I AM NOT A PC. Are You?

According to this latest Microsoft commercial, everyone is a PC. Hmmmm… interesting angle.

But I am standing firm. I am NOT a PC. Here’s why:

When I upgrade something in my life (like a car), I really upgrade it, not just stick bling on what I had before.
I won’t be told to upgrade until I am [...]

Who Are The Super Geeks?

The last quarter century has seen the rise of the Super Geek. This recent CIO.com article features 11 Super Geeks that have transformed society by disruptive technologies. This collection of individuals, if together, might be confused with the cantina in Star Wars, but their combined wealth is a hundred squillion dollars (roughly). Who are they?

Alan Kay - [...]

Will You Get One Of These Tiny Keyboards?

Check out this tiny keyboard featured on Gizmodo . Smaller than the size of your hand, and it connects up to your PC via USB. How sweet. But what’s the point in it?
It’s a little bit smaller than most laptop keyboards, but then laptops come with keyboards so no use there. I doubt many [...]

Review: Google’s Chrome To Disrupt the Browser Market, But Will It Disrupt the Enterprise Desktop?

In Google’s usual style, there was a bit of a fanfare yesterday (September 2 2008) for the launch of their new ‘killer’ browser, Chrome. Google’s brand and penetration will make it an overnight success and I am confident that it will displace Internet Explorer (further) and Firefox (less so) in the consumer PC market. But [...]

Know When Your Website is Down Before Your Boss Does!

One of the most embarrassing events to happen to me is when my boss has asked me why our company website is down. I didn’t know it was down - and it was. Yellow Pages down the pants-time.
One easy way I found to get to know first is to use a website monitoring tool. I’ve [...]