by Amanda Evans
Published by DAN CALLOWAY, 23 February 2012

If you are looking for a way to create a stunning presentation of your photo collections, then what better way is there than creating a photo mosaic? Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard provides you with the tools you need to create a stunning photo mosaic by using your photo collection and turning them into large posters and presentations. The results are not only unique and special – they are also ideal for making professional-looking presentations and large-scale wall posters.

Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard is easy to use and making a photomosaic only takes a few clicks of the mouse, The software does all of the hard work for you. To do this manually is practically impossible due to the enormous amount of time involved and the fact that you would also need a very powerful computer with professional photo editing and graphical design software. This solution, on the other hand, makes the process quicker and easier than you can imagine. In addition to that, it also provides some more advanced features for further customizing your results.

Both novice and advanced users will find that creating a photomosaic is an enjoyable and straightforward process. Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard provides the tools you need to get the job done thanks to its intuitive interface and user-friendly navigation. The advanced customization features allow you to create something truly unique by adding various special effects and customizing the way in which the tiles of the photomosaic are organized. As soon as you start up the program, you can get started making your first photomosaic in minimal time thanks to the user-friendly wizard-driven interface. You’ll first be prompted to select the master image. This is the image that you will see when you zoom out or look at the photomosaic from a distance. In the second step, you’ll be asked to choose the photo collection that you want to use for the individual tiles of the mosaic. These are the photos that you will see when you look at the mosaic from up close. The more images you have, the better the results will be. A couple of thousand images are ideal. If you don’t have enough, Artensoft provides a collection of photos for you to work with. Once you have chosen your master image and additional photo collections, you’ll be able to organize tiles and change some advanced customization features before continuing. Alternatively, you can immediately leave Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard to build the photomosaic, doing the hard work for you. Images will then be grouped together according to color gradients and you’ll be able to see the results once the software has completed building the mosaic.

Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard is a user-friendly tool for both beginners and more advanced users. If you want to try it out as see just what this powerful solution can do, pay a visit to http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoMosaicWizard and download a free trial version. You’ll be able to witness the full power of the photomosaic software before you decide whether you want to purchase it or not.

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by DAN CALLOWAY
Published 31 October 2010

WEAVERVILLE – I have come to the conclusion over the last 15 or so months that at my age of 57 no one wants to hire me. Although I have tried to interview, and have applied for many positions–many of which I am overqualified for–I never seem to get an interview or the interview ends with, “I’m sorry, but you are certainly overqualified for the position you’re applying for.” Many times I’ve applied online for positions and never even get a response. That’s simply just unacceptable.

So, I’ve decided if no one will hire me, then, as a result of this obvious age discrimination on the part of employers these days, I have started my own small business and hired myself as the company’s President and 100% voting stockholder. The staff of Chronicler’s Web, LLC is in the business to design affordable and professional-looking websites for worldwide clients.

I have prepared and filed with the Department of the Secretary of State for the State of NC the Articles of Incorporation to form my own small business. The business name is Chroniclers Web, LLC. This limited liability corporation is a click-and-mortar business and is wholely-owned and operated by Dan Calloway.

Chroniclers Web, LLC is a website design business that specializes in Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal site construction. My staff and I are experts in all three of these open source website design platforms–recently bringing Drupal into the fold.

In addition, I have recently added a Chronicler’s Scholar blog site to my domain, which I have created in Drupal. If you’re interested in blog articles of a scholarly nature, then you will certainly enjoy the site. Please consider following it through the site syndication and sign up for a new account to get access to information to which anonymous visitors don’t have access.

Please help me promote my new business by letting all your friends, family, co-workers, and colleagues know about Chroniclers Web, LLC. If you would like to send written correspondence to the Chroniclers Web, LLC, our physical address is:

Chroniclers Web, LLC
PO Box 2228
Weaverville, NC 28787

Our hours of operation are M-F, 9am – 6pm Eastern. The business telephone number is located on the business website. Thank you for your loyal support of The Chronicler’s Web, Dan Calloway’s personal blog.

UPDATE! — The Chronicler’s Web, LLC was officially accepted and filed in the Office of the Secretary of the State of North Carolina on 3 November 2010.  I’m now a small business owner. Time to get to work.

by DAN CALLOWAY
Published 8 July 2010

WALL STREET – I used to have faith in our Government and especially believed that our business leaders could be trusted, looked out for the American people, and made sound business decisions that benefited the company but the American taxpayer as well.

Well, my faith in our Government (in this case specifically the FDIC) and big business has been shattered. I want everyone reading this post to watch this video. It will have your blood boiling.

If you’re as angry as I am about what you see in this video, then spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, your personal blog, or by whatever means possible and let the American public know just where their money is going.

