David Kellam

Kevin’s post (and the links therein) is most timely. John and I were today discussing our strategic approach for our new software (the codename keeps changing) in light of the recent Leopard announcements. Mail is broken and still will be from the looks of things. We’re going to fix it. Anyway, back to the [...]

I finally got around to fixing my C610’s wandering cursor problem without having to break anything in the process, thanks to these (brief) instructions and these more detailed ones.
Now I just have to convince Windows 2000 it’s still itself and doesn’t really need to reinstall all those drivers…
DRK
Update: Had a client (actually one of John’s [...]

http://www.apple.com/getamac/drivers.html
they REALLY need to advise to look for “mac compatability”, at least (or particularly) on printers.
Even most mac-compatible printers I’ve worked with had something fucked up about their driver. e.g. My current Brother setup utility will only detect the printer when only one network interface is present.
Some MFD devices work fine as printers, but not [...]

Well, it looks like Pandora’s access policy has changed yet again. When I last posted, you got 10 hours free then had to pay & register with a US credit card/address. Then you needed to have a US IP Address (which I do :P) to even listen beyond a few songs.
Now it’s ad-supported! Fantastic! You [...]

Alright, so everybody is into this ‘web app’ thing. How is it, really?
What need does it really solve?
(Open-ended questions)
Let’s look at a few applications:
1. CRM
Example: SugarCRM (courtesy of myDataHub)
URL: demo.mydatahub.com.au
Technology:

Web 1.0 (LAMP)
Dedicated Server connected via Tier 1 peers in Australia (WebCentral)
Need solved: manage the sales process
Problem: Clients complain that it’s too slow.
Solutions:

AJAX-ify
Run a traditional app [...]

This essay is fascinating. It outlines the exponential nature of technological innovation. Moore’s Law and all that stuff. Nothing new there. What it does point out, however, is that the rate of technological innovation is itself exponential.

But I noticed something else surprising. When I plotted the 49 machines on an exponential graph (where a straight [...]

One day I will get around to writing an article on how to defeat Spyware once and for all for Windows. (Think something along the lines of automatic ghost reimaging and daily VMWare snapshots sitting on top of a linux base). For now, I’m recommending everybody just Get a Mac instead. Unless of course you [...]

Update: Google are doing something similar!
Well, I’m back on dialup!
No, really, there’s nothing wrong with my adsl. In fact it’s recently been upgraded to 1500/256 at no financial cost, merely a reduction in download quota from 12GB+12GB to 5GB+5GB. I’ve purchased a dialup account for Waterfront IT’s use, and I’ve been playing around with [...]

Hmmmm… Riding before breakfast is great :). Bacon and eggs on toast for breakfast was therefore fully justified
Still no responses on the Waterfront IT mailout so far. Have distributed only 108 at this point - 52 more to do for this building, then I’ll wait a bit before doing the other ones (and [...]