Natali del Conte speaks spanish like a speech synthesizer!
Mar 17, 2008 Uncategorized
Tweet C|Net and Univision have created a new technology channel for Spanish speakers. Good news… but when you hear Natali del Conte (former Techcrunch writer) speaking like a speech synthesizer, I wonder myself if they couldn’t find another person with a better spanish. Via Techchrunch
My 5 stupid technology predictions for 2008
Jan 14, 2008 Uncategorized
Tweet I hate all the articules predicting what will be cool in the new year. Ok, here goes my 5 stupid predictions for 2008. I have not analyzed markets, trends or purchased expensive reports to Gartner, just like most writers, but at least I admit it. May be some predictions sounds a bit apocalyptic, but [...]
Rise and fall of DBAs: The tyranny of the ORM
Sep 14, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet There was a time when DBAs dictate how developers should use Their databases. It was early and mid-nineties and Their Word was The Truth. Those poor guys building client-server applications had to bow down before Him/Her and implement the Business Logic inside The Database Manager. Database hardware was expensive, but His/Her Highness could size [...]
Tags: architecture, databases, enterprise, fun, java
TouchGraph: a tool to graph how Google connect your website with many others by affinity
Sep 2, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Recently I have discovered TouchGraph, a tool that reveals the network of connectivity between websites, as reported by Google’s database of related sites. I have tested it with this blog and the result is this: The www.javablogs.com looks like this: This tool can reveal how google see your website. Analyzing this information you can [...]
Beutiful photographs of MareNostrum, Europe’s #1 Supercomputer
Aug 28, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Marenostrum is installed inside Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The building used to be an old church! The pictures here.
Tags: architecture, fun
Sometimes to interview developers can be funny
Aug 19, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I have interviewed a lot of developers, junior and senior staff and it has become like a routine. Technical workers are nice people, rude candidates are rare. Usually their (our) self-esteem make them (us) feel they need to show they (we) are over prepared for the job. The curriculum vitae are bloated with lots [...]
Tags: enterprise, fun, management
The meaning of Messaging Abbreviation (Thanks to the Lord)
Aug 16, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet If you are above thirties, do not visit chat rooms very often or English is not your mother tongue, then you probably waste most of the time trying to decipher that abbreviation lingo. Here goes a brief dictionary of words.
Myfrienemies: craziest social network?
Jul 30, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet According to their introductory speech, My Frienemies ‘Myfrienemies is a social networking site that allows you to connect with people who pretend to like the same people as you. Rather than dwelling on the negative, we invite you to foster new friendships based on shared dislikes, annoyances and disappointments. ‘The funniest link is frienemy [...]
Tags: fun, social networks
3D Mailbox, is this a joke?
Jul 19, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet I recently found a review of a new email application name 3D Mailbox. And that’s what you think: an application to read your email in a tridimensional environment. Can sound stupid, but it looks even more stupid when you watch the trailer: It’s crystal clear that Venture Capital investors do not know what to [...]
Is Google going to fire Isabel Aguilera soon?
Apr 16, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Today an online Spanish newspaper congrats Isabel Aguilera (Google Spanish CEO) for not screwing up the purchase of DoubleClick by Google. Besides the sarcasm of the headlines, the newspaper says that the time of Isabel Aguilera in Google is running out, and she could leave the company very soon.It’s not a surprise that she [...]
Tags: enterprise, fun, google, management
