A few years ago, the owner of Puget Systems told me about a product that had helped him focus on his work. I’d been feeling less productive and more distracted when trying to work, so I decided to install the application he recommended which is called Rescue Time. I installed the free version, and let it do its thing in the background.
With 2016 coming to end, I thought it would be interesting to look back at some of my favorite products of the last year.
I prefer products that seamlessly blend into my life. That means they shouldn’t require a lot of updates or ask me to change my behavior very much in order to enjoy them.
With that in mind, here are five of my favorite products of 2016:
I had a client who recently contacted me over the weekend in a bit of a panic because he had just upgraded to the latest Adobe Premiere CC 2017 and that caused him some grief.
How the weight of a video card can affect a PCIe slot
I made the trek to Salt Lake City to attend the Supercomputing conference. I’ve attended conferences both large and small going back 20 years, but nothing could prepare me for what I saw at Supercomputing. If you’re not familiar with Supercomputing, it’s an annual conference where scientists, researchers, and engineers gather to discuss high-performance computing, network storage and related technologies.
Thought and work behind getting a problem fixed with one of our bigger chassis.
Yesterday, I awoke to the sound of my phone buzzing on the nightstand.
I answered it assuming it was another automatic message from one of the schools my kids attend. But this time I was jolted awake when the person on the line said, “Your bank account has been hacked.”
I grabbed my phone, punched the app to my bank and there it was: my account had been drained.
A series showing the assembly process of customer machines here at Puget Systems.
This time is an i7 with Quadro GPU inside a Fractal Define R5.
At least once a year, I take a call from a friend or family member who is despondent because they’ve lost pictures or video or other critical data stored on their computer. Sometimes they accidentally delete a file or a directly. Or worse, a hard drive dies, taking all their data to the grave.
I listen and try to have empathy. I really do, yet I can usually predict the answer to the question I’ll ask next: “Did you have a backup of your files?” It’s probably a good thing they are explaining their situation to me over the phone when they tell me, no, they did not have a backup.
A few weeks ago, I managed to get three kids in the van. On this morning, I wouldn’t have to speed to get them to school on time, but I was cutting it close.
I slammed my door shut, hit the button to open the garage door and turned the key in the ignition.
Nothing.
Puget Systems builds custom workstations, servers and storage solutions tailored for your work.
We provide:
Extensive performance testing
making you more productive and giving better value for your money
Reliable computers
with fewer crashes means more time working & less time waiting
Support that understands
your complex workflows and can get you back up & running ASAP
A proven track record
as shown by our case studies and customer testimonials
