Skype Me

I’ve heard a few good things about Skype recently so I downloaded a copy for my PowerBook. Very nicely designed UI but with a lack of willing and capable participant on the other end of the connection I haven’t been able to test out the actual speaking part yet.

The last time I tried VoIP was when I was working in Portland and Leah and I talked over the net using iChat. Pretty good quality but with a slight time delay. Perhaps Skype will be better, especially with its cross-platform nature (i.e. more potential users)?

January 16, 2005 2

IT support for parents

Not that this is news to me (as I have been tech support for Leah, Leah’s family, my parents, friends, etc. for the last ten years) but BBC News runs a piece today about children are providing tech support for their parents. And since I use both Mac and Windows, I also get Mac support calls from friends and colleagues who have no idea about Macs. It is not all bad since I have couple of friends (and friend of friend) who gladly pay me regularly to keep their Macs running smoothly.

January 10, 2005 0

The Spy Who Love Me

I was dismissive initially but after reading Jamie’s initial impression on Microsoft Antispyware I thought I gave it a try.

Indeed it finds 6 spywares on my PC that Ad-Aware nor SpyBot finds. I will keep it until it expires and if Microsoft charges for it (most probable) then I will just go back to Ad-Aware.

January 9, 2005 0

Firefox conversion

So I’ve managed to convert two of my colleagues to use Firefox in the development team. Not bad for a team of 16 with one tester and myself already using FF and the other two recent converts.

November 23, 2004 0

Firefox for Gmail

Oh and I forgot to make it more clear in my last Gmail post. If you have a blog or website, use Firefox already (or not) and want a Gmail account, go over to Spread Firefox and promote Firefox.