Say Hello To Google Friend Connect on MDF
http://www.mydreamflight.com/connect.html
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Digg Banning Users ......Who is next ???
http://sfweekly.com/2008-10-01/news/digg-s-top-users-banned-forever-and-ever/
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Google Lauches Second Life Alike...Lively - Welcome
Google Launches Second Life Alike...Lively where you can embark on a chat experience in which you can communicate and express yourself using avatars in your very own space. Choose an avatar and use it to make friends and chat. Create rooms, decorate them to your liking, and make sure to invite your friends over.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Google Open sources Ratproxy
Google Open sources Ratproxy
http://code.google.com/p/ratproxy/
A semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool, optimized for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments.
Detects and prioritizes broad classes of security problems, such as dynamic cross-site trust model considerations, script inclusion issues, content serving problems, insufficient XSRF and XSS defenses, and much more.
Ratproxy is currently believed to support Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X, and Windows (Cygwin) environments
Sample Report
http://code.google.com/p/ratproxy/
A semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool, optimized for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments.
Detects and prioritizes broad classes of security problems, such as dynamic cross-site trust model considerations, script inclusion issues, content serving problems, insufficient XSRF and XSS defenses, and much more.
Ratproxy is currently believed to support Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X, and Windows (Cygwin) environments
Sample Report
Friday, June 27, 2008
Google had scaling problems hard to believe
Google Public Relations [splitbrain.org]: "Google had scaling problems"
The gBrain extension creates a lot of bookmarks. Several thousands a month. And the Google bookmarks system was never made with this amount in mind. What made things worse (and I didn't knew that), the bookmarks are connected to the normal web search. Whenever you use the web search, it checks it against your Google bookmarks. You can easily imagine what problems can come up when you have a several 10 or even 100 thousands of bookmarks…
The gBrain extension creates a lot of bookmarks. Several thousands a month. And the Google bookmarks system was never made with this amount in mind. What made things worse (and I didn't knew that), the bookmarks are connected to the normal web search. Whenever you use the web search, it checks it against your Google bookmarks. You can easily imagine what problems can come up when you have a several 10 or even 100 thousands of bookmarks…
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
IPHONE 2.0 NOT REALLY 2.0 ...
IPHONE 2.0 NOT REALLY 2.0 ...
I was really disappointed in the new release of iphone ...it was much hyped but didnt live up to the expectations ....what I dont understand the secretive nature of apple releases ...why do they keep everything so fussy as if they are going to release any new invention or something ....
I like the Google model to release a beta and then depending on the feedback improve further ...I do not this makes sense in hardware terms ...
I expected fews things from iPhone 2.0
Front Facing cam for video chat
Much more Space atleast 32 gb
I dont whether there is improvement in the processing power of the device .But to run various app and games it need to be powerful enough
Why the heck they dont have a radio receiver in Iphone ..all the mp3 players have radio built in like zune .
Video recorder .
COPY PASTE ???????????
FLASH FLASH FLASH FALSH .....
I have no motivation to upgrade my 2g to 3G unless they have a good discount .
I was really disappointed in the new release of iphone ...it was much hyped but didnt live up to the expectations ....what I dont understand the secretive nature of apple releases ...why do they keep everything so fussy as if they are going to release any new invention or something ....
I like the Google model to release a beta and then depending on the feedback improve further ...I do not this makes sense in hardware terms ...
I expected fews things from iPhone 2.0
Front Facing cam for video chat
Much more Space atleast 32 gb
I dont whether there is improvement in the processing power of the device .But to run various app and games it need to be powerful enough
Why the heck they dont have a radio receiver in Iphone ..all the mp3 players have radio built in like zune .
Video recorder .
COPY PASTE ???????????
FLASH FLASH FLASH FALSH .....
I have no motivation to upgrade my 2g to 3G unless they have a good discount .
Monday, June 9, 2008
From What language to What Platform ...
From What language to What Platform ...
Nowadays as the Runtime time envs like the JVM and the CLR are becoming more and more powerful and efficent the debate of what languages is best or the decision of which language to use is becoming irrelevant in the designing systems .
All the languages have there pros and cons and are relevant to the nature of the problem we are trying to solve .
Like my personal choice would be JAVA for business logic ...Ruby/JRuby for front end and for writing test programs, Haskell or SCALA for less complex business rules which are frequently changing and where BA's can also contribute in mantaining those rules .
More to come ....
Nowadays as the Runtime time envs like the JVM and the CLR are becoming more and more powerful and efficent the debate of what languages is best or the decision of which language to use is becoming irrelevant in the designing systems .
All the languages have there pros and cons and are relevant to the nature of the problem we are trying to solve .
Like my personal choice would be JAVA for business logic ...Ruby/JRuby for front end and for writing test programs, Haskell or SCALA for less complex business rules which are frequently changing and where BA's can also contribute in mantaining those rules .
More to come ....
A Heck of a Weekend in Sports
A Heck of a Weekend in Sports
It was a action packed weekend in sports ....save may weekend from the extreme weather we had
Euro 2008
Sweden Vs Austria*
Germany* vs Poland
Porugal* Vs Turkey
Crotia Vs
All my bets came true ..
Next the outrageously hyped triple crown fuss ....I was damn sure that it is not going to happen this time ...as several times hyped fews years now ...
The most exiting was the Formula 1 race .....It was a action packed race with many overtaking stunts .....but most imp was as they say whats goes around comes around and it came true for Kimi ...Last race he rare ended force india car and stopped force india's historic chance to score a 4th place ....this time stupid hamilton dashed his cars to Kimis and boom both of them were out ....ha ha ha ...my curse came true ...
Celtics crushed Lakers in the frist 50 mins and then a sudden and spirited comeback from lakers
just fell short ...from 22 to 2 in 7 mins .
Couldn't as for more !!!!!!
It was a action packed weekend in sports ....save may weekend from the extreme weather we had
Euro 2008
Sweden Vs Austria*
Germany* vs Poland
Porugal* Vs Turkey
Crotia Vs
All my bets came true ..
Next the outrageously hyped triple crown fuss ....I was damn sure that it is not going to happen this time ...as several times hyped fews years now ...
The most exiting was the Formula 1 race .....It was a action packed race with many overtaking stunts .....but most imp was as they say whats goes around comes around and it came true for Kimi ...Last race he rare ended force india car and stopped force india's historic chance to score a 4th place ....this time stupid hamilton dashed his cars to Kimis and boom both of them were out ....ha ha ha ...my curse came true ...
Celtics crushed Lakers in the frist 50 mins and then a sudden and spirited comeback from lakers
just fell short ...from 22 to 2 in 7 mins .
Couldn't as for more !!!!!!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
MicroHoo: corporate penis envy? - O'Reilly Radar
MicroHoo: corporate penis envy? - O'Reilly Radar
Spot on Post .....I agree that microsoft has lost focus and is always trying to snap other people pie .Instead MS should fix Vista and pay attention to Mac which is biting into windows share . Microsoft have to loosen their stack if they have to compete .
Spot on Post .....I agree that microsoft has lost focus and is always trying to snap other people pie .Instead MS should fix Vista and pay attention to Mac which is biting into windows share . Microsoft have to loosen their stack if they have to compete .
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Please Help Burmese People Before they Die !!!
HOW CAN YOU HELP BURMA CYCLONE VICTIMS
Cyclone Nargis in Burma has killed tens of thousands of people and left up to one million homeless .Burmese state media say 22,980 people were killed by Nargis but there are fears the figure could rise to 100,000.
If we cannot physical help ,we should atleast help the people who are doing the relief efforts .On behalf of UCF I urge you to Please Donate Now to whichever organization you are comfortable with ...Please Donate any amount ..every penny counts .....
Below is the list of websites where you can donate online !
Cyclone Nargis
Worldvision.org;
Donate $25 to help children and families devasted by flooding
Help Myanmar's Victims www.FeedTheChildren.org
Provide 70, 135, 205lbs of aid or more to cyclone victims in Burma.
Burma Disaster Relief www.FoundationBurma.org
• Action Against Hunger; preparing to launch an emergency intervention of water purifying tablets, water, rehabilitation/protection of water points, essential non-food items and emergency shelters, hygiene promotion, environmental clearing/clean up, food, cash and/or vouchers
• ActionAid; working in Irrawaddy, identifying the key needs of the affected population along with local partners to supply funding and emergency response
• Air Serv; is preparing to be a first responder, with helicopters ready to deliver crucial supplies and relief workers
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); mobilizing large-scale relief effort with international partners; dispatching rescue workers; sending medical supplies; assessing longer-term development needs
• American Red Cross; has pledged funds and supplies in support of Myanmar Red Cross's efforts distributing drinking water, clothing, food, plastic tarpaulins and hygiene kits
• American Refugee Committee; working to distribute emergency supplies; pending approval of entry visas a rapid assessment team will be deployed to the region
• AmeriCares; assembling life-saving medical and other humanitarian supplies to be shipped immediately to partners on the ground in Myanmar
• Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team; sending a relief team from SE Asia to Burma
• Baptist World Alliance; has pledged $50,000 to assist with emergency relief efforts and is coordinating relief efforts with Baptists around the world
• Catholic Relief Services; supporting the emergency relief and response efforts of the Caritas Internationalis network
• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee; is appealing for funds and planning immediate intervention that includes shelter, water, and kitchen and medical supplies
• Church World Service; coordinating relief operations with a comprehensive assessment on-going
• Direct Relief International; partnering in Thailand and other neighboring countries to offer assistance to medical relief efforts for people affected by the storm
• Doctors Without Borders; distributing food, plastic sheeting, jerry cans and fuel for water pumps, and treating water; planning a mosquito-net distribution in the coming days to prevent malaria and and dengue fever
• Global Giving; providing emergency medical care, shelter, water and food and other immediate needs
• Habitat for Humanity; assembling a technical team to partner with other organizations in support of long-term shelter reconstruction efforts
• International Committee of the Red Cross; distributing preliminary and essential relief items - mosquito nets, tarpaulins, water and purification tablets
• International Medical Corps; securing emergency supplies including medical supplies, blankets, water purification tablets, sanitation items and hygiene kits
• International Rescue Committee; deploying operations, logistics, water and sanitation experts and hopes to bring in medical staff soon for an operation that would provide clean water, sanitation services, shelter materials, other urgent supplies and health care
• Latter-day Saint Charities; have a field team in-country and cooperating with other international agencies in disaster response
• Lutheran World Relief; assessing the situation and planning a response on behalf of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network
• MAP International; working with partner organizations on the ground in Myanmar and other international agencies in order to assess the situation and respond
• Mercy Corps; helping partners on the ground bring relief to affected families
• Operation USA; responding with shelter, water purification and health care supplies after an assessment is completed by staff currently in the area
• Oxfam; sending aid through partner organizations with a mixture of cash funding, technical expertise and equipment where required
• Save the Children; distributing food, plastic sheeting, water purification tablets and other non food items
• The Salvation Army; dispensing rice, clean water and other relief
• UNICEF; providing child protection, water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition and education
• United Methodist Committee on Relief; continues to monitor the situation and expects to respond to help the people of Myanmar recover as opportunities become available
• World Concern; pending a needs-assessment, expecting that to follow-up with food, water, and other basic needs
• World Food Programme; distributing food in cyclone-damaged areas of Yangon
• World Vision; providing assistance in the form of zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins, and medicine
