Makerbot Industries
April 25th, 2009
A friend of mine came across Makerbot a little while ago, pretty neat stuff check it out!
Reminds me of our 3D printer project in University.
Proof I have connected Lotus Notes/Domino to MS Outlook!
April 24th, 2009
Welcome to IBM Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook. You have successfully installed and configured Outlook to connect to Lotus Domino.
IBM Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook now needs to populate your mail file. This will automatically start for you. The time of completion will depend on the size of your mail file and the amount of data needed to replicate for Mail, Calendaring and Scheduling, Contacts, Tasks, and Folders.
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Impact National Conference 2008: IBM Luncheon Keynote
March 18th, 2009
My personality
March 6th, 2009
I like to take 1 personality test a year, just to see if I change. Here is the latest results from this website:
You Have A Type A- Personality
You are one of the most balanced people around
Motivated and focused, you are good at getting what you want
You rule at success, but success doesn’t rule you.
When it’s playtime, you really know how to kick back
Whether it’s hanging out with friends or doing something you love!
You live life to the fullest – incorporating the best of both worlds
Microsoft 2019
March 3rd, 2009
A very interesting view of the future from Microsoft Labs in 2019. The future of the wallet, education, health care, air travel, news papers, you name it….
Cyber-squatting: patel.com and patel.net
March 3rd, 2009
Background on patel.com and patel.net and why I think the owner is guilty of cyber-squatting….
Current owner
Pravin Patel (as per whois listing) from San Jose
Initial contact (Dec 2005)
E-mails show willingness to speak over phone. Owner requests that I call his phone number (408-499-6677).
Initial Discussion (Dec 2005)
Owner discloses the fact that he has 20yrs of telco experience. Owner indicates desire to make money from these domains. Wishes to start up a Skype/VoIP type of service, but has failed numerous times. Offers to form partnership with myself if I can basically build his telco service for him and make him rich, when asked what he would be doing the answer is merely a dismal silence (aka. nothing). Bad vibe already, and since I only want to buy the domains and no interest in his failed telco dream I do not follow up.
Follow-up (Jan 2009)
E-mail sent to owner asking if he is willing to speak about selling these domains. I receive a reply, Feb 1, 2009, asking me to call the same number I called in 2005.
Follow-up Discussion (2009)
Almost verbatim from our 2005 discussion, the owner repeats his speech: (1) 20 yrs telco experience (2) failed at starting telco (3) can you do it for me and make me rich.
At this point, I’m thinking “give it up, your cyber-squatting and its obvious, didn’t even try changing up the story from last time!” I mention to the owner that I spoke to him in 2005 and he gave me the same story. I ask the owner if he is using the domains for any purpose since 2005 and the owner clearly answers “no”. I follow-up and ask the owner “since you are clearly not using the domains would you be willing to sell the domain”. The answer is “yes” this time, but he says “I can give you a subspace, like patel.com/
At this point, I asked him if he understood was cyber-squatting is doing and clearly mention to him that he’s just playing games and trying to hold the domains for no purpose.
I later find out that there are several others, one specifically from NJ and TX, United states, who have also contacted him. So given that there is some sort of demand for these domains, who agrees with me that this guy is playing games and could potentially be illegally pulling our chains?
Why I wrote this entry: I don’t mean to be bringing any patel-on-patel challenges, but rather that anyone holding onto a domain where somone else wants to purchase it (ie. do an exchange for a good/service with payment as the returning favour) should be allowed to — especially if the domain is just sitting idle and not serving any meaningful purpose.
CIO Outlook 2015
March 2nd, 2009
The world is changing, businesses need to change and help consumers and other businesses adapt to the coming climate. I found this slide show below a great summary of the IBM CIO Outlook Dave Newbold and his team produced. Take a look and leave some comments!
Music: Amazing glass instrument
February 23rd, 2009
Exeunt from IBM Rational
November 12th, 2008
Some of you know, some don’t; but its been a few months now so I’ve decided to put it in official writing. Late last quarter I accepted a new position at IBM, in the Global Technology Services (GTS) division as an IT Architect doing Strategy and Change related work; thus, marking the end of my 4 year stint in Software Group (SWG).
I feel that I leave on a high note. During my last few months in SWG, I led our team to the release of IBM Rational AppScan v7.7 GA (Developer and Build Edition). As the Software Architect and Development Lead for these products, we successfully managed to provide brand new security-related offerings (based on Eclipse) in the IBM Rational portfolio in almost exactly a 1 year timeframe. The products have been setup for a great amount of marketplace and technological potential, and as I exeunt from IBM Rational I leave my team with this potential, knowledge, and my mentorship to break new ground.
All in all, I have enjoyed my years within the IBM Rational brand. I have come to learn about the Rational brand, provided value across various SWG brands (such as Rational, Tivoli, WebSphere), contributed to the open source Eclipse project, led several software products in architecture and development capacities, enhanced my leadership skills, and met a lot of smart people. I don’t discount coming back to IBM SWG, but perhaps in a different capacity.