Monthly Archives: August 2007

Day Off, Installing a Satellite Dish

When you put all three together, you’ll find out why. 1) Today is a bank holiday in the UK. 2) We don’t have and we can’t have aerial TV coverage, we can’t have cable TV, and we can’t have Sky …

August 27, 2007 – 8:08 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Other | Comments (0)

SUNW becomes JAVA

Sun is changing its ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA, as announced in Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz’s Weblog on Thursday 23rd August. There has been a lot of mixed feedback. Most techies and engineers inside and outside Sun are criticizing …

August 26, 2007 – 11:54 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Internet | Comments (0)

Stall by Incremental Releases

Have you have ever been part of the inception of a software system that later became big and complex? Have you later felt the frustration of not being able to make further changes to the core architecture? Did you end …

August 26, 2007 – 9:51 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Architecture | Comments (0)

Open LinkedIn Platform Should Focus on Privacy

LinkedIn’s CEO Reid Hoffman promised at the end of June to open the LinkedIn platform, very much aligned with Facebook’s publishing its developer APIs, and surely trying to experience some of the same growth Facebook is receiving thanks to …

August 21, 2007 – 8:06 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Internet | Comments (1)

Why Trolltech’s Qt GPL license is hurting the Linux desktop

After my move away from Gnome and Evolution, I have now been running KDE for three weeks straight and still going. I have found KDE to be a surprisingly stable and reliable platform. It’s hard to find something to criticize …

August 20, 2007 – 8:56 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Linux | Comments (5)

Three Weeks of KDE, Too Much Configuration

After moving to KDE three weeks ago now, I am staying. At least for now. If I had to pick on something, my main point for feedback would be that the graphical user interface feels crowded, and its usage metaphors, …

August 20, 2007 – 8:55 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Linux | Comments (2)

Measuring time spent at a site rather than hits

In July, Nielsen’s NetRatings changed its web traffic measurements to focus on time spent at a given site rather than the traditional page views, and page views per user (PV/UU). Since then, many web 2.0 sites, including communities, gaming, video, …

August 19, 2007 – 10:38 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Internet | Comments (0)

Posh-Wannabes: Wannabe-A-Fly?

This 70s sunglasses retro-look inspired by our very own Victoria Beckham, “posh”, and America’s greatest exhibitionist Paris Hilton, is starting to become annoying. Strikingly similar to a fly’s eyes, generally esthetically unpleasant sunglasses are taking over London this summer. People …

August 19, 2007 – 9:45 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Policy | Comments (0)

Google News Limited Comments, Not Cool, Not Evil, Just Careless

It’s all around the blogosphere, Google News is going to allow limited editorial comments from those involved in the news. Basically, you get a chance to tell your side of the story if you are involved. Big wow factor. Google, …

August 9, 2007 – 8:27 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Google | Comments (0)

Yahoo! ROBO: Research Online, Buy Offline

Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog published last week a study showing that online exposure to product and retailer information, as well as ads, changes consumers behavior. Yahoo! calls that Research Online, Buy Offline, or ROBO (btw, ROBO means theft in Spanish).…

August 8, 2007 – 9:10 am | By Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz | Posted in Yahoo! | Comments (0)