Four Worst IT Screw Ups in 2009
Last year had been a mixed one for users and also the IT industry. Falling sales, particularly on servers and PCs, have hit vendors hard as companies have scaled back costs. Even so, users have continued to buy latest devices, with netbook and smartphone sales holding up well.
These are four worst IT screw ups in 2009.
Kill Procrastination – Tomorrow…
But first you need to commit to a life audit to forever change the way you do business. Will you share with me a few minutes of your precious time? I guarantee you’ll be glad you did. Today is a very special day. Today marks your last day of planning, to make sure that tomorrow is your first day of a new life that involves nothing but getting things done – on time, to a better standard than you could ever imagine.
Overwhelmed by desire? Unburdened by pressure, ready to commit to a ‘new you’ world order?
Get a pen. Get a piece of paper. And get these seven things done:
Thirteen Things To Do Before Migrating to a New Web Host
Without doubt, it’s a pain to migrate a huge and busy web site, but when your requirements grow and your current web host can’t keep up, it would be better to ditch it as soon as possible. However, before you sever all ties, it is better to protect what is yours and be sure everything is running properly at your new web host. Here is a list of thirteen things you need to do before leaving your old web host:
1. It’s obvious, you need to find a good web host and ensure that it can meet all your requirements.
http://hostwisely.com/blog/thirteen-things-to-do-before-migrating-to-a-new-web-hosting/
Four Most Unique Ubuntu Derivatives
There’s no doubt that Ubuntu has transformed the Linux landscape since its introduction six years ago. It has modified a few key technologies to ensure generally demanding tasks under Linux, simpler for even early computer users. Although, Ubuntu was a debian-based distro, it is a popular framework for several other distros.
Although you can take a basic Ubuntu source code and make it into almost anything, derivatives are quite popular because they eliminate the need for custom configurations. The huge number of distros testifies to that!
Certainly, there are the official progenies like Kubuntu, but what about other distros? Generally many Ubuntu derivatives are geared towards a specific requirement, but that does not mean that they are less useful.
http://hostwisely.com/blog/four-most-unique-ubuntu-derivatives/
7 Extremely Useful Chrome Extensions for Web Developers (with quick tutorials for each)
Web developers, you guys are really lucky. The tools available for you as a group are very powerful and they come in all shapes and sizes. With the introduction of Google Chrome, the community has made some amazing extensions which are very easy to use for every day work. Below you have the ones I consider most useful (starting with the best, of course 
).
http://aext.net/2010/03/extremely-useful-chrome-extensions-for-web-developers/