ADRA International
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(800) 424-ADRA ext. 2372
http://www.adra.org
Action Against Hunger
247 W. 37th St., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(877) 777-1420
http://support.actionagainsthunger.org/donate
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
JDC: Myanmar Cyclone Relief
P.O. Box 530
132 East 43rd St.
New York, NY 10017
(212) 687-6200
http://www.jdc.org
American Jewish World Service
45 W. 36th St., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(800) 889-7146
http://www.ajws.org
American Red Cross
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP-NOW
http://www.redcross.org
American Refugee Committee
430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 872-7602}
http://www.arcrelief.org
AmeriCares
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
(800) 486-4357
http://www.americares.org
Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team
6810 Tilden Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 984-0217
http://www.amurt.net
Baptist World Aid
Myanmar (or Burma) Relief
405 North Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 790-8980
http://www.bwanet.org
CARE
151 Ellis Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) 521-2273
http://www.care.org
CHF International
8601 Georgia Ave., 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(866) 779-2CHF
http://www.chfinternational.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
2850 Kalamazoo Ave., S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49560-0600
(800) 55-CRWRC
http://www.crwrc.org
Church World Service
28606 Phillips St., P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
(800) 297-1516
http://www.churchworldservice.org
Concern Worldwide U.S.
104 East 40th St., Suite 903
New York, NY 10016
(212) 557-8000
http://www.concernusa.org
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
(805) 964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org
Episcopal Relief and Development
815 Second Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(800) 334-7626
http://www.er-d.org
Food for the Hungry
1224 East Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(800) 248-6437
http://www.fh.org
Habitat for Humanity International
Cyclone Nargis
121 Habitat St.
Americus, GA 31709-3498
(800) HABITAT
http://www.habitat.org
International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(800) 481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org
International Relief Teams
Attn: Myanmar Cyclone
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road, Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120
(619) 284-7979
http://www.irteams.org
International Rescue Committee
(Note on checks: Myanmar)
P.O. Box 96651
Washington, DC 20090-6651
(877) REFUGEE
http://www.theIRC.org
Latter-day Saint Charities
50 East North Temple, 7th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
(800) 453-3860, ext. 23544
http://www.lds.org
Lutheran World Relief
P.O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
(800) 597-5972
http://www.lwr.org
MAP International Donor Member Services
Myanmar Assistance
P.O. Box 7020
Albert Lea, MN 56007-9931
(800) 225-8550
http://www.map.org
Mercy Corps
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
1-800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org
Operation USA
Memo "Myanmar Cyclone"
3617 Hayden Ave., Suite A
Culver City, CA 90232
(800) 678-7255
http://www.opusa.org
Project HOPE
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
(800) 544-4673
http://www.projecthope.org
Relief International
1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 478-1200
http://www.ri.org
Save the Children USA
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
(800) 728-3843
http://www.savethechildren.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
3019674 Myanmar Emergency
P.O. Box 9068
New York, NY 10087
(800) 554-8583
http://www.umcor.org
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
UUSC-UUA Burma Cyclone Relief Fund
P.O. Box 845259
Boston, MA 02284-5259
(800) 388-3920
http://www.uusc.org
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
125 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10038
(800) 4UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org
World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98133
(800) 755-5022, ext.7706
http://www.worldconcern.org
World Emergency Relief
P.O. Box 131570
Carlsbad, CA 92013
(888) 484-4543
http://www.worldemergencyrelief.org
World Vision
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, WA 98063
(888) 56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org
Cyclone Nargis in Burma has killed tens of thousands of people and left up to one million homeless .Burmese state media say 22,980 people were killed by Nargis but there are fears the figure could rise to 100,000.
If we cannot physical help ,we should atleast help the people who are doing the relief efforts .On behalf of UCF I urge you to Please Donate Now to whichever organization you are comfortable with ...Please Donate any amount ..every penny counts .....
Below is the list of websites where you can donate online !
Cyclone Nargis
Worldvision.org;
Donate $25 to help children and families devasted by flooding
Help Myanmar's Victims www.FeedTheChildren.org
Provide 70, 135, 205lbs of aid or more to cyclone victims in Burma.
Burma Disaster Relief www.FoundationBurma.org
• Action Against Hunger; preparing to launch an emergency intervention of water purifying tablets, water, rehabilitation/protection of water points, essential non-food items and emergency shelters, hygiene promotion, environmental clearing/clean up, food, cash and/or vouchers
• ActionAid; working in Irrawaddy, identifying the key needs of the affected population along with local partners to supply funding and emergency response
• Air Serv; is preparing to be a first responder, with helicopters ready to deliver crucial supplies and relief workers
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); mobilizing large-scale relief effort with international partners; dispatching rescue workers; sending medical supplies; assessing longer-term development needs
• American Red Cross; has pledged funds and supplies in support of Myanmar Red Cross's efforts distributing drinking water, clothing, food, plastic tarpaulins and hygiene kits
• American Refugee Committee; working to distribute emergency supplies; pending approval of entry visas a rapid assessment team will be deployed to the region
• AmeriCares; assembling life-saving medical and other humanitarian supplies to be shipped immediately to partners on the ground in Myanmar
• Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team; sending a relief team from SE Asia to Burma
• Baptist World Alliance; has pledged $50,000 to assist with emergency relief efforts and is coordinating relief efforts with Baptists around the world
• Catholic Relief Services; supporting the emergency relief and response efforts of the Caritas Internationalis network
• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee; is appealing for funds and planning immediate intervention that includes shelter, water, and kitchen and medical supplies
• Church World Service; coordinating relief operations with a comprehensive assessment on-going
• Direct Relief International; partnering in Thailand and other neighboring countries to offer assistance to medical relief efforts for people affected by the storm
• Doctors Without Borders; distributing food, plastic sheeting, jerry cans and fuel for water pumps, and treating water; planning a mosquito-net distribution in the coming days to prevent malaria and and dengue fever
• Global Giving; providing emergency medical care, shelter, water and food and other immediate needs
• Habitat for Humanity; assembling a technical team to partner with other organizations in support of long-term shelter reconstruction efforts
• International Committee of the Red Cross; distributing preliminary and essential relief items - mosquito nets, tarpaulins, water and purification tablets
• International Medical Corps; securing emergency supplies including medical supplies, blankets, water purification tablets, sanitation items and hygiene kits
• International Rescue Committee; deploying operations, logistics, water and sanitation experts and hopes to bring in medical staff soon for an operation that would provide clean water, sanitation services, shelter materials, other urgent supplies and health care
• Latter-day Saint Charities; have a field team in-country and cooperating with other international agencies in disaster response
• Lutheran World Relief; assessing the situation and planning a response on behalf of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network
• MAP International; working with partner organizations on the ground in Myanmar and other international agencies in order to assess the situation and respond
• Mercy Corps; helping partners on the ground bring relief to affected families
• Operation USA; responding with shelter, water purification and health care supplies after an assessment is completed by staff currently in the area
• Oxfam; sending aid through partner organizations with a mixture of cash funding, technical expertise and equipment where required
• Save the Children; distributing food, plastic sheeting, water purification tablets and other non food items
• The Salvation Army; dispensing rice, clean water and other relief
• UNICEF; providing child protection, water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition and education
• United Methodist Committee on Relief; continues to monitor the situation and expects to respond to help the people of Myanmar recover as opportunities become available
• World Concern; pending a needs-assessment, expecting that to follow-up with food, water, and other basic needs
• World Food Programme; distributing food in cyclone-damaged areas of Yangon
• World Vision; providing assistance in the form of zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins, and medicine
