You send off an email to the customer services division of the company you’ve just bought an expensive dongle from. The product isn’t working as advertised, but you’re certain that the company can fix it via updates or advice.
They’ve conveniently left a nice big link on their website inviting feedback or support queries; something like [...]
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I was converted to FireFox about a year ago, and haven’t looked back since. I’m fully switched over at work, but haven’t been brave enough at home as the whole IE ingrained mentally still reigns in my family and I’d be forever trying to explain the differences between FireFox and Internet Explorer.
Surprisingly Microsoft forced the [...]
Don’t you find it interesting that Apple, the beloved vendor of the technorati, has locked down the iPhone tighter than a gnats rear end?
Those of us with interests in mobile phone development already knew that Java was out, let alone Mobile Java. Now the extent of the lockdown is hitting home with developers. [...]
I read an interesting article this morning debunking the standard thought that successful software developers need a healthy dose of discrete mathematics in their academic diet (”Forget Maths“). It follows on nicely from an essay by Kurt Cagle about the looming labour crunch that the IT industry is about to face (”Tech Labor Crunch“).
In [...]
I was lucky enough to find a spare hour of Rod Drury’s time this week to impart some of his knowledge to the guys and girls at work. Having Rod as a speaker meant the turn-out was better than normal, and he didn’t disappoint with some healthy discussion.
Rod is a big advocate of creating a [...]
Movember
Its finally over; the last night with the catepillar on my top lip.
Truth be told, I enjoyed it; coming in each morning and seeing my colleagues in the same situation (just as uncomfortable, yet ever so slightly proud of their passive achievement) was great. We entered a team into the Movember website, and managed to [...]