August 2009
“MS Gemini, which will come out next year, will require upgrading to 2010...”
– Wayne Eckerson via http://twitter.com/weckerson
Nice way to screw over your customers.
“MS Gemini is Qlikview with an Excel interface, delivered 13 years later.”
– Wayne Eckerson via http://twitter.com/weckerson
Sounds like someone could do it 13 years ago but didn’t. Again, it’s like the car industry.
Girls' Generation in Awesome HD Goodness
KJE Chocalate. 30 mins. 3.9 GB. MPEG2 Transport Stream. Dolby Digital. Sweet.
Apple Mail Alternate Row Colors
I liked Mozilla Thunderbird’s feature wherein each message row when viewing a list of emails is alternating in color. Apple Mail doesn’t have that. The fix? See below.
First you need to install Apple Developer Tools from the CDs that came with your Mac.
Next browse to Applications in the Finder.
Control-click on Mail and select Duplicate so you have a backup.
Control-click on Mail...
Make Apple Mail + Mozilla Firefox Love Each Other
OS integration is nice, but 3rd party browsers ain’t. Ran into this problem when I switched to Apple Mail from Mozilla Thunderbird.
Problem: Clicking on links inside emails in Apple Mail does not open in Mozilla Firefox.
Solution: Open Safari. Go to Preferences. Set default web browser to Firefox. Select it manually if you have to.
Solution if the solution does not work: Navigate to...
Finally dumped Thunderbird. Can't beat Apple Mail...
Mustard now comes in dozens of varieties. Why has... →
I love mustard. This gets an instant reblog. Btw, I don’t like ketchup.
somethingchanged:
The ketchup conundrum, by Malcolm Gladwell
Microsoft Consumer Products, Efficiency &...
I don’t get it why people using the latest builds (technology previews, in MS parlance) are boasting about running Win7 and Office 2010 on a Netbook.
These people are boasting that the next-generation of products for consumers from Microsoft are now efficient enough to run on a netbook.
Both Vista and Office 2007 should’ve been efficient enough to run on a netbook from the very...
Convert Design Evolution →
A converter app for the iPhone and how the designers designed the UI. Very cool.
Rob's Higher Ed BI Blog →
A blog on Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing in Australian Higher Education.
OpenBitTorrent - An open tracker project →
Add the following trackers to your torrents to make them more redundant:
http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce
WatchWar of the Worlds: Goliath Trailer
Kickass trailer for the upcoming animated steampunk epic and unofficial sequel to the movie War of the Worlds. Must watch.
Things I Can Improve on My Thesis
I’ve had the opportunity to work on a mini project for a partner of one of the world’s largest remittance companies. This gave me better insight on the many aspects of my thesis that my ‘mates and I have not considered given the nature (domestic remittance), the lack of experience working with competent people running an actual remittance business and of course, access to the...
Nokia is aiming for EPIC FAIL with their new...
Atom + HDMI: Stutter anyone? Windows OS: No different from every other netbook vendor/maker out there. Ovi: Mobile service that never got off the ground. Batter Life: 12 hours? Ha! We’ll see the real world tests when this thing comes out.
Can’t wait ‘til Apple releases their tablet.
100 Ways to Use a Strip of Bacon →
Yummy.
Incremental Is Pointless and so is Chrome
First off, what I don’t understand is why all these browsers always publish speed increases for JavaScript. I mean, a small speed increase is barely noticeable because it’s in the milliseconds.
Second, why the heck is Chrome really boasting about it? Is it to speed up JavaScript in order to server up more mundane, pointless and crap ads in less time to the user’s face?
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How I define urgency: When the head honcho of one...
When selling to a company of over 500 employees,...
I learned what an experienced BPO executive...
Valet. > The Handbook →
Valet mag brings us a series of tips to up a man’s personal style. 1 tip for 31 days. Released in Jan 09.
HP Tech Support Sux Too →
You guessed it, more Philippines. I can also guess that “value for money” (whatever that means) laptops never came with good support for mere mortals. Rating: C-
Dell Tech Support Sux →
The Philippines was mentioned a couple of times in this article. Did you count how many persons did a caller go through? 4! It’s like me inquiring for DSL service with PLDT. Rating: C-
How to Design a Flat Organization →
I have seen this in action because I work for a small company. Big companies just have too may red tapes, ISO standards and day long meetings for anyone to be truly productive.
Will anyone pay for anything? →
Guy Kawasaki’s Garage Ventures holds a conference called Revenue Bootcamp. It dicusses what ‘young people’ (high school to recent grads) are willing to pay for on the Internet.
Highlight:
They seldom click on any kind of advertising, and they never buy anything because of the advertising.
Yep, I want this generation to age damn quick so that all the dotcom companies stop...
Loose Lips Burn Ships →
The truth behind Cortes’ burning of ships to motivate his men instead of having a ready “escape route”.
Black suits are for glamour, not business →
Bodega: App Store for Mac Desktop Apps →
Sweet.
The Psychology of Overconfidence →