ADRA International
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(800) 424-ADRA ext. 2372
http://www.adra.org
247 W. 37th St., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(877) 777-1420
http://support.actionagainsthunger.org/donate
JDC: Myanmar Cyclone Relief
P.O. Box 530
132 East 43rd St.
New York, NY 10017
(212) 687-6200
http://www.jdc.org
45 W. 36th St., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(800) 889-7146
http://www.ajws.org
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP-NOW
http://www.redcross.org
430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 872-7602}
http://www.arcrelief.org
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
(800) 486-4357
http://www.americares.org
6810 Tilden Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 984-0217
http://www.amurt.net
Myanmar (or Burma) Relief
405 North Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 790-8980
http://www.bwanet.org
151 Ellis Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) 521-2273
http://www.care.org
8601 Georgia Ave., 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(866) 779-2CHF
http://www.chfinternational.org
2850 Kalamazoo Ave., S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49560-0600
(800) 55-CRWRC
http://www.crwrc.org
28606 Phillips St., P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
(800) 297-1516
http://www.churchworldservice.org
104 East 40th St., Suite 903
New York, NY 10016
(212) 557-8000
http://www.concernusa.org
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
(805) 964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org
815 Second Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(800) 334-7626
http://www.er-d.org
1224 East Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(800) 248-6437
http://www.fh.org
Cyclone Nargis
121 Habitat St.
Americus, GA 31709-3498
(800) HABITAT
http://www.habitat.org
1919 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(800) 481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org
Attn: Myanmar Cyclone
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road, Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120
(619) 284-7979
http://www.irteams.org
(Note on checks: Myanmar)
P.O. Box 96651
Washington, DC 20090-6651
(877) REFUGEE
http://www.theIRC.org
50 East North Temple, 7th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
(800) 453-3860, ext. 23544
http://www.lds.org
P.O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
(800) 597-5972
http://www.lwr.org
Myanmar Assistance
P.O. Box 7020
Albert Lea, MN 56007-9931
(800) 225-8550
http://www.map.org
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
1-800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org
Memo "Myanmar Cyclone"
3617 Hayden Ave., Suite A
Culver City, CA 90232
(800) 678-7255
http://www.opusa.org
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
(800) 544-4673
http://www.projecthope.org
1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 478-1200
http://www.ri.org
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
(800) 728-3843
http://www.savethechildren.org
3019674 Myanmar Emergency
P.O. Box 9068
New York, NY 10087
(800) 554-8583
http://www.umcor.org
UUSC-UUA Burma Cyclone Relief Fund
P.O. Box 845259
Boston, MA 02284-5259
(800) 388-3920
http://www.uusc.org
125 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10038
(800) 4UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org
19303 Fremont Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98133
(800) 755-5022, ext.7706
http://www.worldconcern.org
P.O. Box 131570
Carlsbad, CA 92013
(888) 484-4543
http://www.worldemergencyrelief.org
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, WA 98063
(888) 56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Drag and Drop Revolution ...
Isn't semantic web all about taking drag and drop to the next level . Currently web 2.0 is all about dragging and dropping things that know each other on the web like dragging and dropping a item in a shopping cart , dragging and dropping google maps , dragging and dropping photos in web albums , stocks in online portfolio... blah blah ...
But there are significant limitations to current drag and drop functionality ...which is you cannot drag and drop between two unknown entities . You cannot drag and drop your bank account information onto your calendar to see your expense history or graph .....i think next wave of webapps will have this significant capabilities will really make the existing information scattered around the web relative . That will be a real powerful information presented in a highly customizable form.
But there are significant limitations to current drag and drop functionality ...which is you cannot drag and drop between two unknown entities . You cannot drag and drop your bank account information onto your calendar to see your expense history or graph .....i think next wave of webapps will have this significant capabilities will really make the existing information scattered around the web relative . That will be a real powerful information presented in a highly customizable form.
Are big enterprises exploiting Open source ?
Are big enterprises exploiting Open source ?
With the growing adoption of open source softwares in enterprises how much have enterprises are giving back to open source community .Open source software is a big boon for big enterprises . With its adoption the IT expenditure is coming down considerably . But I rarely hear news like big firms like Bank of America contributed some major upgrade or effort to a open source community . Are the big firms just exploiting open source community and all the efforts put by all the developers . open source communities have proven to be excellent supports systems for all the firms that used these software . I have worked in many firms but apart from the Software and Technology Firms i have never seen management encouraging contributions back to the open source communities .
With the growing adoption of open source softwares in enterprises how much have enterprises are giving back to open source community .Open source software is a big boon for big enterprises . With its adoption the IT expenditure is coming down considerably . But I rarely hear news like big firms like Bank of America contributed some major upgrade or effort to a open source community . Are the big firms just exploiting open source community and all the efforts put by all the developers . open source communities have proven to be excellent supports systems for all the firms that used these software . I have worked in many firms but apart from the Software and Technology Firms i have never seen management encouraging contributions back to the open source communities .
Thursday, April 3, 2008
WHY I POD
WHY I POD
The "I" theory Ipod..Iphone..Itouch - Whats different in ipod ? How can a product revive an entire company ? How can a small product become a generation icon and culture .What there in IPod and not in any other MP3 player ...its just a user friendly small music playing gadget .
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is it the "I" factor ...concept of personalization of music ?? but the sony walkman did the same
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ability to purchase one song instead of a complete album ******
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itunes ...no way it the worst music playing piece of crap
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Marketing ....I don't think we see as many ads of ipod and they were not ground breaking .Although i liked the ad completely made by fans .
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timing of the launch ...during the 2001 bubble burst ..may be people wanted some thing to look forward or positive...but should be same as any other good product launched that time ....are their any
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the hardware design of the product itself ??? but except from the wheel i dont see anything ground breaking in the design
and infact all apple design are copied/inspired from Dieter Rams work ..
Read this post
http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future
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the software part ...but its just another music playing with general features ...although the touchscreen is revolutionary ...
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Steve job factor.....naa I don't think people where really admired steve before ipod
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was it a beginning of a new generation ...the true digital age ....the transition from analog to digital cultures ...
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or the brand image of apple that did it ....but apple was in trash before ipod happened
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or it is a due to peer to peer marketing phenomenon
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is it the secrecy of apple about its products and updates
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macworld ??
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Macs made Ipod or Ipod made Macs
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does apple produces what consumer wants or make consumer wants they produce
I have no idea what made ipod where it is today ...these are just random thoughts that hit me ......what do ya think?
The "I" theory Ipod..Iphone..Itouch - Whats different in ipod ? How can a product revive an entire company ? How can a small product become a generation icon and culture .What there in IPod and not in any other MP3 player ...its just a user friendly small music playing gadget .
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is it the "I" factor ...concept of personalization of music ?? but the sony walkman did the same
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ability to purchase one song instead of a complete album ******
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itunes ...no way it the worst music playing piece of crap
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Marketing ....I don't think we see as many ads of ipod and they were not ground breaking .Although i liked the ad completely made by fans .
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timing of the launch ...during the 2001 bubble burst ..may be people wanted some thing to look forward or positive...but should be same as any other good product launched that time ....are their any
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the hardware design of the product itself ??? but except from the wheel i dont see anything ground breaking in the design
and infact all apple design are copied/inspired from Dieter Rams work ..
Read this post
http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future
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the software part ...but its just another music playing with general features ...although the touchscreen is revolutionary ...
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Steve job factor.....naa I don't think people where really admired steve before ipod
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was it a beginning of a new generation ...the true digital age ....the transition from analog to digital cultures ...
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or the brand image of apple that did it ....but apple was in trash before ipod happened
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or it is a due to peer to peer marketing phenomenon
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is it the secrecy of apple about its products and updates
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macworld ??
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Macs made Ipod or Ipod made Macs
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does apple produces what consumer wants or make consumer wants they produce
I have no idea what made ipod where it is today ...these are just random thoughts that hit me ......what do ya think?
Who says the new generation is getting isolated from the real world
Who says the new generation is getting isolated from the real world because for internet .......I believe they may be physically getting isolated but they are no less connected to the world .More Connected to the real world means that they know more of what going around the world and around them . Consider the life in past without internet and email ...people used to stay in touch with letters and phone calls and how often may be once a month may be never ....now with the internet and web 2.0 websites like twitter ,myspace blah blah .coms you are in touch with all of your friends each and every day ...and with twitter like applications you can know what exactly your friend is doing every moment .
Best things that you can discover your very very old friends that you lost track of and you had no idea where they were and what they were doing ...isn't that great ...i have meet friends from my school days whom i never thought will meet again in my life .
Nowadays people are more inform about the whats going on in the world due to internet news feeds rather relying on TV news which is very biased and where britney spears latest screw up is more importantly then ..whats happening in dafur and zimbabwe .More importantly TV news are only one way communication which is very passive wherein on internet news websites are two way communications channels where you can express your views freely about any topics by posting comments for the news ..
Best things that you can discover your very very old friends that you lost track of and you had no idea where they were and what they were doing ...isn't that great ...i have meet friends from my school days whom i never thought will meet again in my life .
Nowadays people are more inform about the whats going on in the world due to internet news feeds rather relying on TV news which is very biased and where britney spears latest screw up is more importantly then ..whats happening in dafur and zimbabwe .More importantly TV news are only one way communication which is very passive wherein on internet news websites are two way communications channels where you can express your views freely about any topics by posting comments for the news ..
Friday, March 28, 2008
Jim Cramer's Bummer....
I couldn't resist to post this ....as I am a critic of the TV's so called "financial analyst" and there senseless predictions and analysis about the financial markets .....I believe that no one can precisely predict the market
Mr. Screamer Few Days Before Bear Stearns Collapse ..
and after saving his ass ....a complete idiot ..hahaha
These videos I found on youtube .
Mr. Screamer Few Days Before Bear Stearns Collapse ..
and after saving his ass ....a complete idiot ..hahaha
These videos I found on youtube .
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
So what is semantic web anyway ??
So what is semantic web anyway ??
So semantic web is catching momentum with standards , formats and applications being developed around it . I was checking out the semantic web applications called twine which was launched for public recently by Radar systems which sweet funding this month from a VC . Twine is basically a semantic web data aggregator where you can create and share data in the "semantic web form" So its kind of social networking for semantic web .
So what is semantic web anyway
What I heard and understand in bullets ....
Sounds exciting but whats its implementations will it be able to use the existing unsemantic data that is already present in the web even at this early stage there are too many formats that are evolving ...will there be too many different standards to follow ..
whats my vision about semantic web .....
So I wonder isn't yahoo pipes and google mashups kind of semantic web applications ?
But the challenge would be to convert the existing data on the web to a be understandable by semantic web applications.
So as per the vision the existing data should be converted to standard formats such as RDF ..thats a humongous task ...seems very difficult ...or my understanding is incorrect ...
Challenges for Semantic Web ....
Current Web data is unimaginably huge
Too many formats already in existence .
Lets see how it shapes ...........
