Here is an article re the 2000 ‘I Love You’ virus and its author Onel de Guzman from Pandacan Manila. He was only a student at the time and is now 44yo working as a phone tech. The bug is estimated to have caused US$5.5–8.7 billion in damages worldwide and had cost US$15 billion to …
Have We Really Learned Anything from ‘I Love You’? Read More »
I like this ‘jargon free contract‘ I saw recently from Boingboing.net, which I copy here: You give me money, I’ll give you creative. I’ll start when the check clears. Time is money. More time is more money. I’ll listen to you. You listen to me. You tell me what you want, I’ll tell you what …
‘Jargon – Free Contract’ Boils Down What An Agreement Really Is Read More »
Here’s a great example of how you can make your website relevant. Gov.ph upped its game by uploading all the information we normally require from the government, such as ‘how to get an SSS membership’, or ‘how do I renew my driver’s license’, and so forth, into one page. Of course you may say, well …
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Someone Is In Charge. I once sent an email with a list of options essentially passing the ball over to a client who needed to make a decision on the direction we had to go. 3 weeks passed until I had to send another email reminding the client that the succeeding weeks marked the end …
Be aware this isn’t about Windows 10 per se. I’ve yet to try it and I only know of it from the few articles I’ve read. What this is rather is an attempt to make people approach the process of upgrading on a saner, more reasonable pace. I’ve used Windows (from version 1, 95, 98, ME, XP, and …
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Wired Magazine recently published a gem of an article where hackers managed to hack in to a Fiat Chrysler Jeep. Once they had complete control they managed to change the radio station, increase the volume, turn the wipers on, squirt wiper fluid on the glass, switch the air conditioning to full on, and finally disabled the transmission. …
There is a popular post on FB making the rounds regarding a Mr. Ian Caballero and his recent unfortunate incident with Globe Telecoms. To summarize, his postpaid Globe SIM was replaced (copied) without his authorization. The only time you would usually allow this is when you lose your SIM or it is unusable for some reason. …
The ‘SMS As A Recovery Option For Any Of Your Online Accounts Is A Bad Idea’ Viral Post Read More »
I have had people asking to put a chat function on their website. These are the questions I ask them first: Do You Have Staff That Can Monitor This Chat Account The Whole Day? Everyone knows it’s frustrating to call a service hotline no one answers. That would be the same situation here. It is …
Wrote down a few thoughts while getting the car registered this morning. I had two hours to waste sitting there thinking about the LTO, so here they are. 1.) No Noon Break At What Cost? – Why are the employees forced to work thru their lunch hour? They are having to eat on their desks. …
Last April 21 Google announced it now favors mobile friendly devices in search results, and the image on their website I copied below is a good indicator of what happens when Google Search comes across a site not enhanced for mobile viewing.
