Facebook
Linkedin
Twitter
Youtube
Tech News
CIO
Resources
Technology Jobs
Reports and Whitepapers
News for CIOs
CIO Census
Digital Security Zone
Webinar Highlight Reports
Roundtable Highlight Reports
2023 IT Salary Calculator
AI Directory
ITWC Talks
Featured Partner Content Hubs
Digital Magazines
Senior Contributors
Events
PAST EVENTS
Technicity GTA
CIO OF THE YEAR
CDN Channel Innovation Awards
Digital Transformation Conference and Awards
Canada’s Top Women in Cybersecurity
CDN Top Women in the Channel
MapleSEC
Analytics Unleashed
All IT World Canada Events
Videos
President to President
All Tech Videos
Podcasts
Cyber Security Today
Hashtag Trending
Leadership in the Digital Enterprise
CMO Talks
All Hands on Tech Video Podcast Series
Deeper Dive
ITWC Podcast Network
Engage
Contributor Opportunities
Gartner Corner
About Us
Privacy Policy
Contact Us
Search
NewsPaper
Facebook
Linkedin
Twitter
Youtube
DXAwards
CIO of The Year
Leadership
News for CIOs
Analytics Unleashed
Technicity
Emerging Tech
IT World Canada
Tech News
POPULAR CATEGORIES
Emerging Tech
24490
Security
8749
Infrastructure
8593
Government & Public Sector
6289
IoT
6187
Content Types
Videos
Â
Podcasts
Blogs
Slideshows
ALL CATEGORIES
Artificial Intelligence
(1496)
Blockchain
(182)
CanadianCIO
(107)
Careers & Education
(4484)
Channel Strategy
(0)
ChatGPT 4o
(0)
ClaudeAI
(0)
Cloud
(2213)
Communications & Telecom
(571)
Companies
(1423)
Cox Media
(0)
credit card breach
(0)
Data & Analytics
(1387)
deep fakes
(0)
Development
(907)
Dick's Sporting Goods
(0)
Digital Transformation
(1347)
Distribution
(128)
duck duck go
(0)
Emerging Tech
(24490)
Financial
(195)
FinTech
(115)
FISA
(0)
Future of Work
(414)
GenZ
(0)
Governance
(145)
Government & Public Sector
(6289)
Governor Gavin Newsom
(0)
Great Resignation
(0)
HashiCorp
(0)
Human Resources
(926)
Humane
(0)
Infrastructure
(8593)
IoT
(6187)
ITWC Morning Briefing
(179)
JustWalkOut
(0)
Leadership
(4359)
Legal
(231)
Legislation
(252)
Managed Services & Outsourcing
(4340)
Mobility
(3443)
Octo2
(0)
Operations
(120)
People
(199)
Podcasts
(2604)
Privacy
(810)
Project Management
(1105)
Recall
(0)
Security
(8749)
Sequoia
(0)
Social Networks
(275)
Software
(4228)
Space-X
(0)
Supply Chain
(131)
Sustainability
(171)
Tik Tok
(0)
todayu
(0)
top stories
(1)
Wendy's
(0)
Women in Tech
(209)
You.com
(0)
CIO
Resources
Technology Jobs
Reports and Whitepapers
News for CIOs
CIO Census
Digital Security Zone
Webinar Highlight Reports
Roundtable Highlight Reports
2023 IT Salary Calculator
AI Directory
ITWC Talks
Featured Partner Content Hubs
Digital Magazines
Senior Contributors
Events
PAST EVENTS
Technicity GTA
CIO OF THE YEAR
CDN Channel Innovation Awards
Digital Transformation Conference and Awards
Canada’s Top Women in Cybersecurity
CDN Top Women in the Channel
MapleSEC
Analytics Unleashed
All IT World Canada Events
Videos
President to President
All Tech Videos
Podcasts
Cyber Security Today
Hashtag Trending
Leadership in the Digital Enterprise
CMO Talks
All Hands on Tech Video Podcast Series
Deeper Dive
ITWC Podcast Network
Engage
Contributor Opportunities
Gartner Corner
About Us
Privacy Policy
Contact Us
SUBSCRIBE
Home
Authors
Posts by Robert Ford
Robert Ford
Articles by
Robert Ford
System Support
Robert Ford
-
November 4, 1999
We are 800 years away from being a real industry with meaningful letters after our namesWe are...
So much for training
Robert Ford
-
September 23, 1999
A lot of people worldwide are receiving new PCs for the year 2000; it's a pity they ...
Project management for weasels, by weasels
Robert Ford
-
August 26, 1999
Project managers are lying, self-interested flatulent weasels.At least that's the way I felt after a recent project steering committee meeting. ...
Get a grip on database rudiments
Robert Ford
-
July 15, 1999
The other day I received an e-mail from a buddy of mine who has started a new contract ...
System Support
Robert Ford
-
June 3, 1999
They came, they installed, they fled. The result was two weeks of downtime for the department.Lessons learned...
Project juggling (and trying to stay sane)
Robert Ford
-
April 22, 1999
No one trusts me with staff because I am a maniac - a professional, focused, ethical maniac...
Project planning is painful. Rely on intuition
Robert Ford
-
March 25, 1999
Project planning is clearly meant for people with an ability to ignore pain. An IT project plan...
Watch out for those cow paths
Robert Ford
-
January 28, 1999
The cow path is still out there, begging to be paved, and in fact some IT practitioners ...
1
...
4
5
6
Page 6 of 6
Tech News
Watch out for those cow paths
Robert Ford
-
January 28, 1999
Martinis, napkins and IT strategy
Robert Ford
-
June 13, 2003
The blame game lives
Robert Ford
-
September 21, 2000
Driving in the U.K. as simple as your PC
Robert Ford
-
July 8, 2004
A short lesson in fear mongering
Robert Ford
-
May 13, 2004