The Best Semantic Web Examples
http://simile.mit.edu/
Some Resources ..
http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Semantic.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_semantic_apps_to_watch.php
So semantic web is catching momentum with standards , formats and applications being developed around it . I was checking out the semantic web applications called twine which was launched for public recently by Radar systems which sweet funding this month from a VC . Twine is basically a semantic web data aggregator where you can create and share data in the "semantic web form" So its kind of social networking for semantic web .
So what is semantic web anyway
What I heard and understand in bullets ....
- Hypertext to Hyperdata
- Web as a Platform
- HTML pages as a database
- Web as a Database
- Unknown websites talking to each other
- data with metadata
- Drag and Drop to next level . Drag anything and Drop on anything
Sounds exciting but whats its implementations will it be able to use the existing unsemantic data that is already present in the web even at this early stage there are too many formats that are evolving ...will there be too many different standards to follow ..
whats my vision about semantic web .....
- reuse of existing data ..pls dont ask me to create another profile ,calendar,to do list etc etc .
- my calendar/organizer should be seamlessly to talk to any of my phone ,bank accounts ,blogs,email,contacts, photos etc and vice versa . so that I have one calendar to maintain.
- I should be able to have my universal profile which talks to all the social networks out there .
- I should be able to view my data in any form I want and arrange ,view and present as i want no restrictions .
- I should be able to time travel :)
So I wonder isn't yahoo pipes and google mashups kind of semantic web applications ?
But the challenge would be to convert the existing data on the web to a be understandable by semantic web applications.
So as per the vision the existing data should be converted to standard formats such as RDF ..thats a humongous task ...seems very difficult ...or my understanding is incorrect ...
Challenges for Semantic Web ....
Current Web data is unimaginably huge
Too many formats already in existence .
Lets see how it shapes ...........
The Best Semantic Web Examples
http://simile.mit.edu/
Some Resources ..
http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Semantic.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_semantic_apps_to_watch.php
Friday, March 14, 2008
Get Set Go For F1 2008 !!!!!!!
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Get Set Go For F1 2008 !!!!!!!
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With the most exicting F1 season ever last year we are once again ready to get set go for 2008 .Can you believe it ....it felt like a decade to me ...
After extensive winter testing all the teams are ready with there new cars and driver line up and Australia is all set to start 08 F1 calendar tomorrow .
Some highlights and changes for 08 .
The Alonso Hamilton bitter nasty rivilary continues Hope this season we will not see the off track drama that we saw in 07 .
I am sure 08 will be more exciting and intense season and will see some great real racing ahead .
I would be backing off course Force India and Alonso this year !!!!!
Go Force India !!!!!
Get Set Go For F1 2008 !!!!!!!
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With the most exicting F1 season ever last year we are once again ready to get set go for 2008 .Can you believe it ....it felt like a decade to me ...
After extensive winter testing all the teams are ready with there new cars and driver line up and Australia is all set to start 08 F1 calendar tomorrow .
Some highlights and changes for 08 .
- Fernando Alonso has left McLaren to race for Renault
- Heikki Kovalainen is now racing for McLaren,
- the Spyker team is now Force India F1.
- Traction Control has been banned .So get ready to see more wheel spin or sliding of the cars .
- Standardized Electronic Control Unit, it will police the cars' electronics to guarantee that they do not use newly banned drivers' aids, such as traction control, engine braking and race-launch equipment.
- There are two new street-track venues, one in Spain and the other in Singapore featuring the sport's first-ever night race.
The Alonso Hamilton bitter nasty rivilary continues Hope this season we will not see the off track drama that we saw in 07 .
I am sure 08 will be more exciting and intense season and will see some great real racing ahead .
I would be backing off course Force India and Alonso this year !!!!!
Go Force India !!!!!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Offline browsing !! ...Dont have a wifi spot in your commute !! ...Just use firefox ..Simple!! .
I always lamented over that during my train commute i cannot access internet thats how much I am addicted to the web . Browsing on the IPHONE sucks big time over edge .
But Yesterday after work I didn't close my Firefox browser instances and on my way back I opened my laptop in the train and was reading a PDF and just happen to tab to the browser . I saw a blog I was reading during lunch and just started reading it . When I went back in the browser I was able to get all the sites that i have visited from the history and all the blogs articles images etc . That was cool . Off course you cant submit anything or get any new pages but can browser whatever you have in your browser history. I used to create a PDF of the blogs and articles I have to read in my commute . Now I just open the stuff that I might read and just "don't close the browser" and bang I have all of them available offline . As simple as that . I know I might not the first one to figure this out ...but still its cool .
But Yesterday after work I didn't close my Firefox browser instances and on my way back I opened my laptop in the train and was reading a PDF and just happen to tab to the browser . I saw a blog I was reading during lunch and just started reading it . When I went back in the browser I was able to get all the sites that i have visited from the history and all the blogs articles images etc . That was cool . Off course you cant submit anything or get any new pages but can browser whatever you have in your browser history. I used to create a PDF of the blogs and articles I have to read in my commute . Now I just open the stuff that I might read and just "don't close the browser" and bang I have all of them available offline . As simple as that . I know I might not the first one to figure this out ...but still its cool .
A black day in Indian sports !!
A black day in indian sports
It is astonishing that with a sports like hockey ,when Indian team who were 8 time Olympic gold medalists failed to even qualify for Olympics first time in 78 years and
nobody is concerns and media is relatively quite about it . It is very unfortunate for a country of1.5 billion not to even qualify for a sport that they invented . Country is so blinded with the freaking cricket euphoria that nobody cares . India is true a country of huge divides .One hand players are being flooded by money and on the other hand players and Olympic aspirants not even receive a basic training funding . How disturbing is that ..
Who is to blame to ?
Things we can do improve this condition
What you can do at personal level to help
I just can think of these things .. Do you have any better ideas !!
It is astonishing that with a sports like hockey ,when Indian team who were 8 time Olympic gold medalists failed to even qualify for Olympics first time in 78 years and
nobody is concerns and media is relatively quite about it . It is very unfortunate for a country of1.5 billion not to even qualify for a sport that they invented . Country is so blinded with the freaking cricket euphoria that nobody cares . India is true a country of huge divides .One hand players are being flooded by money and on the other hand players and Olympic aspirants not even receive a basic training funding . How disturbing is that ..
Who is to blame to ?
- Slumpy System
- Bureaucracy
- People managing sports authorities and boards .
- Common People/Spectators
- Poor Sporting infrastructure
Things we can do improve this condition
- Promote other sports at school level
- Media coverage of local sports events
- Encourage local community sports events
- one central board for all the sports so that money can be shared between sports
- Tax those freaking filthy rich cricketers .
- Add a Tax component in income tax for sports .
- Professional Marketing for other Sports at district,state and national levels.
- Extensive Media coverage to different leagues at all the levels .
What you can do at personal level to help
- Start a campaign to convince the media like the channels to cover more sports
- Start forums,blogs,social networking about discussions
- Start a funding campaign for your favorite sports
- Sponsor a child good in sports for in carrier in sports.
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I just can think of these things .. Do you have any better ideas !!
Friday, March 7, 2008
No Iphone SDK for Linix/Windows developers ...It Sucks !!
With all the fuzz going around IPhone SDK . When I tried to download the SDK . It always gave me "Please try again" .I thought it was due to heavy trafic on apple website . The error message is also misleading .
Then I learnt that the SDK is only for MAC developer and you need a Leopard for using the SDK .
Its completely sucks .At least the should have given a support to Linux environment .
Hmm now either i need to buy a MAC or wait for them to release one for Linux . Or I have wait for other developers to host the apps in June .
Its Sucks big time !!!!! :(
Vishal
Then I learnt that the SDK is only for MAC developer and you need a Leopard for using the SDK .
* Free sign up as a Registered iPhone Developer required to download the iPhone SDK.
Technical Requirement: Intel processor-based Mac running Mac OS X Leopard ""
Its completely sucks .At least the should have given a support to Linux environment .
Hmm now either i need to buy a MAC or wait for them to release one for Linux . Or I have wait for other developers to host the apps in June .
Its Sucks big time !!!!! :(
Vishal
Thursday, March 6, 2008
IPhone SDK Available for Download --Dev Center - iPhone Developer Program
Apple Developer Connection - iPhone Dev Center - iPhone Developer Program
Finally The Iphone SDK is available for Download on apple site
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/sdk1/
The SDK is free but the have 2 different programs for applications
Standard Program $99
The Standard Program is for developers who are creating free and commercial applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
Enterprise Program $299
The Enterprise Program is for developers who are creating proprietary, in-house applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
When I tried to access the site it was partially loaded . I think I was the frist one to hit the website :)
You need to have a apple id and if you odnt you can create one .
They will send you a link in email .
here is my link that I got in a email . I would suggest you to use your own
Its working intermittently .
Will explore more .
Vishal
Finally The Iphone SDK is available for Download on apple site
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/sdk1/
The SDK is free but the have 2 different programs for applications
Standard Program $99
The Standard Program is for developers who are creating free and commercial applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
Enterprise Program $299
The Enterprise Program is for developers who are creating proprietary, in-house applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
When I tried to access the site it was partially loaded . I think I was the frist one to hit the website :)
You need to have a apple id and if you odnt you can create one .
They will send you a link in email .
here is my link that I got in a email . I would suggest you to use your own
Its working intermittently .
Will explore more .
Vishal
Open source middleware adoption a "ground up" process
Interesting to see a the new trend in open source adoption where the information is flowing in the reverse direction from the developers to the decision making folks in the management . So for a firm open source adaption developers are indirectly playing a decision making role.
Open source is lending more power in developers hand and rightly so as they are the people who actually build systems . The days of management forcing adoption of a particular product to the developers and project teams are coming to an end . Most of the products were adapted in the enterprise based on decision made by management guys after being impressed by the glossy product presentations from the big firms .
Now most of developers as a part of the community have a sense of ownership to the open source product unlike the closed source product comes in shiny wrapped box . This sense of ownership really helps to take full advantage of the product and adopt the product efficiently in the enterprise .
