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What is Missing Link
Missing Link is a personal blog of John Whelan.
John is a 30 year old husband, cyclist, scotch drinker, wine snob, photographer, blogger and Infosec geek.
Early in his career John co-founded several mobile technology companies in the Indianapolis area - Proxito, Bouncepad and DeftMobile aimed at delivering mobile location based services.
John is currently a leader in application security at ExactTarget.
In his spare time, John is a photographer for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for events such as the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400.
The thoughts and opinions expressed in this blog are solely the author's.
Author Archives: John
Meetings are Evil
Meetings are evil. Often they are called without a clear purpose or goal, leading to a disorganized mess. Too frequently they are scheduled for longer than necessary and involve too many people. Almost universally they waste time that would be … Continue reading
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Presence
While I absolutely despise the Microsoft Lync client for Mac (as I’ve discussed before), there is one thing it does fantastically well: presence. Because it’s hooked in and able to talk with Exchange, it knows what is on my calendar … Continue reading
Interesting…
I think it’s interesting that if you ask the average person about last night’s game he can rattle off the score and details, but if you ask him about what our government is doing all he’s able to articulate is … Continue reading
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NEST
As a tech geek I’m always on the lookout for cool tech to play with. A few months ago a co-worker introduced me to the Nest Learning Thermostat, and I instantly knew I had to have one (several, actually…). This … Continue reading
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Microsoft Lync via Adium
Microsoft Lync is the latest evolution of Microsoft Office Communicator – an instant message server / client geared towards enterprises that want to offer instant messaging to employees in a secured and controlled fashion. It’s also one of the worst … Continue reading
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