Coredump

Via The Dilbert Blog

Seems a bit harsh, but true.

I was looking for a 2.5-inch hard disk online, and visited a few online stores based in Metro Manila. While visiting Octagon, which has a “superstore” in SM Megamall, lo and behold:

What the?! I did a bit of digging (thanks to Google), but apparently, the site is pretty much useless. Oh well, might as well haul my arse off and burn a few fats — it’s just a five-minute walk away from the office anyway.

I’ve been visiting a few foreign-language sites lately, and Google Translate is a great tool, if a bit awkward.

I created a bookmarklet that will point the site to Google Translate. I then added a keyword (”gt”) so that when I’m in the site, I can just press F6, and enter the keyword.

‘Text is nonlinear…’

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.