The Fallacy Of A “Win-Win Situation”
One of the phrases I hear often but find to be totally self-contradicting is “This is a win-win situation!” That phrase annoys the heck out of me! It’s one of those paradoxes…
Sad Weekend For Me
Sorry for not posting for the past couple of days. I just didn’t have anything to write about. Worst still, I’ve gone through what probably was the saddest weekend of…
Four Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be A Problogger
As the monetizing of web content becomes easier and its tentacles spread globally, anyone who has a blog will sooner or later have this thought pop inside their head; “Wow, imagine…
Data Security for the Enterprise: The Human Factor
When the subject of corporate data security comes up in any board meeting, chances are, the topics will straight away dive into complicated things such as firewalls and IDP systems. And when…
Tip For Driving In Heavy Rain: Wear Sunglasses
I do a lot of driving. One thing that never cease to amaze me is that whenever I take the occasional journey along the North-South Highway, there’s bound to be bouts…
Coding Like a Girl
No, that’s not an insult. What I’m actually referring to is this post from Creating Passionate Users. I think that the captions for the first two pictures was accidentally switched, but don’t take…
Painful Lesson Learned in WAMP Updating
Upgrading Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows is a bitch. That’s the lesson I learned last weekend. I decided to be extra helpful and upgrade the existing installation of these three apps, which powers our…
Common Web Site Structuring Mistakes
When browsing through web sites, especially corporate web sites, there are a few things that make me go “Eurghh!”. Surprisingly though, not many of these things are aesthetics related, to me…