Reflections 2.10

Wished something similar was availble some two- three years ago!

Disclosure, this is run by my friends

This post was copied verbatim from: Matt Cutts’ website/blog. It was originally written in 2007, but remains as valid as ever.

Question: Why copy? / Answer: Why re-invent the wheel?

Question: Am I in violation of copyright?/ Answer: Possibly. As there are no copyright or copyleft notice, I assume it is safe until I get a letter from Matt or his lawyers.

Enjoy!

Let’s dissect the parts of a URL (uniform resource locator). I’ll tell you how we typically refer to different parts of a URL at Google. Here’s a valid URL which has lots of components:

http://video.google.co.uk:80/videoplay?docid=-7246927612831078230&hl=en#00h02m30s Read the rest of this entry »

I was intrigued by MSN messenger (or whatever it was called back in the late 90s) – this was before mobile phones became a reality (in Nigeria) and sms the cheapest and preferred means of one-sided and multi sided conversations.

I thought yahoo messenger was cool – yes, I, like you had a yahoo account and thus a free yahoo messenger. Then came Google Talk and Skype. (this chronology is as experienced by the author and not necessarily the chronology of release of these products). Read the rest of this entry »

Aspirations—and current expectations—for IT have never been higher. Executives continue to set exacting demands for IT support of business processes, and they see an even larger role for IT in a competitive environment increasingly shaken up by technology disruptions. These are among the results of our sixth annual business technology survey, where we asked executives across all functions, industries, and regions about their companies’ use of, expectations for, and spending on IT. Looking ahead, executives expect IT to create new platforms to support innovation and growth, help guide strategy with data and advanced analytics, and stay on top of possible new roles for mobile devices. For IT leaders, the good news is that along with these higher expectations, most respondents also see a greater willingness to spend more on IT.

Read the rest of this piece on the McKinsey Quarterly’s website (requires login).

Original posted to: The CIVICUS Blog

It’s been a great two days and I am excited to get the third underway. Yet it saddens me to note that with the third day comes the end of the CIVICUS World Assembly, the largest gathering of civil society in the world.

An unintended consequence? Read the rest of this entry »

Getting refused a visa isn’t anything I look forward to, so I always avoided applying for one except when I have strong application, one I am certain will stand the stress and strain test it might be subjected to. Read the rest of this entry »

Its lunch time at the launch of Google Engage in South Africa – and I thought to share tips on gate crashing registration/invitation only events.

These worked! Read the rest of this entry »

Here is my first post from my Blackberry OS 6 device.

Hmm…

I love the increasing ubiquity.

Quite easy to use, I miss the read more button though, but I really like this!

The editor looks like an ancient text editor, but it works!

Love,
Oluwakorede

Its been one full day since my invite to Google+ worked.

Well, the invites never really arrived, despite the persistence of a good friend and brother of mine, who against all odds sent the invite a record two (maybe three) times.

I also left my name and email address several times on the Google+ homepage for considerations for access once the field test is over or has been expanded to take in more testers. I secretly prayed, this would not be another long test like was with Gmail which was in beta for how many years…? Read the rest of this entry »