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Archive for October, 2006

Tech Punching Holes in Processes

Posted by pallid on October 19th, 2006

Here’s the funny thing about technology - I’ve mentioned before that technology should help current business processes, and that as far as possible, should not dictate the process. This article that was sent to me got me thinking about that. Short summary, it’s about how content management systems need to be customized to fit the […]

Destroy Tables! A Call to All Designers…

Posted by pallid on October 14th, 2006

Geek out time! There are a lot of places on the web that keep telling you about the merits of purely CSS based design, and avoiding the use of tables (A List Apart is one example). But reasons cited have always seemed to theoratical to me; it’s always along the lines of “separate aesthetic form […]

YouTube - US$1.65 Billion Buyout By Google

Posted by pallid on October 10th, 2006

Wow… I’ve been following this for a little while, and they’ve finally gotten acquired by Google. For an obscene amount of money I might add. Here’s a few thoughts on this:

I think this will jolt quite a lot of people into starting up companies, just by the sheer amount money the acquisition involves. This could […]

Books I’m Reading Now

Posted by pallid on October 7th, 2006

The latest book that I’m in the middle of right now is “The Theory of Almost Everything”, for those of you who are curious about what’s catching my fancy now. It’s a science textbook essentially, except quite a whole lot more interesting. It kinda describes how a physics theory called “The Standard Model” essentially […]

The Singapore Web 2.0 Bandwagon

Posted by pallid on October 7th, 2006

In the past few months when I’ve been quiet, the Web 2.0 buzz has been creeping into the Singapore psyche apparently. The signs are everywhere now.
A little bird told me that the Media Development Authority (MDA) wants to take advantage of this Web 2.0 thing to kick the media industry up a notch, I personally […]