SBC's Radio Weblog

Dvorak on People Networking stuff

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:42:25 GMT

Normally, I don't think much of what John Dvorak writes. He often dunks Microsoft with anecdotes and rants - seeing that he has made most of his career pushing Microsoft products till FLOSS came along which he favors very zealously.

These two amusing postings by him captures his sentiments about People Networking stuff (suprisingly it has nothing to do with Microsoft) -

The New Networking Crock
Business Networking Systems, Dead Already?

That is a very interesting perspective on something that has well over 6 million users.

First post in Radio Userland this year (in a very long time)

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:58:16 GMT

This is my first post in Radio Userland this year (and in a very long time). I run another blog at weblogs.asp.net primarily for more technical topics. I have updated my 'About Me' page here still a bit immodest but with more details about me.

I had given up on Radio Userland as it was quite buggy - what do you expect of a piece of software that does not get upgraded/patched on a regular basis? Unless, of course Radio Userland thinks it has a flawless piece of software...hmm.. I wonder what's their secret?

Expediting .NET GDK library for Ent Int Server (Revisited)

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:23:59 GMT

Expediting .NET GDK library for Ent Int Server (Revisited)

Beginning of February, I had posted a thread 'Expediting .NET GDK library for Ent Int Server' in the Groove DevZone forums. Last thursday night at the CT .NET Developers meeting, I saw ClientSoft make a presentation of their product 'ServiceBuilder' that is based on a .NET platform. If there ever was a way to fit Groove with corporate legacy systems - this would be it. By the way, I do mean legacy - CICS, 3270, FEPI, vt100, MVS, IMS, etc... Mainframe applications that are older than the current programmers who maintain them. 490 of the F500 companies still run these apps which number in the millions.

The amazing HONDA advertisement

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:27:22 GMT

The amazing HONDA advertisement

My thanks for Mike Coughlin for letting me know about this one. Here's the "fantabolous" HONDA advertisement that has taken the advertisement world by the cogs - FLASH 6 version, QuickTime version and some write-ups. It would be great to see some software company come-up with something similar - "Isn't it nice when software just works".

The Corporate Blog Is Catching On

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:50:44 GMT

The Corporate Blog Is Catching On

Today's New York Times has an article with a subtitle (in the index page) - 'when the blogger wears pinstripes'. It's about corporate CEOs blogging. Tim O'Reilly and Ray Ozzie are cited in the text but I can't envision either one of them in a pinstripe, can you?

A brief break in weblogging

Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:12:25 GMT

A brief break in weblogging

A client project that demands due diligence is going to keep me away from weblogging to the end of the month. Will try to put in a post or two.

GToolBox launches GXcel

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:53:48 GMT

GToolBox launches GXcel

The Groove Gurus, Ashok & Roomy have launched GXcel. This Groove tool has 'wowed' all those who have seen and worked with it. Rumor has it that even the Great Wizard of Beverly was impressed.

Regarding Spam - you can't win'em all

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 16:16:54 GMT

Regarding Spam - you can't win'em all

The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (aka CAN-SPAM) has its shortcomings [eWeek]. Then there is/was (still being lobbied), the "Spam Tax" which is/was in response to Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (UCE) aka Spam and that has International ramifications [InfoWorld]. I say, leave it to these guys to solve the Spam problem - after all, their work still lingers after decades and they need not be lobbied either with special interest groups (SIG).