a different kind of development with an attitude
The Asia Journalism Foundation site for NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information has actually been launched.
Links from the main homepage are now actively pointing towards the domain. NTU also has a media release about the programme.
I think I’ve come a long way from doing small SME sites to something that is of a more official tone.
Posted in WKWSCI · October 21st, 2008 · Comments (0)
I’ve always had an interest in the art of giving and preparing presentations. Take a look at Al Gore’s presentation in climate change. Apart from the fact that he is a very good speaker, the slides used for his presentation are top notch, specifically designed to best convey his message.
I used to think he’s a real whiz at Keynote, until finding out the genius behind the company that helped him communicate his message most effectively — Duarte Design. I have since bought Nancy Duarte’s book, slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations and have become more enlightened in the art of communicative media.
Herein lies the thought. If CEO’s and important people are leveraging these companies to help communicate their message laymen, normal people, average joes, how come this is not applied to academia, where the most difficult messages actually have to be communicated daily if not at an already frantic pace via the wonder of technology known as Powerpoint.
Is there a potential for a company to exist to help tertiary institutions or any other education facility for that matter to create presentations that help in that capacity? Heck, even as a part of the process in getting teaching plans audited prior to approval for use by teachers would help many clueless students.
That being said, it means training is also required for teachers to help them effectively use the these new tools.
Posted in education, presentation, thoughts · October 21st, 2008 · Comments (0)
The new MacBook line has a deliciously visual refresh. Am loving the design decisions that went into the whole refresh. More impressed with the precision engineering it took to make the whole damn thing work.
This is why I feel Apple is far ahead of the competition. They constantly innovate, willing to try new things and experiment and shift the paradigm.
Still on this note, it kinda clears up the direction for now as to my next few computing purchases. First up would be an UMPC to facilitate easier carrying around. Am missing the mobility that my 12″ PowerBook had. The MSI Wind cuts pretty close as a choice considering its the most likely candidate for Mac OS X.
Next up would be a proper hackintosh since I’m just too poor to afford a Mac Pro. Its getting easier to mod these days and with the advent of boot managers like the boot-132 or even the USB Efi-X, it just lowers the bar for easy updating and usage.
Would love the new LED 24″ too eventually. Would help with the docking of the MacBook Pro to an external display. The expanded screen real estate would help plenty much too.
Posted in mac, mobile · October 15th, 2008 · Comments (0)
There are a few ways you can do this, either the USB interface or through a Bluetooth connection.
Bluetooth is pretty straight forward so I’d just list the steps for USB. This is for Mac OS X Leopard.
1. Connect E71 to the Mac through USB using “PC Suite” connection.
2. Open the Network Preferences Pane in the Systems Preferences.
3. Network Preferences should auto detect the E71 as a new interface should it not have been previously.
4. If not, select one of the Nokia E71 interfaces within Network Preferences.
5. Enter your account name and password as “star” and “hub” respectively. Leave the other options blank.
6. Click the Advanced button.
7. Select “Nokia” as your Vendor and “Model” as “GPRS (GSM/3G)”.
8. Enter “shwapint” for your APN.
9. Leave CID as “1″.
10. Under PPP and under “Session”. Ensure “Disconnect if Idle” is not checked.
11. You’re done! Hit connect and you’ll logon to StarHub’s 3G network.
Posted in 3G, e71, mac, mobile · October 8th, 2008 · Comments (0)
Got a user setup specifically for access to the directory serving all the www files by Apache. Used rssh to secure that new user’s shell to only allow SFTP. Next stop is to chroot and jail the directory.
Posted in Server · October 8th, 2008 · Comments (0)
I’ve all the intention to purchase a netbook and hack OS X into working shape on it. This is in a bid to have an ultra portable that I can bring to lessons or practically anywhere. Plonk in an ExpressCard HSDPA modem or actually mod it into the unit would make the perfect device for mobile computing.
As of now, it seems that the MSI Wind is the best candidate for such a system due to its widespread support, a customised installation of OS X floating around the torrent networks as well as actual work currently being done to rectify the problems with official WiFi and Sound inputs.
That is, until the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 hits. Really love the 9″ form factor and the business look. And woopiee do, some guy has Leopard running on it already!
Posted in Others, mac · October 5th, 2008 · Comments (1)