Technology

  • Changing a Password

    It’s that time of the month. My corporate email account has started warning me of dire consequences if I don’t change my password. I’m going to have to start thinking again of a hard-to-guess easy-to-remember never-used-before nonsense string that will be my companion till thirty days do us part. Now security experts are always telling… Continue reading

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  • iPhone 6: two weeks on

    Two weeks ago, in a journey that brought back memories of hunting down Casio organizers, I trudged the corridoors of Funan Digital Mall in Singapore till I got my hands on an iPhone 6. Here’s my impression of it two weeks later. Right off the bat, I must say I love it. Yes, I’m an… Continue reading

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  • The Song of Socialism II: Penetration

    Social is the new buzzword, and what a loud buzz that is nowadays. In the last post I described my theory of levels of social media – Presence, Participation, Penetration and Platform. Presence was passive, Participation was active entry into the world of social media. Penetration and Platform are quite a bit more complex. This… Continue reading

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  • The Song of Socialism

    Social is the new buzzword, and what a loud buzz that is nowadays. Everyone from sedate bank to hippy dippy start-up wants to be “social”. Being unsocial nowadays is like admitting to a fondness for bellbottoms – hopelessly anachronistic and just a little worrying. Its not unlike the early days of the Internet where everybody… Continue reading

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  • Security: A Model Less Simple

    When passing through a full body scan, a pat-down search and a baggage x-ray on your way to buying a coffee in your local mall, you know you live in the era of Security. It seems to me, however, that enterprise security operates under the sole premise that mal-intention can be prevented. Password policies, network… Continue reading

  • Opening Windows

    Walls between work and life have broken down. Companies have not noticed. Work and leisure used to be quite distinct once upon a time (and that wasn’t so long ago either). Work was carried out at designated hours in the workplace, with tools that the employer provided; home was spouses, kids and paid vacations. Even… Continue reading

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  • Looking Ahead

    I just sat through a presentation about the four big trends in IT that even the polite struggle to describe as dull, but it did get me thinking. Incumbent technology vendors (pretty much like incumbents everywhere) have too much invested in the present and will hence sell incremental as disruptive. IBM once believed sincerely in… Continue reading

  • Outsourcing III–The "Who" Question

    A little while ago, I was asked to give a presentation to CEOs on outsourcing. The audience wanted to know about adopting outsourcing for their companies; making use of its promise while avoiding its pitfalls. It seemed to me (unimaginatively, I must admit) that the whole thing boiled down to four fundamental questions – the… Continue reading

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  • Outsourcing II–The "What" Question

    A little while ago, I was asked to give a presentation to CEOs on outsourcing. The audience wanted to know about adopting outsourcing for their companies; making use of its promise while avoiding its pitfalls. It seemed to me (unimaginatively, I must admit) that the whole thing boiled down to four fundamental questions – the… Continue reading

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  • Outsourcing I–The "Why" Question

    A little while ago, I was asked to give a presentation to CEOs on outsourcing. The audience wanted to know about adopting outsourcing for their companies; making use of its promise while avoiding its pitfalls. It seemed to me (unimaginatively, I must admit) that the whole thing boiled down to four fundamental questions – the… Continue reading

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This blog is about my ramblings on technology and management, gathered from years of trying to do many wonderful and fascinating things with technology. Most importantly I find the interactions of humans with computers fascinating – how the to extract use from computers in their various forms, from washing machines to large language models.

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