I think Google Code is better than SourceForge.net

Yesterday Google launched their very own open-source projects hosting site called Google Code. Once again its the clean interface that is going to make this site my favourite open-source project hosting site. Searching for projects is also made to look very much like the usual Google search function, I wonder whether the projects are indexed by the Google bots as well or there is a separate bot for this.

Google engineering manager Greg Stein announced Google Code during a talk at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, Ore. see this article on Cnet. There's also a short review of this site on the Google Operation System blog.

Getting the most out of Flickr

I must say, I am addicted to Flickr, the more I use it, the more I like it. Certainly Flickr makes online photo sharing and discussions one of the most addictive pastimes (or even wastetimes) ever ! However, the help or FAQ provided by Flickr themselves are either so unstructured, or very sparse. Once in a while we come across some good guide or write-up about how to use Flickr. This one comes from Flickr themselves.

The post-client/server world

Benioff prophecies the post-client/server world.

The CEO of Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, is one guy who really preaches about the on-demand model. Sometimes his rantings pushes the envelope of credulity. Yet somehow, his message is becoming more acceptable these days. With the likes of Google, Yahoo, Salesforce.com and others like them, maybe the days in which the client/server application is beginning to look numbered. Web 2.0 is the latest buzzword.

Comparing 9rules and Squidoo

Another blog search engine? 9rules was started in 2003 and have only just begun to be noticed in bloggsphere. Can it even be compared to Squidoo. Well, I did a Google Trends comparison and 9rules didn't even figure in the results as its search volume was too low. Conceptually, 9rules and Squidoo are similar, click on the title to this post to find out more details.

My own opinion on this is that 9rules is an exclusive club of bloggers who become exclusive members of a community who helps one another to promote their blogs. Squidoo on the other hand consists of content in chunks called lenses, which are not really blogs. I have personally found that using lenses in conjunction with blogs is a great idea.

Back from my June holidays and business trip to Osaka Japan

Hi everyone,

You might be wondering why I have not posted any thing since 17 June, well its because I was on holiday in Sarawak with my family, and then it was off to a business trip to Osaka Japan. Well, I am back once again. The photo you see above was taken at the Marriot in Miri, Sarawak, Borneo Island. The sunsets there were really beautiful.

Well, it was a good break. On again with my posts for technologies that impact ordinary lives !