September 2007
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Today I upgraded our internal Surround SCM database to the latest beta build for Surround SCM 2008. We run the server on a MAC OS X 10.4 box and the server upgrade was a snap. One of the nicest features of Surround is that it just “works” across platforms, server or client. The client install also was piece of cake (except for the PC restart, but hey that’s not too bad). The UI in Surround SCM 2008 is the first thing that will catch your attention. Not saying the previous version was ugly, ok it was ugly, but 2008 “feels” so much better. Surround does some really cool menu navigation which helps out the navigation immensely. One challenge developers/software have is as they add features, the software itself becomes complicated to use, so thinking about the UI can really let users get more from these added features. I have to say I’m pretty impressed.
Written by Tim on September 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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So the Google guys made http://calendar.google.com iPhone specific. That’s great, if you have an iphone, otherwise it looks like crap (on my BlackBerry 8830).
Google,
- The iPhone is no way the market leading smart phone so why are writing specific apps for it?
- The iPhone is not ready for the enterprise so all the goodness you are putting in for iPhone specific apps doesn’t help us enterprise guys. You do want to sell your office apps to the enterprise right?
- Can you update your generic smart phone apps? They all have a tendency to lock, especially gmail.
Observation: It’s been long rumored that Google was coming out with a smart phone, but with these iPhone specific apps coming out I am starting to doubt anything but maybe a WIFI only cell phone. Either way, any Google phone would be a direct competitor to the iPhone. Things would sure get interesting on the relationship between Apple & Google if they started to compete against each other.
Cell phones have had an interesting history, and smart
phones are a technology that everyone is getting excited about. With new
smart phones, you can listen to
streaming music, send emails and browse the Internet.
Free music is just a click away!
Written by Tim on September 25th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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One of the easy email blunders is to tell someone you attached a file and forget to attach it - DOH! Depending on who you are sending it to (like the CIO say) it can be quite embarrassing. I really try not to make this email foul but occasionally do.
I’m in Gmail today creating an email with an attachment and click the send button and something funny pops up.
Oh DOH! - I forgot to attach the file. Gmail is smart enough to remind me? Kinda of, it looks for the verbiage like “attach” and pops this up if the email doesn’t have an attachment. Sweet!
I’ve always been a fan of Outlook but I now prefer Gmail to it.
Written by Tim on September 5th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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