Perhaps they’ve taken my advice from yesterday, but 20Twenty will soon be no more. My first glance at the mail to all their clients led me to believe they were closing down (and hence the slightly misleading heading for this post), but luckily it’s just the branding that will change. 20Twenty will get rebranded as… Continue reading 20Twenty no more
20Twenty ripe for phishing attack?
Apparently, Standard Bank has recently closed down 8 phishing sites in the last 4 weeks (according to an ITWeb article). Not surprising that South African banks are being targeted. With clients of Citibank and other popular US banks now either aware of the practice, or penniless after having been cleaned out, the phishers need to… Continue reading 20Twenty ripe for phishing attack?
Linux, a database to be feared?
A Reuters article on some research done by IDC appearing on ITWeb) had a comment on the market share of various database vendors. Measuring revenue, the leaders were, in order, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft. The article was unsatisfactory for a number of reasons: there’s no indication of whether OSS vendors had their revenue included (whether… Continue reading Linux, a database to be feared?
Wanted: Good Open Source developers
I’m continually being offered work that I don’t have the time (or sometimes the interest) to do. I have a small number of people I usually recommend, but they’re also quite often busy. I do so hate letting people down, and would like to be able to recommend someone everytime I get a plea for… Continue reading Wanted: Good Open Source developers
Excuses
I’m very good at excuses. I remember, in school (and that was a while back) making the excuse that I would wait until I got a computer until I wrote my novel. Then it was till I finished studying (IT). Then until I finished travelling. Then I decided to study English and Philosophy and learn… Continue reading Excuses
Power games
Well, the good news is the security guard at our offices has kept his job. I’m not quite sure what happened, whether the attorney spoke to the landlord, the landlord had a change of heart, all the positive energy spoke to him out of the ether, or perhaps even he read my blog. But the… Continue reading Power games
Passion
No, I’m not talking about Passion of the Christ, nor the kind of passion that attracts those Google referrers making hardcore porn one of my most popular referring search terms. I’m talking about passion for what you do. On Saturday I had a wonderful session with Jason Hobbs, brainstorming a new project we’re working on… Continue reading Passion
Tectonic magazine
My copy of Tectonic magazine arrived in the post today. Neil described it as a thing of beauty, and I was pleasantly surprised too (perhaps that shows our predisposition for Ubuntu, from which the cover art is taken?) Many of the articles are taken from the website, and so are old news, but there’s something… Continue reading Tectonic magazine
Blood(y) landlords and slimy diamonds
The landlord of the building where I work has just fired the security guard (technically he hasn’t renewed his contract). Apparently he has a tendency to hire a guard on contract for 3 months, then terminate the contract on very short notice (in this case Monday is the last day), and avoid paying UIF etc,… Continue reading Blood(y) landlords and slimy diamonds
20Twenty still not supporting Open Standards
I’ve just heard (from a friend attempting to apply) that 20Twenty still aren’t accepting applications on anything but Internet Explorer. If they can spend gazillions on shiny new Microsoft licences surely they can afford the 10 minutes it would take a developer to fix their form. Looks like their backend tech is almost as bad… Continue reading 20Twenty still not supporting Open Standards