It’s no wonder that many Americans lost their homes to foreclosure in 2008/2009. There’s too much money to be made in the foreclosure market not to foreclose.



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by DAN CALLOWAY
Published 20 June 2010

WEAVERVILLE, NC –  The following is an analysis of the article: “The Collaborate/Integrate Business Technology Strategy,” by Stephen J. Andriole.

Andriole (2006) discusses the importance for business management today to concentrate on their collaborative business future and how well technology can be integrated into the business before they invest in the technology. He sees collaborative business modeling and technology integration as the two strategic business technology investment priorities for businesses. Andriole defines the collaborative business modeling as the modeling of supply chain management, personalization, optimization, customization, automation, and transaction trust. Likewise, Andriole sees technology integration as the process of supporting the collaborative business modeling, including back-, front-, and virtual-office data and application integration, integrating communication infrastructures, and the development of cross-platform security architectures (p. 85).

The business technology investment priorities model illustrated in Andriole (2006) outlines an approach to collaboration and the integration of technology into the business that any business should take and, by doing so, the decision to invest and integrate technology into the business should be carefully analyzed prior to the investment. According to Andriole, if collaboration and integration are low, the company should not invest in or attempt integrating the technology; if both collaboration and integration within the company are mediocre, the company should carefully assess whether they should invest in and integrate the technology into the business; and, if both collaboration and integration are high, the company should definitely invest in the technology and pursue its integration into the business plan as soon as possible.

One important conclusion reached by Andriole (2006) is that even though business collaboration and technology integration are two crucial investment priorities for the business, the specifics of these two priorities will differ from company to company, and the degree of success for each company will depend greatly on the company’s ability to fully understand the business collaboration models they need to support integrated technology.

Andriole’s (2006) discussion of business technology investment and collaboration priorities enhances the concept of the business strategy as set forth in Ward and Peppard (2002) wherein they stress the importance of assessing, identifying, and defining the business needs and opportunities as a necessary requirement if the IS/IT strategy for the business is to have any significant worth (p. 297). Andriole establishes the relative priorities for IS/IT investments and offers a guideline for the SBU to determine whether investment in technology and its integration into the business should be undertaken. Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) is crucial to the enterprise because, according to Ward et al., it begins with identifying the needs of the business. Objectives, priorities, and authorization for IS projects must be formalized to the extent that everyone understands them, but flexible enough so that priorities can be adjusted if necessary. The business investment collaboration and integration concept of Andriole helps the business to determine whether an investment in technology should be undertaken and if so, how this technology should be integrated into the business to effect the greatest benefit to the business entity. Andriole was chosen because it helped to solidify in my mind, from a decidely different perspective, how a company should go about making the right decisions on if and when to invest in technology, how the integration of that technology should be undertaken into the business, and in what fashion that technology should take, so that the technology will benefit it most.


References:

Andriole, S. (2006). The Collaborate/Integrate Business Technology Strategy. Communications of the ACM, 49(5), 85-90.

Ward, J., & Peppard, J. (2002). Strategic Planning for Information Systems (3rd.). Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.


Dan Calloway

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by DAN CALLOWAY
Published 14 April 2010

WEAVERVILLE, NC – Most likely you’ve heard a lot of buzz recently about Cloud Computing. So what is Cloud Computing? The Cloud–as it is referred to–is outside of the business LAN or network and comprises the Internet. Anything in the Cloud is accessible via a typical Web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox 3.x, Safari 4.x, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome. Cloud computing is Internet-based computing where the operating system, applications, shared resources, and data storage are obtained via the Web. The majority of the resources and services offered by Cloud computing are delivered via Data Centers that comply with QoS standards of Internet-based e-Commerce. With cloud computing, your documents, files, and other critical data are always available regardless of where you are.

EyeOS is a company working in collaboration with IBM that offers cloud computing services for collaboration, education, business, and developers. EyeOS is an opensource solution for Web Desktop with RIA framework released under the AGPLv3 license and only needs Apache server, PHP 5, and MySQL to run the server.

Collaboration is easy with EyeOS. You, your family and friends can work with documents, photos, music, and videos all at the same time using applications that don’t reside on your PC, but are running over the Internet. Using the cloud computing resources offered by EyeOS allows for a collaborative learning environment sharing knowledge and working with the latest technologies. Working over the Cloud is fast, easy, secure, private, and confidential–just the things you need and demand for your business. EyeOS offers a fast and reliable Rich Internet Application (RIA) framework focusing on stability and security that allows you to focus on your application and leaving the rest to EyeOS.

EyeOS offers five powerful, bundled applications right out of the box. These include Word Processor, Calendar, Mail Client, Spreadsheets, and File Manager.

To download the latest Open Source Web Desktop (version 2.0) from EyeOS, visit the EyeOS-Cloud Computing download site today!

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