the name itself is already catchy… wait ’til you know what it’s all about! composed of grad students mainly from u.p., ateneo, and la salle, these IT PINOY’s called Inovent recently presented an “ultra-alpha prototype” (what? anyway…) of their own product called “Ilumina LCD iTV” – an interactive television, video, music, gaming and internet rolled […]
“lawson is but a fresh air…” this is all i can say when i read this in PDI today. in spite of the gloomy mood that has beset the whole world because of failing economies. while others are shying away from foregoing their IT plans in the Philippines, Lawson Software sees things differently! Lawson Software […]
Moreare you unhappy @ work? may be it’s time you stop and rethink your life @ work first! consider this, may be you don’t really need to quit @ all? i couldn’t agree more on this BNET video by Ed Muzio discussing the secrets for us not only to like our jobs but in fact […]
Morei’ve read this in itnews.com, they’ve listed the 10 greatest geeks of all time.i dont know about the list, but i believe other names should have been better included like james gosling (java) and bill gates (microsoft).here’s what’s listed…1. Linus Torvalds (linux / open-source)2. Steve Wozniak (apple)3. Sir Tim Berners-Lee (basic protocols of the world […]
Moreone of the toughest tasks i’ve encountered as a lead (and one of the things i hated as well) is creating project estimates. why? i knew very well that the slightest miscalculation will cause my team to run out of buckets to charge with. For those who are unaware how it works in IT (consulting), […]
More“YOU HAVE WON A NEW CAR!” we – IT PINOY’s might have already received emails with subjects/contents such as the above which looked legit but in fact is a hoax! this is called phishing and if we aren’t careful enough, we might put ourselves @ risk. watch phishing scams in plain english to learn how […]
Morei always believed that a good manager or lead should have a balanced technical and functional skills. i have had my share of being under people who were technically einsteins but managerial archies (the comics! have had the chance to read it in my last travel). toni bower’s of techrepublic wrote these 19 mistakes a […]
Morean IT PINOY’s career unlike any other careers such as an athlete or a blue-collar worker, is much less prone for physical injuries. however unknown to most of us is a secret in the IT industry – a repetitive stress injury on our carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndrome which can make coding a pain […]
Morei was looking through some old stuff when i got a chance to see this, which i used when i once conducted a session on programming, thought this be kewl to be posted here. the ten commandments of egoless programming was originally established in Jerry Weinberg’s book The Psychology of Computer Programming: Understand and accept […]
MoreIT PINOY‘s you might have heard of ruby on rails, if not then this is the perfect time to learn the newest and the kewlest development tool right now! there are 2 components here – ruby programming language and the rails framework. often called as ruby on rails (RoR), this is an open source web […]
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