http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Kurt+Hartman Internet Kurt Hartman Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=470052&ca=Internet When you think of a website, what comes to mind? Perhaps you think of the television guru who will give you your very own site, so that you can become filthy rich. Maybe you think of Facebook, or watching videos on YouTube. The most common thought that I seem to hear is the following: "I could never... Business Management Kurt Hartman Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=458588&ca=Business+Management Caught you with the title, didn't I? Chances are, you don't want your business to grow slowly. No, you want fireworks, and a little animated line that shows profits going through the roof. That's all well and good, provided this is your third or fourth successful business. If this is your first busi... Internet Kurt Hartman Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=457462&ca=Internet The world is saturated with twits, tweets, and tweeps. Everyone, from Oprah to NPR has decided that this is the most brilliant application ever devised by man. They constantly cite it, talk about it, and overhype it to the Nth degree. The one thing they never explain about twitter is how it is inten... Advice Kurt Hartman Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=445969&ca=Advice Let me just say, before we get started, that there aren't a ton of ways to catch a rat, mouse, or other type of vermin without killing it. To be clear: If you want the rodent caught, with a better than 99% success rate, then I am your man. If you want the rodent alive, I may or may not be of assista... Computers and Technology Kurt Hartman Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=406164&ca=Computers+and+Technology As a Web Developer, I receive a fair amount of unsolicited email. My spam folder doesn't catch all of it, as some of it is not sent by a "bot", but rather by an actual human spammer. Recently though, I received an email that I wasn't sure about. Someone claiming to be a Chinese web registrar for Dom... Computers and Technology Kurt Hartman Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=392703&ca=Computers+and+Technology Ok, so you downloaded Amarok 2. You love the new splash screen, the pretty buttons, and the cleaner user interface. The widgets are a great feature, and you love that your media player is supported. There's just that one problem, and it just happens to be the one huge pain that kills the entire expe... Computers and Technology Kurt Hartman Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=375960&ca=Computers+and+Technology Recently, I was charged with the task with editing and authoring a DVD. I recently upgraded my setup to Ubuntu Intrepid (64 bit). Supposedly, there would be at least modest speed gains when it came to encoding various video formats. So, I started off on my task, albeit with a new set of tools. Let's... Computers and Technology Kurt Hartman Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=375185&ca=Computers+and+Technology Recently, I ran across an interesting problem. My boss was having issues with his brand new BlackBerry Curve. His "Desktop" or the "Home Screen", as RIM likes to call it, was not displaying any applications whatsoever. He had called ATandT to get a "push" problem with his email fixed. They had him p... Advice Kurt Hartman Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=357124&ca=Advice With the advent of the so-called "mega churches" here in the US, and around the world, churches have an increased need to leverage media during services. While many congregations don't have 40 foot screens with projectors that can be seen from space, most have ventured far from the hymnal packed pew... Computers and Technology Kurt Hartman Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=355519&ca=Computers+and+Technology The Cloud. Originally, it was just a metaphor for the internet, the area outside of your own network. That was how it appeared on the network diagram during college (and probably still appears, if Cisco has anything to do with it.). The past few years have brought new meaning to "the cloud". It has...