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September 26th,2007

Technology through September Sound Bites

By Jayvee

September is almost fleeting and as we approach the fourth (and most exciting!) quarter for technology developments, we leave you with some sound bites from the b5media technology channel.

Over at A Feed is Born, Juned discusses the impediment of Information Overload using a parable between the Fox and the Cat:

What really is Information Overload? The term has become a catch phrase in our time to denote a flood of information that renders the user almost incapable of acting effectively. So what do you think information overload is? But before you answer. Read first this story adapted from Aesop.

Gilad talks about Yahoo’s dynamic URL rewriting beta feature for webmasters:

Parameters in URL have been a problem since the old days of session_id added automatically by servers and which search engines have learned to deal with. However, as the engines are trying to fight duplicate content some parameters, when added, may cause just that and the elimination of such parameters can ease the situation on some webmasters.

Jerome of Office Tweaks discusses the iMT Moveable Type software for the iPhone:

Announcing recently about their new Movable Type pluigin named as iMT, this automatically provides a customized and specially designed user interface for Movable Type 4.0 users accessing their Movable Type installation via their iPhone or iPod Touch.

The Curmudgeon has discovered that donuts are now a currency for freelance writers:

You know, nothing says writing companion to me more than a cholesterol burger washed down with a fattening coffee drink.

Over at New Linux User, Clair talks about her experiences with CVS:

CVS means “Concurrent Versions System” and this is what we have to keep track of the changes in our files, mainly our documents. Our data models are not covered by this system. Anyhow, the worksheets I had to edit for tomorrow’s meeting are on the CVS repository. There’s a server which has that repository and I need a client to check out the files and also check them back into the repository once I am done with the edits.

Mark Evans of All About Nortel discusses the life and times of a Nortel PR guy:

Maybe, in a strange way, PR person thrive when it comes to managing bad news - much like reporters get far more excited about bad news than good news. When times are good, it’s a breeze handling requests from the media looking to celebrate a company’s success. But when times are bad, you’ve got to be quick on your feet. If you’re not prepared or fail to execute, you and your company will be crucified.

And to end things on a lighter note, here are the 4 easy steps to get her number, courtesy of moi from Cellphone9. (It works!)