KevinPM. Yep, that’s our PM — trying to be hip and cool, getting hooked up with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, amongst other sites. One part great; one part cringingly awkward. I guess at least he is trying. I can’t imagine our last PM doing this. Of course, getting setup with all these newfangled social networking sites doesn’t mean that he’s down with the true spirit of the net: he is trying to implement Internet censorship in Australia after all.
Oh, and if I ever hear Mr. Rudd use the word epic — in a way that is not Macquarie Dictionary satisfying — then I’ll know that all hope is lost; that there isn’t anything our PM wouldn’t do to try and get the younger generation to like him.
I wish I had of read this articlebefore I re-arranged my subversioned files/folders using the least efficient way imaginable. Next time, I will do this:
To move files the right way using Tortoise, highlight the file(s) you want to move and drag and drop to the new location using the RIGHT mouse button. When you drop the file(s) to the new location you will be presented with a popup menu. Here you can select a SVN move, copy, or export. I selected ‘SVN Move versioned files here’.
I avoided listening to this song initially because I thought it would be unberably cheesey — but when I eventually listened to it, I was pleasantly surprised. There’s a fine line between corny and cool, but will.i.am finds the right balance here. Great job:
There’s an interesting article at the ChangeFactory with some tips on how to negotiate. It looks at how the preferred outcome to most negotiations is collaboration and not compromise. The basic idea being that no one gets exactly what they want when they are forced to compromise, but if they collaborate, then they’ve got a better chance:
The preferred outcome, a large majority of times, is collaboration. Collaboration aims at achieving the interests of all sides, rather than acceding to the other side’s position or imposing your position.
I can’t wait for the US Election to be over — regardless of who wins. It’s been an exciting ride, but it’s become a bit of an addiction. Following all the ups and downs of the campaigns on a daily basis is draining. I’ve stopped watching movies at night to relax; instead I read about the election, and as you can imagine: it’s not relaxing.
It’s a habit I can’t kick until November 4th, 2008.
Or maybe a few days after the 4th, you know, I’ve got to read the post-election analysis.
I’m hooked on Google’s Chrome browser and have been using it every day since it was launched. In my mind, it provides a superior way of interacting with the web, compared to the old school browsers — and yes, that’s a completely subjective view. But one that I think has the backing of some pretty solid reasons.
The things that I have been moved impressed by are the minimalistic approach to design, the efficiency and power of Omnibox, the quick loading times for web pages and the decoupling of tabs and objects into separate processes which can be killed independently of each other. All of these items add up to a superior experience overall.
Of course, having been a Firefox user for a few years — and in that time have become addicted to a few add-ons (Web Developer, Colozilla, etc) — there are times when I need to fire up Firefox for specific tasks. But that’s only required once in a while, the rest of the time I’m perfectly content using Chrome.
Did you know that 100% of college graduates in India speak English? Or that it’s predicted that in 10 years the number one English speaking country in the world will be China? Or that more than 70% of U.S. 4-year-olds have used a computer? Me neither.
If your own employees won’t use your own products…According to the All About Microsoft blog, a Microsoft group might ...March 21st, 2012Comments Off on If your own employees won’t use your own products…
