About tomaltman.com

Welcome to my blog where I write about the things I like…that includes all number of things.

Featured Posts:

It's hard to innovate!

Another great 37signal article talking about innovation which tries to address the idea that sometime you have to move a little outside the box, even if it makes people a bit uncomfortable. “Companies that lead need to be willing to say that occasional growing pains are ok. If a company only listens to what customers … Read more

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Google, Verizon & Microsoft on 700MHz wireless spectrum auction

The auction is heating up for the 700MHz band. This could be the future of wireless internet in the US. The battle for the 700 MHz wireless spectrum has begun. It is both a business and political battle, while the issues are very technical. The US government is holding an auction in January to sell … Read more

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Tagging, Kung-Fu and a Cool Looking Site

I found a great article on 43 Folders on Becoming a tagging kung-fu master – it does a really good job with some of the key concepts of tagging and some things I had not thought about. You’ve heard the hype about tagging. You’ve seen people flocking to sites like Flickr and del.icio.us,where they jump … Read more

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Fear of Web 2.0

I found this article that talks about enterprise and web 2.0 – it explains how enterprise is divided on the new technologies…they know they need to adopt – but they are not comfortable with “cloud” computing. In adoption of Web 2.0 the biggest pushback was from IT – whether right or wrong the article stated: … Read more

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Google vs. The World

“As the most watched, scrutinized, and reported-on company in the web space, Google’s every move is analyzed by competitors big and small. Its rapid expansion into areas beyond search and seemingly insatiable appetite for acquisitions has the company strongly positioned to dominate numerous key parts of the Internet. However, we should be reminded that not … Read more

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You’ll find articles about:

  • technology
    • how it affects the things we do
    • laptop computers, desktop computers, chromebooks – review and information
    • GPS, software – and other cool gadgets
  • WordPress – I love this platform, it was a revolution when I first found it and still think its a huge player in why the web and blogs are where they are today
    • plugins, themes, tips and tricks
    • wordpress development
  • programming
    • hacks, errors, issues, fixes and some SEO for good measure
  • futuristic, innovative and interesting ideas
  • nonsense that cannot be classified anything but geeky
  • motorcycles and vw’s if I get bored with any of the above

When I started this blog – it was on an intranet at my IT job at The Gazette. It was focused on issues pertinent to the things going on in a newspaper IT department.  Soon, I wanted to go bigger and make it live on tomaltman.com.  I bought the domain in 2004 – but it was not until November of 2007 that it was used for this site and I started to blog more regularly.

Since then – I have worked at many different companies and seen a lot of different things. But those stories are all weaved into the content here. I hope you enjoy it – if you have questions, please use the contact form. Enjoy.