Archive for May, 2006

The promise of ubiquitous connectivity

Monday, May 29th, 2006

With all the talk about Google entering into dark fibre connectivity I’d be very surprised if they are not looking to leverage WiMAX technology. Which makes for interesting correlation with Ray Ozzie (Micro$oft) looking to setup data-centres… (more…)

Great photo management tools

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

To manage your sets of photos, try these (free) tools:

  • Picasa (part of the Google tool-chest) for Windows users
  • F-Spot for Linux

For online photo gallery, I like the tagging aspect of this PHP script.

Ozzie’s insight

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Related to the post on M$, I like the insight of Ray Ozzie (new leader at M$) when it comes to energy/communications: (more…)

Astonishingly good post from the Schobleizer

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

I just read Robert Schoble’s excellent post about the ills at M$ as highlighted by minimsft.

I can relate to the pains, having seem them before in other organisations this side of the pond. I honestly don’t think you can maintain an efficient and creative global enterprise; the pack behaviour always detracts focus.

I particularly agree with comment #150 by Sean Daly; very well articulated and very much reflecting the experience and views held by me.

Oh, and a chuckle on the “Windows CE/ME/NT” branding; I’d never considered that before! :D