In hopes of motivating myself, I read. Most of the books in my library are about motivation. One book, in particular, Dave’s Way.

On page 10 in the book, something stood out that I thought I would share with all of you. It has to do with quality service, and giving people what their money deserves.

… a magazine reporter asked me why Wendy’s hamburgers were square. I answered, off the top of my head, “At Wendy’s we don’t cut corners.” It dawned on me then that not cutting corners was a lesson I learned from…

Folks, readers, viewers – name your slang – I, Michael Barton, offer you services that will be of amazing quality, and I promise, I DO NOT cut corners.

I can be reached view comments, my contact form or by phone 801-787-3237.


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History of Hacking

I came across a pretty cool image of the history of hacking from a site I like to read. I thought I’d share the image with you. It’s pretty neat. Hope you enjoy it.

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How I'd hack Your Weak Passwords

A little article from the people at Lifehacker explaining how easy it is to hack simple passwords. Hopefully this scares you into creating more secure passwords.

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I came across an article about the best jobs in America. Systems Engineer won it; keep in mind that Systems Engineers are not System Administrators.

The following image shows the list. Be sure to click on the image for the full image.


Welcome to Sun Life Stadium, the 22-year-old arena that the Miami Dolphins call their home. In the ad of all ads, insurance company Sun Life Financial Inc. purchased naming rights to the stadium for the 2010 Pro Bowl and Super Bowl. Now, I know, I know, I’m a little late and the Pro Bowl is already over. But this weekend, the Super Bowl!!!

Out of context for my blog, and yet, still relevant.

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I came across this a while ago. Unfortunately I got a little caught up with business and wasn’t able to share it with you.

Several months back CNN posted an article about 10 humor sites that will make you laugh. I’m a fan of “My life is average” and “Historical Tweets.”

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I came across this blog about the 10 Sources of Inspiration for Designers and thought – this can be used for anyone really. I mean, why is it that we think only artsy people can be creative? Why can’t anyone just get inspired? Anyway, this article is good because it’s just so obvious…

For example:


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Version Numbers

What do version numbers mean? Where did they come from? Windows 7, wait, where was Windows 6? Oh, Vista…sneaky, sneaky. Why do companies do what they do when choosing version numbers?

Aha! This little article will explain it all to you:

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