Kevin Pashuk
While I'm currently the CIO for Appleby College in Oakville (the best IT job in Canada), I've had a great ride in a number of positions in various locations. I've lead a team of more than 100 staff at Sheridan supporting a constituency of 50,000 users, I've been part of the founding team building a brand new medical school in Northern Ontario based completely around distributed education, I've started 3 companies, consulted internationally, drove my gorgeous wife crazy moving around all over, raised 2-1/2 great kids (I'll round it up when the final one leaves home), and occasionally scratch the ear of our butt ugly dog. My craft is not IT, but building IT organizations that support challenging and new ways to do things. I am utterly convinced that we as IT leadership need to dramatically change how IT is delivered, before we get relegated to a costly overhead department. In the midst of all this fun, I've had the distinction of being awarded the inaugural 2010 IT Leader of the Year (SME) Award from Computerworld Canada for my work at Appleby College. I'm humbled by the honor and thankful that some of my ideas actually make sense to someone.
Homepage: http://turningtechinvisible.blogspot.com
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Posts by Kevin Pashuk
What Does the IT Department Really Do?
June 16, 2011 - 10:22 am
Posted in 1) Why I Chose IT, 2) Strategies, 3) Tablets and Mobility, 4) Social Media Service, 5) Bring Your Own Technology, 6) Cloud Computing | 2 comments
The latest post from Turning Technology Invisible – What Does the IT Department Really Do? is available here. To my fellow BlogIdol bloggers… see you tonight!
Eating your own dog food. Living the user experience
June 14, 2011 - 9:14 am
Posted in 2) Strategies | No comments
The latest post from Turning Technology Invisible – Eating your own dog food. Living the user experience is available here. To my fellow BlogIdol bloggers… see you Thursday night!
On the Internet, EVERYBODY Knows You are a Dog (and drink Starbucks)
June 10, 2011 - 9:43 am
Posted in Misc | No comments
The latest post from Turning Technology Invisible – On the Internet, EVERYBODY Knows You are a Dog (and drink Starbucks) is available here.
ThunderClouds – Not all Clouds are Light and Fluffy
June 8, 2011 - 8:43 am
Posted in 6) Cloud Computing | 2 comments
The latest post from Turning Technology Invisible – ThunderClouds – Not all Clouds are Light and Fluffy is available here Hope to see you all at the party next week.
While we are waiting…
June 7, 2011 - 9:02 am
Posted in 6) Cloud Computing | No comments
There was a lot of news in the tech world yesterday with WWDC and E3 (Did anyone else find it ironic that Apple was announcing email enhancements and Microsoft was talking gaming?). While we wait for the big news here at BlogIdolCA, check out my latest post on my Turning Technology Invisible Blog – Beware! [...]
In 5 Years, THEY will be Your Challenge
June 3, 2011 - 9:27 am
Tags: Kaiser Family Foundation, Media Consumption, Millenials
Posted in Misc | No comments
Another post to keep us occupied while we wait on tenterhooks. My latest post on TurningTechInvisible about how technology has not only widened the generation gap, it has created a completely different culture. Post is available here.
Are You a Data Hoarder?
June 2, 2011 - 2:59 pm
Posted in 1) Why I Chose IT | 1 comment
Note: This is a repost from my other blog to keep you occupied while we wait for the judging to finish. . . If you ever want to cure yourself of the notion that you live a simple life, move. We moved this week into a new home. We love the house, the yard, and [...]
How to harvest the best ideas from your team.
May 30, 2011 - 3:47 pm
Tags: employee ideas, IT Leadership, project management
Posted in 2) Strategies | 1 comment
Shane Schick has shared the judging has begun, but encouraged the troops to keep posting. This is a repost of a recent TurningTechInvisible post (my other blog life) One of the challenges of working with a team of bright, creative people full of ideas, is that they are bright, creative, and full of ideas. [...]
Dear RIM, Change your Playbook advertising…
May 24, 2011 - 8:42 am
Tags: Playbook, productivity, RIM Ads
Posted in 3) Tablets and Mobility | 6 comments
I know the BlogIdol contest is over, but just had to get this off my chest. Every time I see the adverts for the new Playbook I find myself commenting out loud to anyone who will listen. Usually it’s the dog, and she knows how I feel about this. The problem is this… I would NEVER [...]
A Knight’s Tale… the end of 2011 Blog Idol Canada
May 22, 2011 - 2:12 pm
Tags: Changing role of CIO, IT Leadership
Posted in 1) Why I Chose IT, 2) Strategies | 8 comments
Once upon a time there was a handsome CIO ( you may disagree, but it’s MY fairy tale). He had spent a number of years learning his craft, with much help along the way from wiser leaders. In spite of this good counsel, our hero gained a number of calluses and scars from battling the [...]
The Universal Do-It-Yourself Tablet Review
May 20, 2011 - 9:07 am
Tags: iPhone, Playbook, satire, tablet review
Posted in 3) Tablets and Mobility, 5) Bring Your Own Technology | 2 comments
With the recent proliferation of new tablets, the people who review these devices have a lot of work to do. As with most things these days, “There’s an app for that”. This tool I’m providing here is not available on the App Store, but it is a multi-platform application that will save you time, money, and allow [...]
How long till Cloud Computing and Tablets are in the Trough of Disillusionment?
May 19, 2011 - 9:58 pm
Tags: 6) Cloud Computing, Gartner Hype Cycle, tablet computing
Posted in 2) Strategies, 3) Tablets and Mobility, 5) Bring Your Own Technology, 6) Cloud Computing | 2 comments
You may not be familiar with the diagram above. Welcome to Gartner’s 2o1o version of their Hype Cycle. For a number of years, Gartner has tracked 1,800 emerging technologies and plotted them along a curve representing the stage of maturity, as well as an estimate as to the number of years it may take [...]
If you were a Superhero…
May 18, 2011 - 9:22 am
Tags: batman, Dropbox, fujitsu, Ipad, iPhone, LG Optimus 7, Livescribe, SharePoint, utilities
Posted in 3) Tablets and Mobility, 5) Bring Your Own Technology, 6) Cloud Computing | 1 comment
You’ve heard this question used as an icebreaker in meetings. It is a good question for IT types, since many of them not only know the answer, they probably have the outfit hanging in their closet at home. (Note to non IT readers – this is a joke. Really). It’s much better than the “If [...]
Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders
May 16, 2011 - 8:49 pm
Tags: ban mobile phones, ban wireless networks, World Health Organization.
Posted in 3) Tablets and Mobility, 5) Bring Your Own Technology, Misc | 5 comments
Welcome to my world. This post from The Telegraph arrived in my inbox this evening. A Council of Europe committee has made a strong recommendation to ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools. According to the article, this is despite contradicting research from the World Health Organisation and the UK Department of Health which states [...]
What could possibly go wrong (with Cloud Computing)?
May 15, 2011 - 10:18 pm
Tags: 6) Cloud Computing, Business Continuance, Disaster Recovery
Posted in 2) Strategies, 6) Cloud Computing | 5 comments
We all know one… The eternal optimist who’s absolutely determined that everthing is fine, that you worry too much, that you should just unknot your knickers and get on with life. He constantly reminds you that things have a way of working out in the end, and that 80% of what we worry about never [...]
