Merry Christmas Folks! Have a great holiday season and a terrific new year. :-)
Write to me: Suman[at]sumankumar[dot]com
Write to me: Suman[at]sumankumar[dot]com
Friday, 24 December 2004
Thursday, 23 December 2004
Folks, I know some of you were irritated by the fact that you had to login (if you're a Blogger user) or post as Anonymous while posting comments on this blog. I have done away with that. Now, anyone can post comments. No need to login to Blogger and stuff. Trust this improves the interaction here. I should have done it long time back (when Guy Haas suggested it) but I did not... Well, it is never too late. Give it a spin and offer feedback! And hey, Merry Christmas!
Write to me: Suman[at]sumankumar[dot]com
Write to me: Suman[at]sumankumar[dot]com
Monday, 20 December 2004
Thursday, 9 December 2004
- Firefox has an in-built popup blocker.
- Firefox saves your screenspace through its tabbed-browsing feature. Firefox allows for opening multiple sites using tabs (within
one instance), unlike IE that opens a separate instance of the browser everytime you open a new window. What it means is that you could be browsing 20 sites, but there is only one Firefox window. Very cool. - Firefox allows you to highlight your search results. When you are searching for a keyword on a webpage (ctrl+f) you can set Firefox to highlight the matches.
- FireFox Allows you to search dictionary.com (without having to visit dictionary.com).
- Firefox is RSS friendly. It auto-detects RSS feeds from any website and allows you to bookmark it as a 'live bookmark'. Refresh the bookmark to see what's latest (through a drop-down).
- Firefox allows you to select text from a web page using your keyboard! Yes, you can scroll through the page using the arrow keys. Hit F7 on your Firefox and check it out.
And, migrating to Firefox is a breeze. Firefox imports your existing settings from Internet Explorer. An import wizard will run when you first install Firefox (and is also available later through the File menu, File > Import), and it imports your Favorites, options, cookies, stored passwords, and a variety of other data. This saves you time customizing Firefox to fit your needs.
Also, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, recommends switching from IE to an alternative browser, thanks to certain severe security exploits in IE.
So, what are you waiting for? Download Firefox now!
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Monday, 15 November 2004
In a world where accuracy is all important, a lot goes over the head of the dummy. I don't know if it's intellectual snobbery, but programmers and managers seem to think that if they understand it, so should the user. It doesn't matter whether or not they do… they SHOULD! Stupid users! Maybe it's the geek's ultimate revenge…
Your document can be 100% accurate, but if the audience can't read it, you've wasted your time.
Excerpt from Glenn Murray's article - Tech-writers – A Necessary Evil (via WebproNews)
I told you! Didn't I?
Sunday, 31 October 2004
Wipro Technologies is probably the first IT organization in India to embrace blogging. They have started http://wiproweblog.com. I was surprised when I found a link to their blog site on their home page. Very cool.
Saturday, 23 October 2004
Folks Madhu 'Madman' Menon is is featured in an article on career-switching in The Hindu..
When the great exodus to the IT industry started, just about everyone dropped what they were doing and flung themselves into the gold rush; some wanted to move to the USA, some wanted to make money, and some wanted both. From the early 90s to now, things have changed. Last year not many engineering entrants were interested in taking up IT as a branch of study. The honeymoon, sadly, is over. But amid this mileu a few individuals had the courage, initiative, and the brains to break into entrepreneurship. Madhu 'Madman' Menon is one of them. I am not surprised that The Hindu featured him in this article:
The Hindu Business Line : Doing business with relish
There's a lesson in it for each one of us. IT is not the only pasture. If only you applied your brains, you could hit upon a great idea. India needs entrepreneurs.
Madhu, make it two. ;-)
When the great exodus to the IT industry started, just about everyone dropped what they were doing and flung themselves into the gold rush; some wanted to move to the USA, some wanted to make money, and some wanted both. From the early 90s to now, things have changed. Last year not many engineering entrants were interested in taking up IT as a branch of study. The honeymoon, sadly, is over. But amid this mileu a few individuals had the courage, initiative, and the brains to break into entrepreneurship. Madhu 'Madman' Menon is one of them. I am not surprised that The Hindu featured him in this article:
The Hindu Business Line : Doing business with relish
There's a lesson in it for each one of us. IT is not the only pasture. If only you applied your brains, you could hit upon a great idea. India needs entrepreneurs.
Madhu, make it two. ;-)
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