Archive for the 'Observations' Category
On Resisting The Use Of Free Software
Yazan: Ronnie | 20 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Observations
While sitting in front of my computer, something came to my thoughts.
“Why are people insisting on pirating the software if it is expensive, instead of getting the free alternatives?”
I came up with a scenario, and I am discussing it below.
Die QWERTY, Die!
Yazan: Ronnie | 31 October 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Observations
Why is it that we keep on developing smart/PDA phones that have QWERTY buttons on them? I think we should be moving onto the kind of interface that allows us to use our fingers to touch the screen for input.
Rising Cases of Laptop Theft
Yazan: Ronnie | 23 July 2007 | 2 Comments
Categories: Annoyances, Apple, Observations, Technology, Web
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve read in several forums that somebody’s laptop had been stolen. Just to illustrate, try searching PhilMUG with the keyword “stolen”. You will get several results of threads talking about this issue — the most common occurrence being the laptop was stolen from inside a car that is left [...]
New month, new look
Yazan: Ronnie | 02 May 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Blogging, Observations, Web
So how do you like the new layout?
Not quite fancy, I should say. I wanted a look that’s leaning to the more ’serious’ side. Fortunately I found this one from themes.wordpress.net.
I’m not yet through with the customizations. Expect some more changes to the appearance in a couple of days.
What’s Happening With IT Graduates Today?
Yazan: Ronnie | 13 April 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Dreaming, Life, Observations, Technology
I have been talking with several new graduates of IT-related courses these past few days. When asked what they know with regards to programming, I noticed that there are just a handful of them who have a working knowledge of C language, much less when it comes to Assembly. A lot of them know mostly [...]
