Tag Archive for 'blogging'

Blogging via IM

to blog through GoogleTalk. Cool.

Ack! The above should have read:

Currently using IMified to blog through GoogleTalk. Cool.

Apparently, IMified doesn’t handle HTML tags. Oh, well…

Kafka’s blog

Translated from works provided by The Kafka Project, Franz Kafka’s journalized writings are positively, uhrm, Kafkaesque. Heh. I wonder how Anais Nin’s work would fare? Via Table of Malcontents.

Social software in the workplace

Interesting news at NY Times: IBM is set to launch social software tools in the corporate world.

(Hmm… I wonder if Sacha Chua’s ongoing research is part of this tool set?)

Here at work, we use Lotus Notes for typical “groupware” applications: calendars, email, instant messaging, and task management. I have also explored the use of blogs and wikis in my previous companies, but they did not really took off that well. Perhaps the IBM experience can lead the way in exploring the use of these thriving media for the workplace.

Work blog, sort of

Accidentally found this blog containing “blind items” about life at Trend Micro, my previous workplace.

Okay, so it’s not really a work blog, and the posts will leave outsiders totally clueless, but yes, it does reflect the “colorful” life at TrendLabs HQ Manila. (In the US Corp and 24×7 Premium Support teams, at least. My team, the European Technical Support Center, is much more, er, sedate.)

The posts are funny, if a bit mean.

Too bad, the blog author recently resigned. Will someone continue the “legacy”? Are there other blogs out there with a similar theme?

Resolutions

Splat!
Originally uploaded by iandexter.

(Yet another “New Year’s resolutions” post.)

  1. Life. I will strive to be the best tatay to my two sons and wife. Being away most of the time (and going home only on weekends) is taking its toll in my relationship with them, but I will make up for that. My wife and I will learn cooking together. Even the little one can join in if he wants, but he will be busy with his little brother. I will also continue to be a great kuya to my brother and two sisters, and a good son to Mommy and Daddy. Last year had been a year full of changes, and I had been remiss in my family duties. This year will be different. I will also go back to school.
  2. Work. I will brush up on my coding skills (I really ought to review on Perl, and learn Ruby). I also resolve to blog more often, with meatier and substantive posts, not only here but for PTB. I may not be able to take on many side projects, but for those I do get, I will — as always — give the best I have, providing quality and innovation, and going beyond expectations.
  3. Play. I have to write some more, and go out more often, and read more books. We will probably travel at the end of the year (when the baby is big enough for that) — nothing grand, just a regular family trip. I will see to it that my collection grows. I have been quite lazy with this the past year, but this year, I intend to double my hoard. :D