More Than Fun And Games

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On our blog we usually write about what we’re doing around the office. It’s easy because that’s what comes to our minds while we’re in the office. But what about our endeavors outside the office? How do our hobbies and extracurricular activities affect or complement what we do at Don’t Panic Labs? In my estimation,…

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Taking on a BIG Storage Challenge

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As IT Manager of Nebraska Global (including Don’t Panic Labs), I – along with Ted Larsen who is the other half of our entire IT department – face unique technology challenges every day. Sometimes they’re relatively simple, like recovering data after a hard drive failure. Sometimes they require a fair amount of physical agility, like…

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Another Transition Story: From Desktop to Surface Pro 3

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Last week we read Curtis’s story of how he transitioned from a desktop Windows machine to a MacBook Pro running Windows in Parallels 10. This week, I’m sharing my story of moving from a similar desktop machine to a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. Choosing the Hardware When it came time for me to choose the…

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A Developer’s Migration Story: Moving from Windows Desktop to MacBook Pro with Parallels

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At the beginning of 2015, the developers here at Don’t Panic Labs were given the option to choose any notebook or tablet computer to call our own. We wanted to encourage mobility and the freedom to work from different spaces when desired. We ended up with a good spread around the office – many choosing…

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The Perfect Developer Laptop?

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I have been using a laptop as my primary machine since about 1998. I have traditionally bought the fastest, biggest screen, biggest hard drive, most RAM beast I could find. I started with Apple laptops and then made the switch to Wintel after a few years. I usually bought a new machine every year or…

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