Craig Muzilla describes this trend as a ground up process for middleware adoption . He gives a good insight of middleware open source adoption in corporations .
Definition of Middleware ( Craig Muzilla, VP of middleware at Red Hat)
Traditionally, it's always been a glue between processes. It's broader than that -- it's about the platforms for developing and hosting and running applications, as well as technology for integrating components of applications and composites of those applications. This is where SOA comes into play as well. It's everything from application servers or servlet engines to host and run your apps, to more glue-like code that helps you publish a service or orchestrate a number services together -- and then process management falls into the middle. It's a little bit amorphous, but it's basically foundational technology to help you create and run an application or combined applications together into process flows.
Vishal
To Read further ..
Linux.com :: Interview with Craig Muzilla, VP of middleware at Red Hat
Open source is lending more power in developers hand and rightly so as they are the people who actually build systems . The days of management forcing adoption of a particular product to the developers and project teams are coming to an end . Most of the products were adapted in the enterprise based on decision made by management guys after being impressed by the glossy product presentations from the big firms .
Now most of developers as a part of the community have a sense of ownership to the open source product unlike the closed source product comes in shiny wrapped box . This sense of ownership really helps to take full advantage of the product and adopt the product efficiently in the enterprise .
Craig Muzilla describes this trend as a ground up process for middleware adoption . He gives a good insight of middleware open source adoption in corporations .
Definition of Middleware ( Craig Muzilla, VP of middleware at Red Hat)
Traditionally, it's always been a glue between processes. It's broader than that -- it's about the platforms for developing and hosting and running applications, as well as technology for integrating components of applications and composites of those applications. This is where SOA comes into play as well. It's everything from application servers or servlet engines to host and run your apps, to more glue-like code that helps you publish a service or orchestrate a number services together -- and then process management falls into the middle. It's a little bit amorphous, but it's basically foundational technology to help you create and run an application or combined applications together into process flows.
Vishal
To Read further ..
Linux.com :: Interview with Craig Muzilla, VP of middleware at Red Hat
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Yet another way to save money for startups ..-SharePoint Alternative From Google
SharePoint Alternative From Google - Google Sites
Google today launched a MS SharePoint alternative to its google app bundle of
services . You can create intranet , wikis ,teamsite in minutes in google sites . It is well integrated with other google apps product like mail ,documents etc . The best part is the basic version is free and the premier version is pennies as compare to excessively expensive microsoft sharepoint .
It amazing to see that how we can manage a complete IT infrastucture for a small company using google product . I have personal expereince in setting up basic IT infrastructure for some small companies with no notable cost . There are so many services like email , documents hosting , mailing lists , dashboards ,now a CMS etc you can use for free with no cost . They have all the Postini offerings at a very negligible cost .This saves a lot of money and time for us . Best part is that you dont have to be a geek to setup and use all these services .
I would really like to see a workflow management system or service from google in their nexst update or service offering .
It is interesting to see how google is slowly digging to micorsofts enterprise space .Utimately google wants to eat into the huge enterprise software space that MS have enjoyed a monoply for quite some time now .
As long as these services doesn't cost too much I am happpy to use .
Google today launched a MS SharePoint alternative to its google app bundle of
services . You can create intranet , wikis ,teamsite in minutes in google sites . It is well integrated with other google apps product like mail ,documents etc . The best part is the basic version is free and the premier version is pennies as compare to excessively expensive microsoft sharepoint .
It amazing to see that how we can manage a complete IT infrastucture for a small company using google product . I have personal expereince in setting up basic IT infrastructure for some small companies with no notable cost . There are so many services like email , documents hosting , mailing lists , dashboards ,now a CMS etc you can use for free with no cost . They have all the Postini offerings at a very negligible cost .This saves a lot of money and time for us . Best part is that you dont have to be a geek to setup and use all these services .
I would really like to see a workflow management system or service from google in their nexst update or service offering .
It is interesting to see how google is slowly digging to micorsofts enterprise space .Utimately google wants to eat into the huge enterprise software space that MS have enjoyed a monoply for quite some time now .
As long as these services doesn't cost too much I am happpy to use .
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Yet Another Life saver for Startups and Small Businesses
cloudtools - Google Code
Yet Another Life saver for Startups and Small Businesses .
Infrastructure cost are going down for Startups with open source software and Amazon web services getting popular now you don't have to pay huge amounts for server hosting or getting expensive hardware for your IT environments.
With Amazon's Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) now you can deploy , test and even host your Java EE apps on Amazon servers . You can run your apps on Tomcat servers with MySQL Database .
Amazon Webservices are still new and have some major barriers (No SLA ,Persistence DB,IP changes )for entry as mentioned in Info Q blog
Tool developement around the amazon ec2 has already started in the community . One of such tools which makes your life easy is EC2Deploy cloudtools - Google Code.
Here you can see how to deploy a JEE app
With Amazons Pay for what you use ...starups can save a lot of money on IT infrastructure .They have many flexible plans to choose from depending on your needs . Details
So the days of servers cramped in a bedroom or office spaces for startups may be with virtual and cloud computing .
I think there will be many more apis and frameworks around EC2 as it gains momentum in the community .
Vishal
Yet Another Life saver for Startups and Small Businesses .
Infrastructure cost are going down for Startups with open source software and Amazon web services getting popular now you don't have to pay huge amounts for server hosting or getting expensive hardware for your IT environments.
With Amazon's Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) now you can deploy , test and even host your Java EE apps on Amazon servers . You can run your apps on Tomcat servers with MySQL Database .
Amazon Webservices are still new and have some major barriers (No SLA ,Persistence DB,IP changes )for entry as mentioned in Info Q blog
Tool developement around the amazon ec2 has already started in the community . One of such tools which makes your life easy is EC2Deploy cloudtools - Google Code.
Here you can see how to deploy a JEE app
With Amazons Pay for what you use ...starups can save a lot of money on IT infrastructure .They have many flexible plans to choose from depending on your needs . Details
So the days of servers cramped in a bedroom or office spaces for startups may be with virtual and cloud computing .
I think there will be many more apis and frameworks around EC2 as it gains momentum in the community .
Vishal
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
is Browser Back Button Broken on Digg.com ?
is Browser Back Button Broken on Digg.com ?
Whenever I try to use the browser back button it always gives me a fatal error . Now comeon ..its digg the web 2.0 website...this shouldn't happen .
Vishal
Who Needs Micorsoft Office Apis and code access Anyway ?
Microsoft Realizes Open Source or Do they ??? Who Needs MS Office Apis and code access Anyway ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7257411.stm
I think Microsoft is realizing the end of proprietary and monopoly software is near and the survive it needs to open up . But is it too late for Microsoft for spin the open source buzz word .Is it just to please the european antitrust regulators ? Or it is a cunning move by MS to expliot the open source software developers and community .
The big question is microsoft with its history of proprietary ,closed and monopolized software will able to embrace open source software culture . Its difficult to digest sudden change in their philosophy . Yes it is when I read in details about their announcements . They are just opening up apis for the office suite for developers for "interoperability" .So its just a move towards complying to the antitrust spanks from the EU . If I understand there legal lingo ...they are going to charge royalty fees for use of these apis in third party extensions .
So they still don't get it that Open source is a beautiful culture of openness and innovations where all great things are created by a sense of community and collaboration .
Anyway...the interesting point is do we really need the MS Apis and code access ? With the all the Web 2.0 office applications and open office catching up.... are there any developers want to contribute to MS office applications.
The only application I miss is Excel . I think all the other web based spreadsheet applications will take a long time to offer all its features .
more analysis on the announcement
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/licenses.mspx
http://www.opensource.org/node/257
http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonmatusow/archive/2008/02/20/microsoft-takes-next-step-in-delivering-interoperability.aspx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7257411.stm
I think Microsoft is realizing the end of proprietary and monopoly software is near and the survive it needs to open up . But is it too late for Microsoft for spin the open source buzz word .Is it just to please the european antitrust regulators ? Or it is a cunning move by MS to expliot the open source software developers and community .
The big question is microsoft with its history of proprietary ,closed and monopolized software will able to embrace open source software culture . Its difficult to digest sudden change in their philosophy . Yes it is when I read in details about their announcements . They are just opening up apis for the office suite for developers for "interoperability" .So its just a move towards complying to the antitrust spanks from the EU . If I understand there legal lingo ...they are going to charge royalty fees for use of these apis in third party extensions .
So they still don't get it that Open source is a beautiful culture of openness and innovations where all great things are created by a sense of community and collaboration .
Anyway...the interesting point is do we really need the MS Apis and code access ? With the all the Web 2.0 office applications and open office catching up.... are there any developers want to contribute to MS office applications.
The only application I miss is Excel . I think all the other web based spreadsheet applications will take a long time to offer all its features .
more analysis on the announcement
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/licenses.mspx
http://www.opensource.org/node/257
http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonmatusow/archive/2008/02/20/microsoft-takes-next-step-in-delivering-interoperability.aspx
Monday, February 25, 2008
The First "Java Champion" in India | Indic Zone
The First "Java Champion" in India | Indic Zone: "Harshad Oak has been selected as a 'Java Champion' and happens to be the first one in India.
About Harshad Oak:
Harshad is the author/co-author of (3) Java books: Pro Jakarta Commons; Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Empowering J2EE Development; and Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 Bible. He is also a Oracle ACE Director for Fusion Middleware and was featured in Oracle Magazine. He has been a technical presenter at industry conferences: Jax India 07; IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology; ApacheCon Asia; Oracle Java Guru Theatre at JavaOne.
About SUN's Java Champions project:
Founded in 2005, the Java Champions project is a community of influential thought-leaders who have a passion for Java technology. The concept behind the Java Champions program is to build a somewhat informal but select grouping of Java technology leaders from different areas of the community including professional developers/architects, academics, authors, consultants, and other influencers. Sun wants to engage with these community leaders to give them the opportunity to provide feedback on technology ideas and directions for Sun."
