Posted on September 13th, 2009 by geofas
Call it a symptom of my having to work in a highly restrictive IT environment (I concur with this post btw.), but I feel myself drawn to the wide open spaces of working on cool things with smart people using wicked tools, preferably online. I did some research on the latter part and wanted to share it with you. Here is the “Getting Things Done Online” Special.
Hit the Read more link for a list and brief comparison of truly wicked online tools that can work as your catalyst for bringing cool things to life with smart people.
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Posted on September 9th, 2009 by geofas
End of this month Google will open up Google Wave to non-developer users, 100,000 of them actually.
I’m looking forward to continue testing, what has great potential to become an email/IM and collaboration killer. I’ll especially enjoy experiencing to use the service on more responsive infrastructure. Google Wave started off to be a bit sluggish on the sandbox used for the beta.
What follows, you’ll only be able to see if you currently have access to the Google Wave Sandbox.
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Posted on August 24th, 2009 by geofas
Today is the day when Apple adds Snow Leopard to its online stores around the globe, and after testing 10.6 for a few months now I can highly recommend the upgrade, especially at the low low price of $29, or £25 (not sure how that currency conversion worked out!).
Tested on a 2008 13″ Unibody MacBook as well as the latest 2009 15″ Unibody MacBook Pro, the speed increase slightly different but equally significant and noticeable throughout the system, from start-up to any software you wish to use.
Add to that several UI changes to clean up the experience or make Expose even more useful, allowing cross-system drag’n'drop via the app icons on the dock, just to name one example.
The developer versions had a few kinks here and there but now in the final version these will all be sorted out.
Ludicrous speed, commander!
Are you sure, Sir?
Y..es, YES!
Pre-order now, shipping 28 August 2009. Enjoy. 
UK store link
US store link
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by geofas
Despite the fact that Internet Explorer 6 is 8 (eight) years old it is still used by about 14.5% of all internet users (source: http://bit.ly/2WdDGO). How come?
Common opinion is that the IE6 population is largely composed of companies who still haven’t upgraded their staff’s computers to a recent/decent browser for whatever reason.
The internet community has had it! Join the fight against IE6. Visit http://hey-it.com for a selection of posters you can print and hang up in your office where appropriate to motivate your IT folks.
Join the revolution and just this once feel good about being a snitch! Visit http://ie6offenders.com and report a company for still using this ancient browser.
If you are blogging or have any other web-sites you can help the cause yourself. For example, I installed a WordPress Plugin that shows a warning when an IE6 user visits the site.
Old browsers, built for static html pages, are not fit for duty anymore and hold back the natural evolution of the web. Whatever reason behind the lack of company upgrades from IE6 may be, and however valid it may be, after 8 years isn’t it time to go with, well, time?
Together we can kill IE6. /nods
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Posted on July 24th, 2009 by geofas
A colleague sent me a link to this quite funny geek test.
92% Geek
So it’s official: geofas = 92% geek … a part of me expected more. 
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Posted on June 15th, 2009 by geofas
Assumption: you want to get the latest iPhone as soon as it comes out and you take good care of your gadgets and your iPhone is in good/great condition so you can sell it.
After taking a step back and looking at iPhone upgrade options long term I realised that it is cheaper to alternate between getting an 18 months contract and buying the respective new iPhone in a Prepaid bundle. Hit the more link for the details.
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