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Living Room / MOBILE VS. PC -- Please Chime In!
« on: January 28, 2011, 09:10 AM »
I want to provoke a discussion on the mobile environment. I also want people to chime in as either DEVELOPERS or USERS.

USERS can chime in and tell us DEVELOPERS about how you use your mobile device, and what needs aren't met.

Those DEVELOPERS of us can then think and plan to come up with solutions to problems for people.


I think that this could be a good exercise 

http://www.startupsmart.com.au/sales-and-marketing/2011-01-28/mobile-devices-to-outpace-pcs-in-2011.html

Mobile devices to outpace PCs in 2011

A new report reveals mobile internet devices will outsell desktop personal computers this year, prompting a shift in the way businesses operate and advertise.

According to the Technology Predictions 2011 report, released by consulting firm Deloitte, non-PC computing devices such as smartphones, tablets and netbooks will prove more popular than PCs.

Deloitte’s findings form part of a list of annual predictions for the technology, media and telecommunications industry.

Damien Tampling, Deloitte’s head of technology, media and telecommunications in Australia, says 2011 will be a “watershed” year for how people use computers and information.

“Non-PC devices put a world of information and computing power at your fingertips – anytime and anywhere,” Tampling says.


What are things that can enrich our lives in this new paradigm?

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Living Room / Egypt Blacks Out Internet!
« on: January 28, 2011, 05:01 AM »
Ok, I know this is political, but it's relevant for us:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12306041

Egypt severs internet connection amid growing unrest

Protester tearing a picture of President Mubarak Egyptian activists are protesting against a lack of freedom

Internet connections across Egypt appear to have been cut, as authorities gear up for a day of mass protest.

Net analysis firms and web watchers have reported that the vast majority of the country's internet has become unreachable.

The unprecedented crack down will leave millions of Egyptians without internet access.

There have been unprecedented protest in the country over the past few days - much of it co-ordinated via the web.

If I were there, and wasn't protesting, THAT would make me protest~! :P

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Developer's Corner / Choosing an Installer
« on: January 28, 2011, 02:13 AM »
And again looking to hear about YOUR experiences...

I'm trying out different installers to see if I can come up with a replacement for the normal Visual Studio installer. 

Just tried InstallShield...

ARGH~!

I want to stab myself in the eyes and scrub myself with a wire brush in an acid shower...

Did I mention that I found InstallShield to be, ummm, not fun?

Also trying out InnoSetup. Liking that so far.

I need to check for the .NET 4.0 framework, so that's a must.

But, if anyone has anything to chime in with about any installer software, please do.






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Developer's Corner / Choosing a CMS
« on: January 28, 2011, 01:48 AM »
Well, I'm starting a new website and I am debating changing the CMS I usually use, DotNetNuke.

I've not looked at Joomla in a while, so I'm wondering if it has finally achieved of sane degree of usability. Last I tried, it was about the most obtuse thing I'd ever seen.

Has anyone been using it lately?

Also, WordPress... I've been using it for blogs, but nothing more. How does it stack up for a real website? Has anyone been using it like that? It's been great for blogging... Not sure about making a website from it though.

I'll be using whatever I end up choosing on Windows 2008 R2, with SQL Server 2008 and IIS. Not a LAMP server. Emphasis on not A as in not Apache.

My priorities are:

1. Reliability
2. Ease
3. Extensibility

I'm also concerned about third party modules/plugins/addins and that there's a decent selection of quality stuff. e.g. I'm not interested in "Bob's Joomla NewPort CMS Uber-Awesomeness that's 10000x better than Joomla and has over 3 exciting modules available!"

i.e. I want the site to work for me, and not me to work for the site.


Oh... And I'll need to get a skin too... Something that's super simple.


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Living Room / Reptile Porn
« on: January 25, 2011, 07:14 AM »
Yes. You read it right. Pornography with reptiles...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryansmyth/tags/reptilepornography/













I could NOT get this out of my head:



:D

Ok, not really porn, but whatever. It was a chuckle. :)

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