About Harshad Oak:
Harshad is the author/co-author of (3) Java books: Pro Jakarta Commons; Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Empowering J2EE Development; and Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 Bible. He is also a Oracle ACE Director for Fusion Middleware and was featured in Oracle Magazine. He has been a technical presenter at industry conferences: Jax India 07; IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology; ApacheCon Asia; Oracle Java Guru Theatre at JavaOne.
About SUN's Java Champions project:
Founded in 2005, the Java Champions project is a community of influential thought-leaders who have a passion for Java technology. The concept behind the Java Champions program is to build a somewhat informal but select grouping of Java technology leaders from different areas of the community including professional developers/architects, academics, authors, consultants, and other influencers. Sun wants to engage with these community leaders to give them the opportunity to provide feedback on technology ideas and directions for Sun."
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits
Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits: "Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits"
Really ??? This is interesting .
At least for Einstein as I have some books on his life I think there was some special sense he had to think beyond the boundaries of conventional wisdom. How do you think he solved the mysteries of universe by seating in a patent office .
Vishal
Really ??? This is interesting .
At least for Einstein as I have some books on his life I think there was some special sense he had to think beyond the boundaries of conventional wisdom. How do you think he solved the mysteries of universe by seating in a patent office .
Vishal
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Cricket in India goes Frenzy .....Will Indian Premier League take off ?
With the Indian Premier League saga starts with the so called auction of players was interesting to see the League culture coming to india . Dhoni was the star of the show and he went for 1.5 mill after starting at $400k .Parthiv Patel sold for $325,000 in the auction.Who the hell paid for this guy . I wouldnt pay a penny or paisa rather for that crap . I cant believe they raised $800m in TV rights for these games .It more like a business than a sports in india now . I think with the economy growing more and more firms will ride this marketing bandwagon .
All the big names are the owners like Vijay malliya who already owns the force india F1 team , shaaruk khan ,mukesh ambani, preity zinta and juhi chawla ...when the heck these girls became interested in cricket?.
But I have mixed feelings about this league . On one hand it will be exciting to see cities competing among each other and a mix of national and international players playing for each city. Other hand there will be no sense of national zeal in supporting your country in the match . I never found a match with players from different countries very exciting . Some matches which were organized for fund raising and stuff were pretty boring .or may be I am used to the stereotype matches amoung different countries. But I think the county cricket model is already working in england although I never watch those matches . You can never say this is in india and indians are crazy about cricket . The crowds can make even a dull match exciting. and more importantly these will be 2020 games which are sure far more exciting then the 1 day matches.
The interesting part would be seeing ricky pointing under sourav ganguly's captiancy . I dont how these guys will work with each other if they are rivals in internationally .
But i think cricket didnt needed any more publicity in india . It is already the most popular and unfortunately the "only" popular sports in india . I would love to see such leagues for hockey and football in india .
TOP 10 WINNING AUCTION BIDS
Mahendra Dhoni: $1.5m (Chennai)
Andrew Symonds: $1.35m (Hyderabad)
Sanath Jayasuriya: $975,000 (Calcutta)
Ishant Sharma: $950,000 (Mohali)
Irfan Pathan: $925,000 (Mohali)
Brett Lee : $900,000 (Mohali)
Jacques Kallis: $900,000 (Bangalore)
RP Singh: $875,000 (Hyderabad)
Harbhajan Singh: $850,000 (Mumbai)
Chris Gayle: $800,000 (Kolkata)
IPL teams so far:
Bangalore
Rahul Dravid (capt)
Jacques Kallis (SA): $ 900,000
Anil Kumble (Ind): $500,000
Cameron White (Aus): $500,000
Zaheer Khan (Ind): $450,000
Mark Boucher (SA): $450,000
Nathan Bracken (Aus): $325,000
Dale Steyn (SA): $325,000
Wasim Jaffer (Ind): $150,000
Calcutta
Sourav Ganguly (capt)
Ishant Sharma (Ind): US$950,000
Chris Gayle (WI): $800,000
Brendon McCullum (NZ): $700,000
David Hussey (Aus): $625,000
Murali Karthik (Ind): $425,000
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak): $425,000
Ricky Ponting (Aus): $400,000
Ajit Agarkar (Ind): $350,000
Umar Gul (Pak) $150,000
Chennai
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind): $1.5 million
Jacob Oram (NZ): $675,000
Albie Morkel (SA): $675,000
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL): $600,000
Matthew Hayden (Aus): $375,000
Stephen Fleming (NZ) $350,000
Parthiv Patel (Ind) $325,000
Joginder Sharma (Ind) $225,000
Makhaya Ntini (SA) $200,000
Delhi
Virender Sehwag (capt)
Manoj Tiwary (Ind): $675,000
Mohammad Asif (Pak): $650,000
Daniel Vettori (NZ): $625,000
Dinesh Karthik (Ind): $525,000
Shoaib Malik (Pak): $500,000
AB de Villiers (SA): $300,000
Tillekeratne Dilshan (SL): $250,000
Farveez Maharoof (SL): $225,000
Hyderabad
Andrew Symonds (Aus): $1.35m
RP Singh (Ind): $875,000
Rohit Sharma (Ind) $750,000
Adam Gilchrist (Aus): $700,000
Shahid Afridi (Pak): $675,000
Herschelle Gibbs (SA): $575,000
VVS Laxman (Ind): $375,000
Scott Styris (NZ): $175,000
Nuwan Zoysa (SL): $110,000
Chamara Silva (SL): US$100,000
Jaipur
Graeme Smith (SA): $475,000
Yusuf Pathan (Ind): $475,000
Shane Warne (Aus): $450,000
Munaf Patel (Ind): $275,000
Younis Khan (Pak): $225,000
Kamran Akmal, (Pak): $150,000
Mohali
Yuvraj Singh (capt)
Irfan Pathan (Ind): $925,000
Brett Lee (Aus): $900,000
Kumar Sangakkara (SL): $700,000
Sree Santh (Ind): $625,000
Mahela Jayawardene (SL): $475,000
Piyush Chawla (Ind): $400,000
Romesh Powar (Ind): $170,000
Mumbai
Sachin Tendulkar (capt)
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL): $975,000
Harbhajan Singh (Ind): $850,000
Robin Uthappa (Ind): $800,000
Shaun Pollock (SA): $550,000
Lasith Malinga (SL) $350,000
Dilhara Fernando (SL) $150,000
Stat Source :BBC
Vishal
All the big names are the owners like Vijay malliya who already owns the force india F1 team , shaaruk khan ,mukesh ambani, preity zinta and juhi chawla ...when the heck these girls became interested in cricket?.
But I have mixed feelings about this league . On one hand it will be exciting to see cities competing among each other and a mix of national and international players playing for each city. Other hand there will be no sense of national zeal in supporting your country in the match . I never found a match with players from different countries very exciting . Some matches which were organized for fund raising and stuff were pretty boring .or may be I am used to the stereotype matches amoung different countries. But I think the county cricket model is already working in england although I never watch those matches . You can never say this is in india and indians are crazy about cricket . The crowds can make even a dull match exciting. and more importantly these will be 2020 games which are sure far more exciting then the 1 day matches.
The interesting part would be seeing ricky pointing under sourav ganguly's captiancy . I dont how these guys will work with each other if they are rivals in internationally .
But i think cricket didnt needed any more publicity in india . It is already the most popular and unfortunately the "only" popular sports in india . I would love to see such leagues for hockey and football in india .
TOP 10 WINNING AUCTION BIDS
Mahendra Dhoni: $1.5m (Chennai)
Andrew Symonds: $1.35m (Hyderabad)
Sanath Jayasuriya: $975,000 (Calcutta)
Ishant Sharma: $950,000 (Mohali)
Irfan Pathan: $925,000 (Mohali)
Brett Lee : $900,000 (Mohali)
Jacques Kallis: $900,000 (Bangalore)
RP Singh: $875,000 (Hyderabad)
Harbhajan Singh: $850,000 (Mumbai)
Chris Gayle: $800,000 (Kolkata)
IPL teams so far:
Bangalore
Rahul Dravid (capt)
Jacques Kallis (SA): $ 900,000
Anil Kumble (Ind): $500,000
Cameron White (Aus): $500,000
Zaheer Khan (Ind): $450,000
Mark Boucher (SA): $450,000
Nathan Bracken (Aus): $325,000
Dale Steyn (SA): $325,000
Wasim Jaffer (Ind): $150,000
Calcutta
Sourav Ganguly (capt)
Ishant Sharma (Ind): US$950,000
Chris Gayle (WI): $800,000
Brendon McCullum (NZ): $700,000
David Hussey (Aus): $625,000
Murali Karthik (Ind): $425,000
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak): $425,000
Ricky Ponting (Aus): $400,000
Ajit Agarkar (Ind): $350,000
Umar Gul (Pak) $150,000
Chennai
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind): $1.5 million
Jacob Oram (NZ): $675,000
Albie Morkel (SA): $675,000
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL): $600,000
Matthew Hayden (Aus): $375,000
Stephen Fleming (NZ) $350,000
Parthiv Patel (Ind) $325,000
Joginder Sharma (Ind) $225,000
Makhaya Ntini (SA) $200,000
Delhi
Virender Sehwag (capt)
Manoj Tiwary (Ind): $675,000
Mohammad Asif (Pak): $650,000
Daniel Vettori (NZ): $625,000
Dinesh Karthik (Ind): $525,000
Shoaib Malik (Pak): $500,000
AB de Villiers (SA): $300,000
Tillekeratne Dilshan (SL): $250,000
Farveez Maharoof (SL): $225,000
Hyderabad
Andrew Symonds (Aus): $1.35m
RP Singh (Ind): $875,000
Rohit Sharma (Ind) $750,000
Adam Gilchrist (Aus): $700,000
Shahid Afridi (Pak): $675,000
Herschelle Gibbs (SA): $575,000
VVS Laxman (Ind): $375,000
Scott Styris (NZ): $175,000
Nuwan Zoysa (SL): $110,000
Chamara Silva (SL): US$100,000
Jaipur
Graeme Smith (SA): $475,000
Yusuf Pathan (Ind): $475,000
Shane Warne (Aus): $450,000
Munaf Patel (Ind): $275,000
Younis Khan (Pak): $225,000
Kamran Akmal, (Pak): $150,000
Mohali
Yuvraj Singh (capt)
Irfan Pathan (Ind): $925,000
Brett Lee (Aus): $900,000
Kumar Sangakkara (SL): $700,000
Sree Santh (Ind): $625,000
Mahela Jayawardene (SL): $475,000
Piyush Chawla (Ind): $400,000
Romesh Powar (Ind): $170,000
Mumbai
Sachin Tendulkar (capt)
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL): $975,000
Harbhajan Singh (Ind): $850,000
Robin Uthappa (Ind): $800,000
Shaun Pollock (SA): $550,000
Lasith Malinga (SL) $350,000
Dilhara Fernando (SL) $150,000
Stat Source :BBC
Vishal
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
More.... More... More.... Frameworks
Wonder how many java web frameworks are there out in the wild . You will not believe there are tons and tons of them. Here are some of them I got from some websites . I am sure that these are only few of them ...I dont think this is a complete list . Do you know any more ? or the place where all the framework are listed .Names of the frameworks are also interesting ...birds ,fruits ,gods,animals you name it and its there ...
