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Trillian Killer? Side by side comparison.

Posted on: Friday, February 22nd, 2008 in: Other

Hey there.
This has nothing to do with PM or BA or IT, really. I just stumbled on an app that is cool, open source, and useful. I like to pass these things on. I especially like competition in the land of Open Source. You get some really cool ideas when people are doing something because [...]

SYSML - UML but cooler?

Posted on: Friday, February 8th, 2008 in: Other, Project Management, UML 2.0

SYSML isn’t all that different from UML as it would tend to exist in the wild. In my opinion, and based on what I know right now, it looks like an attempt to standardize a deviation from a standard. I guess that is valid. Science does the same thing. There are 3 forms an element [...]

Blackberry 8703e and Google Maps and Bluetooth and Traffic and Verizon! Working together!

Posted on: Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 in: Other

Finally. A Verizon 8703e that gets realtime traffic and GPS navigation with an external puck for free.
I installed a million GPS applications on my 8703e and none quite did it. The closest was Telenav, but they do not have traffic information for the 8703e.
Then, out of nowhere, Google Maps for Mobile went from not supporting [...]

Interesting Orbital IA

Posted on: Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 in: Other, Project Management

Hey Everyone,
Man, today I am posting a lot of stuff that isnt characteristic of what I usually post, but I have been excited by a few things and want to get this online and commit to it because once I say I am going to do something in public like this, I am sure I [...]

Microsoft buys Facebook

Posted on: Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 in: Other

I hear that Microsoft has won the bid for Facebook, and has formally purchased it. I have not seen anything official. I have only heard rumors and “accounts” of the transaction.
A $15 billion check for Zuckerman.
If it is true, I bet you will see integration with Active Directory, Windows Live, and other things… this could [...]