Good Day Yesterday.

First, the demo environment we have set up at a local data center got quirky at 9 am.  That would’ve been just fine if not for the fact that we were scheduled for a big demo at 10 am!  We frantically got in touch with the telco, asked for help (pleaded, really), and headed to the client not knowing if the fixes would turn out fine….

Second, on my way home, listening to some classical music on the radio, when… all of sudden… PHSEEEEET HISSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! A cloud of steamy smoke.  Dang!  The car’s radiator popped!  I was about 2 kms from home so I decided to test my luck and see if I can make it home with the temperature gauge planted at H….

It was a good day yesterday.

The fixes to the demo environment worked just fine, in time.  Seamlessly showed how the service worked.  Impressed the audience.

Safely got the car home, albeit the car just made it midway through the garage port when it conked out.  Still, I got home.

Yes, it was a good day yesterday.

The Power of Hindsight

WAHAHAHAHA!!!!  Whoever said that hindsight is 20/20 vision got it right on the money.

But whoa!  Saying this after you’ve built an Empire!???  That the people who worked for the Monolith weren’t good?

KAMON!!!!

The World and I

I am here in a coffee shop, sipping my coffee, and banging away on my keyboard. Who would have thought that just less than a decade ago throngs of people were disconnected from the world, unable to share their thoughts and feelings online?

It used to be that I just pull out a pen, get hold of a table napkin or some piece of scrap paper, and jot down my thoughts. I only carry a pen nowadays. No need for a little notebook in my pocket. Instead, I open my Notebook, connect to the net, and pour out glimpses of inspiration in my head.

This is, actually, a much belated conveyance of what is happening to our connected world right now. Much has been said about the “uploading community” and the “participative” nature of the wired and wireless sphere (or should I say “plane”). Telcos used to worry about how much bandwidth to allocate to subscribers because of the downloading phenomenon just a few years back. With the advent of sites and technology such as Youtube, Bittorrent, Friendster, MySpace, WordPress, Blogger.com, Picasa, Flickr, and the like, the issue was suddenly how to properly allocate bandwidth to accommodate the thirst to upload content.

Yup, everything’s suddenly about YOU. Or, more rightly, the “I”.