New year – new goals
Sun, Jan 1st 2012 12:08p Alex Kassabov And on the first day of the year, it’s Shelfari that sets my first goal of the year for me.
And in the mean time, WordPress reminds me that I’ve been away from my own blog too long. Long enough to have forgotten how to use it.
So here’s to two immediate goals for this year: read more and blog again.
Happy New Year, everyone!!! [read] Keywords: facebook
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Lion Mac OS – Apple’s Vista
Thu, Aug 4th 2011 9:10a Alex Kassabov I did it. I couldn’t wait. t joined the ranks of Apple Fan Boys. I installed Lion OS X the day it came out. I had 30 bucks in iTunes gift cards sitting around. It was dumb. I learned from my mistake. Enough said.
If I were to write a product review of Lion, as a user, I would give it a thumbs-down. It feels like a very raw attempt at bridging the gap between the mobile and the desktop computing paradigms. Apple promised to bring all the best of iOS to my laptop and it didn’t work. I [read] Keywords: apple
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MWLUG 2011 – PSC will be there
Mon, Jul 18th 2011 10:11a Alex Kassabov The Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2011 is back again for the third year. This year it is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel. And once again PSC will be there. We’re one of the sponsors and our team – John Head and Luis Guirigay – is speaking. John has a couple of sessions on why developing modern apps in Notes/Domino makes sense. Luis, together with Kim Greene, will deliver their ever-popular session on Domino Health Checks.
Overall [read] Keywords: administration
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Hero next door (Chicago – Frankfurt flight diverted to Cleveland)
Mon, Jul 11th 2011 9:14a Alex Kassabov You might have caught the story about a Chicago – Frankfurt flight being diverted to Cleveland because of an unruly passenger. A man was acting suspiciously prior to the take off and during the flight. He ended up having to be restrained by a flight attendant and the passengers. Well, imagine my surprise when I found out that the flight attendant in the story was my next door neighbor and my friend.
Saturday night, he, I and one other neighbor sat outside into the wee hours hearing [read] Keywords: facebook
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Calibre – Best e-books software
Fri, Jul 1st 2011 8:20p Alex Kassabov If you read e-books, you need Calibre. Simple as that.
Well, let me rephrase that. If you’re a Kindle user like me and only ever get books that are available on Amazon, you probably don’t have much for Calibre. Same goes for the dedicated Nook users.
But if you get your books from a variety of sources, then Calibre is an awesome piece of software.
First of all, it gives you a nice visual tool to manage all of your e-books: the ones saved on your computer and the ones already on [read] Keywords: facebook
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Productivity in 33.33 minutes
Mon, Jun 27th 2011 8:21a Alex Kassabov There’s so much to do every day: email to be checked, blogs to be read, IMs to be sent and answered, news to be read, tweets to be read, and tweets to be posted. But you also have some very specific tasks that need to be accomplished. Unless you’re a social media maven, you probably don’t get paid to tweet. You get paid to work, to meet deadlines, and to accomplish those specific tasks, tasks that include writing: code, documentation, copy, presentations, and proposals &# [read] Keywords: email
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SafeCopy Backup – Great Customer Support
Fri, Jun 24th 2011 9:17a Alex Kassabov When your boss repeatedly points out that you haven’t blogged in a while, perhaps you should listen and pick it up again. Besides, this is good… In a world of negative blog posts and customer-to-number conversions, when I come across exceptional customer service, I like to point it out.
Earlier this year, when Mozy decided to raise its prices, I switched to Safecopy backup. In addition to lower price, Safecopy runs much better on my laptop not draining the battery with constant [read] Keywords: facebook
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R.I.P., my dear 4Runner
Mon, May 2nd 2011 9:10a Alex Kassabov I am saddened to say that my dear beloved 2000 Toyota 4Runner is no more. After exactly 11 years and a few days of faithful service, I had to put it down, trade it in, get rid of it. I’ve always said that I will drive it into the ground and I almost literally did.
I came home on Wednesday to find a trail of liquid leading down the street and into my driveway, culminating in a big puddle of pink, Pepto-Bismolish looking liquid under the truck. The coolant reservoir was completely empt [read] Keywords: facebook
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