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• A thought on workplace organization

  Posted on Thursday February 14th, 2008 at 04:17 in all, Communications, Networking, networks, office, osi model, slashdot

  Here is an insightful bit from this comment in this Slashdot discussion: Someone I know went for a job interview with (I think) Vodafone. Their open-plan office was set out according to the OSI model ...

• A blessing and a curse

  Posted on Monday February 11th, 2008 at 11:55 in all, open-source, slashdot

  Quoting comment in Slashdot discussion: The truth is both a blessing and a curse. It takes a lot of work to realize the truth and most people will not challenge themselves. Once you learn the truth, h...

• On predictive text

  Posted on Thursday January 10th, 2008 at 01:49 in android, dictionary, predictive text, slashdot, t9, typing

  Here is a funny quote from the comment on predictive text (think: T9) in the discussion about Android and mobile devices on Slashdot: Predictive text helps a bit but sometimes it gets things so duckin...

• How marketing research works

  Posted on Friday December 28th, 2007 at 04:01 in research, slashdot

  Here is a quote of an insightful comment from this Slashdot discussion: IDC just released its predictions for 2008 with regards to data storage trends. Its research shows… If you’ve ever ...

• Google Sites - another tool to wait for

  Posted on Sunday December 2nd, 2007 at 09:18 in jotspot, office, productivity, slashdot, web services, Wiki

  Some time ago Google acquired JotSpot - a wiki-like web service.  There weren’t much news about it since then though. It was obvious that JotSpot will join Google’s office applications in...

• TinyURL coincidence

  Posted on Monday November 19th, 2007 at 09:58 in conspiracy, service availability, slashdot, web architecture, web services

  Yesterday I read the Slashdot post discussing the power of TinyUrl web service to affect accessibility of web resources.  Most of today, the TinyURL web service is down. (Switching to conspiracyÂ...

• What does Sun think about Google’s Java on Android?

  Posted on Saturday November 17th, 2007 at 04:42 in android, java, slashdot, sun

  Well, nobody knows for sure yet, but Slashdot (yes, again Slashdot) links to this article which has a few quotes from Sun officials.  Interestingly enough, it’s hard to say if Sun will support ...

• Google from the 700 MHz point of view

  Posted on Friday November 16th, 2007 at 19:01 in 700 mhz, auction, equipment, FCC, isp, Radio, slashdot, wifi, wireless

  In the last two years, the well-known fact of Google offering free WiFi Internet access in Mountain View, California has almost been forgotten (except, of course, by people living in Mountain View and...

• Beautifully worded

  Posted on Thursday November 8th, 2007 at 03:40 in comments, english, feedback, language, slashdot, symbian

  Slashdot is well-known for the quality of discussions.  Minus, of course, trolling anonymous cowards.  Here is a quote from the comment to give you the sense of how clear some Slashdot users can exp...

• The future is expensive. Very expensive.

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 04:48 in metropolitan, progress, research, slashdot, transportation

  Again, news from Slashdot: “The City Car, a design project under way at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is envisioned as a two-seater electric vehicle powered by lithium-ion batteries...

• Traces of digital revolution

  Posted on Monday November 5th, 2007 at 15:56 in cool, experiments, innovation, slashdot, Wiki, wikipedia

  The digital world is upon us.  Everybody knows it and nobody ever argues with it anymore.  But that’s too general.  What is actually changing?  What are the specific examples?   Today I ca...