How many more do we need ? Are people really using all of these ?
More.... More... More.... Frameworks
Echo Cocoon Millstone OXF
Struts SOFIA Tapestry WebWork
RIFE Spring MVC Canyamo Maverick
JPublish JATO Folium Jucas
Verge Niggle Bishop Barracuda
Action Framework Shocks TeaServlet wingS
Expresso Bento jStatemachine jZonic
OpenEmcee Turbine Scope Warfare
JWAA Jaffa Jacquard Macaw
Smile MyFaces Chiba JBanana
Jeenius JWarp Genie Melati
Dovetail Cameleon JFormular Xoplon
Japple Wicket Helma Dinamica WebOnSwing
Nacho Cassandra Baritus Stripes
GWT
Vishal (no... thats not a framework its my name :)
Buddymarks
del.icio.us
DZone
Furl
Google
ma.gnolia
Netscape
Netvouz
RawSugar
reddit
Shadows
Simpy
Sphinn
Spurl
StumbleUpon
YahooMyWeb
How many more do we need ? Are people really using all of these ?
More.... More... More.... Frameworks
Echo Cocoon Millstone OXF
Struts SOFIA Tapestry WebWork
RIFE Spring MVC Canyamo Maverick
JPublish JATO Folium Jucas
Verge Niggle Bishop Barracuda
Action Framework Shocks TeaServlet wingS
Expresso Bento jStatemachine jZonic
OpenEmcee Turbine Scope Warfare
JWAA Jaffa Jacquard Macaw
Smile MyFaces Chiba JBanana
Jeenius JWarp Genie Melati
Dovetail Cameleon JFormular Xoplon
Japple Wicket Helma Dinamica WebOnSwing
Nacho Cassandra Baritus Stripes
GWT
Vishal (no... thats not a framework its my name :)
Buddymarks
del.icio.us
DZone
Furl
ma.gnolia
Netscape
Netvouz
RawSugar
Shadows
Simpy
Sphinn
Spurl
StumbleUpon
YahooMyWeb
Monday, February 18, 2008
"Blog" is not included in the Micorsoft Outlooks Dictionary
I was typing a email in Microsoft outlook .I found a interesting spell check while sending the email . Microsoft outlook was saying that "Blog" is not in dictionary . Can you believe this ?
Can someone please call Mr Gates back to microsoft ?
Buddymarks
del.icio.us
DZone
Furl
ma.gnolia
Netscape
Netvouz
RawSugar
Shadows
Simpy
Sphinn
Spurl
StumbleUpon
YahooMyWeb
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever : "The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever"
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever is a title coined by George Boolos in La Repubblica 1992 under the title L'indovinello più difficile del mondo for the following Raymond Smullyan inspired logic puzzle:
“ Three gods A, B, and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god. The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are 'da' and 'ja', in some order. You do not know which word means which.
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever is a title coined by George Boolos in La Repubblica 1992 under the title L'indovinello più difficile del mondo for the following Raymond Smullyan inspired logic puzzle:
“ Three gods A, B, and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god. The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are 'da' and 'ja', in some order. You do not know which word means which.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
From Enterprise Development to Community Driven Development - From a Developer's perspective
As more and more enterprises are moving towards open source software it is important that they also understand the significant paradigm shift that comes with open source community driven software projects and products .It comes with a new culture for the enterprise which some of them might not find initially very comfortable .
Enterprise software development used to be a very close environment with very little knowledge sharing or collaboration across industries or companies . There was very little sharing of code,apis,best practices outside the company . But with the more and more companies going for open source software , enterprise developer(developers working in big companies) have to go through a mindset change from closed environment to a more collaborative and open development setup . With my personal experience in working in both kind of environments , I think its a slow transformation and involves a great deal eagerness and efforts from the teams .
People who are working in a startup or have worked in one already know and can understand exactly what I am saying . They can save their time by skip reading :)
This transformation is not limited to the developers only ,Project managers and business people also play a critical role in this .
Specially project managers and the leads have to be top of all the current technological development going around the community . Like if they are using a open source CRM , they have to be aware of the communities out there for the product and what is happening in the communities . They are not expected to know the details of things but at least if they find anything in there interest,they should make the team aware of this .Same is true for the developers also , they have to be on top of whats going in and around the open source community .
There are excellent frameworks and apis written and released every single day . Something you need or about to write may already be available out there. Believe me I find almost 50% of times something out in open source for my requirements. Even if you do not find the exact thing you are looking for you can always extend that to meet your requirement and also give it back to the community .Thats the beauty of open source .
Some of the times i find enterprise developers trying to solve whats already being solved by somebody . Thats because they are not aware of the happenings in the community or may be they want to just reinvent the wheel. You will be surprise that how much time and efforts can be saved by just being informed about open source .
The whole idea of getting a piece of code or product which is not from the great MIO stack(MS IBM ORACLE) , from the wild is scary for some of the folks.
Other thing I found hard to convince team members is to attend and participate in community events for a particular open source product they are using . They have to understand that its not they the old way of doing and discussing things only among the team . Their are tons of developers who are collaborating from outside the their company and they have to communicate with these developers to effectively use the product .
Participation in the forums is very important for developers. Ofcourse they have to respect the company guideline about intellectual property .Its not like the typical IBM support system ,that if anything happens you call the support and die waiting
for them to resolve the issues .Open source discussions forums are excellent place to get your answers for your issues. Thats why you have to be very active in the discussion forums to get a quick response .In fact nowadays the forums are excellent place to find solutions and don't to pay huge dollars for the support .
I also think that as Agile project methodology comes more and more into mainstream software development , the role of open source software will become critical in projects as these two compliment each other . There is whole lot to discuss about the Agile Open source relationship ...may be in other post .
Instead of discussing all the things in lengthy text and bore you to death I will just list down what i think a developer working in a enterprise environment could do for effectively enjoying the goodies of open source .
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>>Participate in Community Forums.
>>Attend Local Community Events.
>>Subscribe to RSS from open source websites like infoQ, serverside ,hacker news etc.
>>Atleast read one Blog or Article daily .
>>Start a community in your company ,arrange events ,discussions etc for the community .
>>Apart from Wikis Start a technology forum in the company intranet where developers can shares ideas .
>>Wikis can have a list of open source products used in your company and reviews about it .
>>If you have developed something in your project that might be useful for others ...host it as a open source project within your firm and if allowed outside the company so that other developers can make use and collaborate .
>>Start a new open source project with other developers within your company as a parallel project to your existing one . This will give a first hand perspective and will keep you motivated .
>>Organize code challenges in the company .
>>Subscribe to the open source mailing lists ...like some of the JSR have there mailing list where you will get all the latest updates and discussions .
>>what do you think....
These may seem more work at the first glance but in long term they will bring immense motivation , job satisfaction productivity
improvement and generate enthusiasm's among the developers .
Remember Happy Developers Generate Quality Code :)
What do you think should help big enterprises to go open source culture ...??
Please add to list so that It becomes a kind of reference point for developers ...
Vishal
Friday, February 8, 2008
Finally the sun came out in Chicago after 8 days ...Can you believe that ?? ...Global warming ??
Chicago has gone eight consecutive days without seeing the sun, breaking the record for consecutive sunless days set in 1894 according to a report .Till now in February Chicagoans have had just 11 minutes of sun. Reminds me of the horrible movie i saw 30 days of night .please dont even think of seeing it .
Are we in a ice age already ..where is global warming mann ...we need some global warming here . Can I make some connection of global warming and such kind of weather . This year its being really crazy ....the temperatures going from 60 to 20 ....from sunshine to rain ....from rain to snow in a single freaking day . This kind of weather makes you feel dull and sick even if you are not .
You dont really want to get out of your house . Generally I really dont care about the weather but people will discuss it so many times that I am forced to think about it and curse it . Every day the hot topic of discussion is weather ..how much snow ..how low
the temp ...the horrible commute ...blah blah
Is it time now to point fingers at global warming . There are so many natural disasters in recent years . Is global warming responsible ? I am not a expert on global warming in fact I dont even fully understand what are the effects of global warming .But logically thinking the earth should be becoming warmer . Then where the heck is this cold coming from .I know Canada is partly responsible of this freaking cold ..may be they should built a wall on canadian border instead of Mexico JK:)
But seriously I think mother nature is getting furious on us and raising her own voice make us aware . Whether it is global warming or anything else I dont know .
Vishal
Is Martin Fowler Blog turning into a Thought Works marketing Blog ? Just an Observation !
I am a great fan and regular reader of Martin Fowler's Blog . But recently I have observed few things about Martin Fowler's specially the last 2 posts that now its more about Thoughtworks , Billing rates ,ThoughtWork Consultants.
