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Automation and you

Many new business software projects are about automating some repetitive and boring tasks. Instead of having a big spreadsheet in which we all enter our time log that we share by sending it by email to get some reports at the end of the month, we create a centralized client/server application where everyone can enter [...]

Posted 28 October 2008 § Software development ‡ Comments (1) °

Getting closer to the universal machine

Not so long ago, there was this small internet news about a printer that could self-replicate. It is the RepRap. It did not fly high in the news list, but to me, it is an important achievement.
Why is this important? Because it is one of the small steps toward the universal machine: a machine that [...]

Posted 28 July 2008 § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) °

My canadian digital hero

My canadian digital hero is without a doubt Michael Geist. He is able to popularize important digital issues like net neutrality, privacy, and copyright. He is able to show what the government is doing wrong with his expertise in laws.
In this time where those important issues are being tackled by politicians, we need more of [...]

Posted 01 July 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) °

A call from the loyalty department

This is my unpleasant tale with Bell Canada. In case you do not know what is Bell in Canada, it is the biggest telecommunication company in the country. It owns many network links mostly in the easter part of Canada. It used to be a monopoly but now, I would describe it as a “minipoly”. [...]

Posted 04 June 2008 § ‡ Comments (3) °

Distributed Revision Control

I am always interested by software project management. I was surfing the web today for new ideas and ways to see how others are managing their projects. I was introduced to this new concept: distributed revision control.

I have been a Subversion and mostly a TortoiseSVN user for quite a while now. I like it. It [...]

Posted 31 May 2008 § Software development ‡ Comments (0) °

Living on the bleeding edge

Are you one of those who lives on the bleeding edge? One who choose to use the beta build instead of the stable one to see those new features? One who install every updates the minute it become available?
I use to be part of that group but I got burned.

That is what you get for [...]

Posted 22 May 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) °