs -- and it's a maintenance nightmare.
Shark Tank: Aw, what can it hurt?
Shark Tank: Aw, what can it hurt?
04/09/2004 03:58 PMThis networking pilot fish is in charge of installing a LAN for a
project team located in the basement of a disused building -- and the
users there are making the most of what they have.
Shark Tank: Because the boss is always
right, that's why
Shark Tank: Because the boss is always
right, that's why
04/16/2004 11:37 PMThis pilot fish is setting up a new PC for the company president's
secretary. And this time around, there's a change in procedure.
Shark Tank: Well, it IS April 1, after
all
Shark Tank: Well, it IS April 1, after
all
04/09/2004 03:58 PMEverybody gets along pretty well in this Army IT office. Well, almost
everybody.
Shark Tank: One crisis after another
Shark Tank: One crisis after another
12/02/2003 01:57 AMIt's 2001, California's energy crisis is heading into the
rolling-blackouts stage, and at this high-tech venture capital firm in
Silicon Valley, one founding partner wants to know how IT equipment is
being protected.
Shark Tank: Oh yes, they'll notice
Shark Tank: Oh yes, they'll notice
12/24/2003 12:43 AMA bank's indoor ATM is rebooting every evening at around 9 p.m. -- and
now it's up to a technician pilot fish to figure out why.
Shark Tank: By any other name, it still
smells
Shark Tank: By any other name, it still
smells
08/06/2004 11:59 PMIt's 1999, and this pilot fish has just started work as the sole IT
guy at a very small marketing company that uses spa-- er, "marketing
e-mail blasts."
Shark Tank: D'you think?
Shark Tank: D'you think?
12/02/2003 01:58 AMThis pilot fish does customer support for a small Internet service
provider that also sells and repairs PCs. So when a customer calls
complaining about certain e-mails he's getting, fish has to listen.
Shark Tank: The Army way
Shark Tank: The Army way
12/12/2003 01:58 PMFlashback to the 1980s, and an Army base where computer password
security policies are very, very tight -- or at least they're supposed
to be.
Shark Tank: Well, d'oh!
Shark Tank: Well, d'oh!
08/11/2004 11:06 PMThis contractor pilot fish is a network tech at an Air Force base, and
one of his jobs is forwarding and explaining status messages to users.
In fact, he even gets to have fun with that part of the job.
Shark Tank: Spoilsport
Shark Tank: Spoilsport
12/11/2003 12:30 AMIt's annual performance review time for this support pilot fish who
works in a remote office. So the support manager calls to give him the
news: His work is exceptional, but...
Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already!
Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already!
03/22/2005 03:47 PMEnvironmental sensor goes off on Monday at 8:25 a.m.: water in the
computer room. But when help arrives, no water is to be seen.
Wednesday, it happens again -- and again, no water. Maybe it's a bad
sensor?
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