Its getting more towards the business side rather then the technical side of the topics . This is just my observation I may be completely wrong it just that I don't feel good if a technical guy starts talking about business and billing rates and that kinda of stuff . There is nothing wrong it that .
Or It may be purely because of the nature of the topics that he had to mention business .
Hope we see new posts with some architecture , Java Ruby , Patterns ,dsl stuff in his posts :)
Vishal
Its getting more towards the business side rather then the technical side of the topics . This is just my observation I may be completely wrong it just that I don't feel good if a technical guy starts talking about business and billing rates and that kinda of stuff . There is nothing wrong it that .
Or It may be purely because of the nature of the topics that he had to mention business .
Hope we see new posts with some architecture , Java Ruby , Patterns ,dsl stuff in his posts :)
Vishal
Thursday, February 7, 2008
New Exicitng and Easy way to collect and store information from Google
Google spreadsheet have launched a new exciting and Easy way to collect and store information from Google.
This will really help to quickly create webforms to collect sigup information for meetings seminars etc . You can just create a new spreadsheet and create a form to fill in data in the spreadsheet in form of questions and answers .You can send this form or a link to the form to anyone ( they dont have to have a google account to fill in information ) . The questions are stored as column names and the answers are stored as rows . This could really help in quick surveys.
Try it out it very easy !
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/02/stop-sharing-spreadsheets-start.html
This will really help to quickly create webforms to collect sigup information for meetings seminars etc . You can just create a new spreadsheet and create a form to fill in data in the spreadsheet in form of questions and answers .You can send this form or a link to the form to anyone ( they dont have to have a google account to fill in information ) . The questions are stored as column names and the answers are stored as rows . This could really help in quick surveys.
Try it out it very easy !
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/02/stop-sharing-spreadsheets-start.html
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Where the Heck is the Iphone SDK ???
Where the Heck is the Iphone SDK .
Mr. Apple promised us a Iphone SDK to be released in Feb 08 . So Feb is here and there is no word on the SDK released .I was eagerly waiting to get my hand down and dirty in the SDk and write some app for my Iphone .Its ridiculous that iphone doesnt have a basic to do app on it . It would be great being able to install apps without the jailbreak crack . There was a talk of being able to sell your app thru itunes to general public . Not sure if this will be possible .
Anybody have a update on the iphone SDk release ????
Mr. Apple promised us a Iphone SDK to be released in Feb 08 . So Feb is here and there is no word on the SDK released .I was eagerly waiting to get my hand down and dirty in the SDk and write some app for my Iphone .Its ridiculous that iphone doesnt have a basic to do app on it . It would be great being able to install apps without the jailbreak crack . There was a talk of being able to sell your app thru itunes to general public . Not sure if this will be possible .
Anybody have a update on the iphone SDk release ????
Monday, February 4, 2008
So Giants are the World (American Version of World) Champions !!!!
So Giants are the World (American Version of World) Champions !!!!
I usually dont follow football much (yeah american football...which is play by hand stupid isnt it )...After last years disappointing superbowl I really didnt planned anything special ..just relaxed on the couch and expected nothing special from the game ....but last nite superbowl i enjoyed ...it was a defensive game and the undogs giants clinched a lastminute victory over the unbeaten patriots . Not that I really care who wins but i always like to support the undogs when india is not playing . Actually I tuned in for watching the new superbowl ads that are aired between the game ..hmmm i will correct myself actually the game is aired between the ads ..I am not exaggerting a penny here .It was literally 3 min of commercials every 2 mins of play .Commercials were good they got be bacoz they pay a huge 2.5 mil for 30 sec ad . I liked the budwiser cheese ad and the US cellular val couple ad ,fedex ,carrierbuilder ads . Another attraction was the celeb performances ..I think most of the people tune in to watch the commercials , live performances and others just because they dont have nothing better things to do. Seriously is you take out the alcohol part of the top fav american sports (baseball , football,nascar)I dont think anybody can watch these sports for long.
The opening performance by keys was good but the halftime show by heartbreakers sucked completely as expected . It was worst than last year prince .
Ok about the game ...see nobody really cares what going on in the game ...its all about the hype and events surrounding the game .I think superbowl is a hypothetical media giant created by coorporate america to make people spend .Not that I am saying there is anything wrong in that ...thats what fuels the economy ...but it has less to do with sports then money .
See again all the discussions about other things .....ok ..giants played a very solid defensive game and their strategy to block the qb tom brady worked perfectly well . I am really not a expert on the game but the quater back is supposed to the captian and he is the one who decides when and to whom to throw the ball for the run ..so he is imp guy and the gaints kept this guy very tight .It was a very simple plan and worked perfect .Eli manning did a great job of getting the ball right in the last minute of the game .It was interesting to watch his brother Pattenmanning watching from the gallery who won the superbowl last year for colts .Mann Manning family must have had a huge party at their home lastnite.
Thats how much I can write about the game :)
Just improving my blogging skills ...any comments from the experts bloggers welcome .
I usually dont follow football much (yeah american football...which is play by hand stupid isnt it )...After last years disappointing superbowl I really didnt planned anything special ..just relaxed on the couch and expected nothing special from the game ....but last nite superbowl i enjoyed ...it was a defensive game and the undogs giants clinched a lastminute victory over the unbeaten patriots . Not that I really care who wins but i always like to support the undogs when india is not playing . Actually I tuned in for watching the new superbowl ads that are aired between the game ..hmmm i will correct myself actually the game is aired between the ads ..I am not exaggerting a penny here .It was literally 3 min of commercials every 2 mins of play .Commercials were good they got be bacoz they pay a huge 2.5 mil for 30 sec ad . I liked the budwiser cheese ad and the US cellular val couple ad ,fedex ,carrierbuilder ads . Another attraction was the celeb performances ..I think most of the people tune in to watch the commercials , live performances and others just because they dont have nothing better things to do. Seriously is you take out the alcohol part of the top fav american sports (baseball , football,nascar)I dont think anybody can watch these sports for long.
The opening performance by keys was good but the halftime show by heartbreakers sucked completely as expected . It was worst than last year prince .
Ok about the game ...see nobody really cares what going on in the game ...its all about the hype and events surrounding the game .I think superbowl is a hypothetical media giant created by coorporate america to make people spend .Not that I am saying there is anything wrong in that ...thats what fuels the economy ...but it has less to do with sports then money .
See again all the discussions about other things .....ok ..giants played a very solid defensive game and their strategy to block the qb tom brady worked perfectly well . I am really not a expert on the game but the quater back is supposed to the captian and he is the one who decides when and to whom to throw the ball for the run ..so he is imp guy and the gaints kept this guy very tight .It was a very simple plan and worked perfect .Eli manning did a great job of getting the ball right in the last minute of the game .It was interesting to watch his brother Pattenmanning watching from the gallery who won the superbowl last year for colts .Mann Manning family must have had a huge party at their home lastnite.
Thats how much I can write about the game :)
Just improving my blogging skills ...any comments from the experts bloggers welcome .
Friday, February 1, 2008
Companies that “don’t get it” become one bigger company that won’t get it :)
My immediate thoughts .....
Is it a act of desperation from Microsoft to go after google ?
Can no.2 and no.3 combined bit the no. 1 ??
Companies that “don’t get it” become one bigger company that won’t get it :)
It would be sad to see MS killing the creative uniquness of Yahoo ......We have seen that MS swallowing small companies lately and coming up with nothing .
How would these companies integrate their platforms .....
How would Yahoo guys fit in the MS work culture ? or is there any :)
What does MS call Yahoo ....Mahoo ...Ysoft ...Mhoo ...XYZ ...:)
more thoughts to come ....what do you think
Is it a act of desperation from Microsoft to go after google ?
Can no.2 and no.3 combined bit the no. 1 ??
Companies that “don’t get it” become one bigger company that won’t get it :)
It would be sad to see MS killing the creative uniquness of Yahoo ......We have seen that MS swallowing small companies lately and coming up with nothing .
How would these companies integrate their platforms .....
How would Yahoo guys fit in the MS work culture ? or is there any :)
What does MS call Yahoo ....Mahoo ...Ysoft ...Mhoo ...XYZ ...:)
more thoughts to come ....what do you think
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
7 Essential Tips for Freelancers | Elance
7 Essential Tips for Freelancers | Elance
Good Generic Tips for freelancing projects ...most of them are common sense but good to read.
Good Generic Tips for freelancing projects ...most of them are common sense but good to read.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Mouse Gestures :: Firefox Add-ons This is a very cool extension to increase productivity .....
Mouse Gestures :: Firefox Add-ons
This is a very cool extension to increase productivity .....
Allows you to execute common commands (like page forward/backward, close tab, new tab) by mouse gestures drawn over the current webpage, without reaching for the toolbar or the keyboard...
Allows you to execute common commands (like page forward/backward, close tab, new tab) by mouse gestures drawn over the current webpage, without reaching for the toolbar or the keyboard.
You can also use click-only "rocker" gestures which are even faster than drawn gestures
This is a very cool extension to increase productivity .....
Allows you to execute common commands (like page forward/backward, close tab, new tab) by mouse gestures drawn over the current webpage, without reaching for the toolbar or the keyboard...
Allows you to execute common commands (like page forward/backward, close tab, new tab) by mouse gestures drawn over the current webpage, without reaching for the toolbar or the keyboard.
You can also use click-only "rocker" gestures which are even faster than drawn gestures
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Yahoo Implements OpenID; Massive Win For The Project
Yahoo Implements OpenID; Massive Win For The Project
This is really cool ! Now you dont have to remember tons of user id and alogs for your passwords ....sure it opens some security issues but this is the way to go ...
try http://openid.yahoo.com/ ...really cool .
I wonder how did google missed this opportunity
This is really cool ! Now you dont have to remember tons of user id and alogs for your passwords ....sure it opens some security issues but this is the way to go ...
try http://openid.yahoo.com/ ...really cool .
I wonder how did google missed this opportunity
Friday, January 11, 2008
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