I just came back from the best technology training I have had in years: a world-first Microsoft SharePoint Elite Information Architecture course designed and delivered by Paul Culmsee. It has taught me a great deal across ALL facets of the day-to-day work that I do as a SharePoint architect. Among the more generic, philosophical takeaways [...]
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Although this post is filed under the Tech Notes category, it really applies to everyone no matter how tech-savvy they may be. I previously wrote about issues with modern keyboards: how to enable arrows on the keypad and also about the position of the Control key. I am ranting once again because: a) this is [...]
I just had to do it. I took the plunge as soon as it came out. I audaciously went through the process of upgrading my iPhone software to the new iOS 4 first thing in the morning. The result: loss of mail, contacts, music, documents, apps, and all my content and settings, which in turn [...]
My first ten days with the new cat has been a bumpy ride with a few scratches here and there along the way. I must say I kind of saw it coming when I was greeted by the grumpy face of the feline on the packaging. This, incidentally, draws a stark contrast with the “happy” [...]
Smartphones are selling like hotcakes and in a couple of years time from now virtually all mobile phones will be smartphones at least throughout the developed world. It seems odd, then, that the various smartphones and Mac OS X don’t seem to get along very well with each other. When it comes to synchronising stuff [...]
When I said “as a corporate customer of Microsoft products, the probability of me installing Windows 7 on a physical machine any time soon is infinitesimally small” less than a week ago, I spoke too soon. That’s because, err, I am now running Windows 7 on my ThinkPad T61 laptop at work. This is my [...]
I have been using Lorem Ipsum for project work a lot lately and it got me thinking: Why is industry-standard dummy text Latin of all languages? Why couldn’t dummy text have meaning? And then I thought of a perfect source of English-language dummy text that is meaningful, true, and even educational. It comes from an [...]
It’s been a week since the Great Apple Announcements of 2009: new operating system, new laptops, and new phone. It’s no secret that Apple profits hugely from its culture of secrecy; publicity generated from worldwide speculation on its yet-to-be-made product announcements must be worth an astronomical sum every year. What’s also unique about Apple is [...]
Recently, I spent some late night hours reviving my first Mac, a 12-inch iBook G4 manufactured in the 22nd week of 2004, which had been quietly collecting dust for tens of months. Bringing a five year-old laptop back to life is kind of like restoring a classic car, though I’m no automobile enthusiast. The 1.07GHz [...]
I enjoy watching Apple’s Get-a-Mac ads. This particular clip titled “Legal Copy” is my latest favourite. Too bad they don’t release one every week. I enjoy watching those ads not only because they are funny, witty, and creative, but because they all state the fact in amazingly funny, witty, creative ways. Factuality and creativity do [...]