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Now I am a published photographer!
In Photography on March 30, 2008 at 1:04 pmA few days ago I received the following email:
Hi Roman,
I am delighted to let you know that one of your photos with a Creative Commons license has been selected for inclusion
in the newly released fourth edition of our Schmap San Francisco Guide:
Transamerica Pyramid
http://www.schmap.com/sanfrancisco/sights_chinatown/p=23638/i=23638_17.jpg
I guess this makes me a published photographer and I am obviously honoured but I would probably pick a different photo of this famous building from my Flickr collection:
I love my MacBook Air!
In Mac on March 28, 2008 at 9:18 pmOver last 17 years I used notebooks from Unisys, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Compaq, HP, Dell, IBM, Sony and Apple. But I was never so happy with any of these machines as I am now with my MacBook Air.
It’s lightweight, bright, fast and it has no moving parts. What else could I ask for? Standard MagSafe connector would be great so that I can use MB and MBP power adapters. And SSD could have bigger effect on the battery life.
I expect most of notebooks to look like MBA in 3 years. Once the price of used components goes down there will be no reason to carry anything bigger…
Bear Stearns vs. Vuth Sem
In Kiva on March 22, 2008 at 2:20 pm(NEW YORK The Associated Press): On the verge of a collapse that could have shaken the very foundations of the U.S. financial system, investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. was bailed out Friday by a rival and the federal government.
Foundations of capitalism are shaking but my friend Vuth Sem is fortunately unaware of that. On the same day Bear Stearns signed a merger agreement with JP Morgan Chase in a stock swap worth $2 a share I received the following message from Kiva.org:
Dear Roman Stanek,
We are very pleased to notify you that the business you have loaned to, Motor Taxi service run by Vuth Sem, has repaid the full amount of this loan $300.00. The payment was collected and deposited by Sive Chheng Sreng.
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=13041
Mac OS X Software List
In Mac on March 21, 2008 at 7:30 amA few years ago Stefan published list of his favorite Mac utilities. When I started to use the new MB Air last week I realized that my list is completely different:
Gmail
del.icio.us
Remember The Milk
Google Calendar
Plaxo
Google Reader
LinkedIn
Blogger
Facebook
Google Docs
Flickr
YouTube
Oh, I almost forgot to mention Firefox and Adium…
There was something in the air…
In Mac on March 14, 2008 at 10:06 am… and after a series of long flights (via Shanghai, Anchorage and San Francisco) it landed on my desk:
TripIt!
In Travel on March 12, 2008 at 9:41 pmEvery time I planned my travel I ended up with a pile of confirmation emails from different sources: airlines, hotels, car rental companies, internet travel agents and so on. It was usually very difficult to create an itinerary from this mess. Until today!
Everything changed when I joined TripIt earlier today. I simply forwarded the confirmations to plans@tripit.com and I ended up with a very detailed travel plan for my upcoming US visit. Few clicks and I was done. Now I have everything in one place. Integrated with my Google calendar. The best Web 2.0 app I ever used. By far…
ZD on BI
In SaaS on March 7, 2008 at 4:17 pmZdenek “ZD” Svoboda joined the blogosphere a few days ago…
Near miss
In Family on March 6, 2008 at 8:21 pmI always wondered why English uses the expression “near miss” when “near hit” would be more logical. But after the last weekend when hurricane Emma brought down some large trees around our house I am glad the tree missed my car and it did not not hit it:
BI minus BS equals Good Data
In SaaS on March 4, 2008 at 3:58 pmToday starts a new chapter of my life. After a year of hard work my team and I are coming out of stealth mode and launching a new company: Good Data Corporation.
We’ve built a complete, on-demand business intelligence platform combining analytics, reporting, data warehousing and data integration. Our primary focus is collaborative analytics. We believe that sharing and teamwork will allow our users to move past isolated reports and arrive at the true meaning of “business intelligence.”
How is it different? It’s fast, it’s flexible, and it’s on-demand. We’ve packed a sophisticated bundle into a simple package. By focusing on the right features, we’ve eliminated feature bloat. And it’s secure, too.
We’ve been working hard, and I would love to hear your thoughts. If you would like to learn more about Good Data please visit http://www.gooddata.com.
