I’m really suspicious to all things said and showed on the internet, and this video is not exception. Somebody please pinch me as this video from 1994 talks about electronic newspapers.
We see newspapers going to e-publishing thanks to success of tablet device, iPad from Apple in particular. But this video talks about future more than 15 years. Just to put this into perspective: 7 years before release of Mac OS X, 5 years before release of Mac OS 9, 3 years before release of Mac OS 8, and a year before release of Windows 95. Read »
Ok, I’ve been waiting for this one for a while now. Ever since I’ve learned that Verizon would introduce Personal Hotspot I hoped that Rogers would follow this as well and not block it.
Now, it’s official: iOS 4.3 on Rogers has Personal Hotspot that lets you connect up to 3 devices to share your cell phone data.
Gizmodo reports that they have been invited for “for a sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software” taking place on April8th at 10am PST.
Apple’s just sent an invite “for a sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software” on April 8 at 10AM Pacific. That’s in three days! We’ll be there. Start your predictions now.
According to iPad in Canada website, Apple Store employees are advised to not take holidays during weekend of April 24th. Does that mean iPad would be released as promised by Apple ‘late April’ in Canada? I certainly hope so.
If it’s to be released, it would make sense that all three big cell phone providers would jump onboard: Telus, Bell and Rogers. Hopefully they would follow AT&T steps with availabilityof 3G unlimited data plan. On the other side, iPad 3G might not be available in Canada at that time with release sometime later, which will prompt shoppers travel across the board as iPad is not locked to any cell phone provider.
Just a reminder that iPad is to be launched in US this Saturday April 3rd.
According to Engadget, next version of iPhone, sometimes referred to as iPhone 4G which has nothing to do with 4G as in Sprint 4G, to be called iPhone HD thanks to it’s higher resolution display 960×640 up from 320×480 of the current 3Gs model.
Other features to include:
• Front facing camera
• Apple’s A4 chip (surprise!)
• Multitasking, originally scraped from 3.x version
Engadget also mentions release date to be June 22nd.
Just when as you getting more excited, there is a rumor that there will be Verizon version of the iPhone as well. Only us in Canada don’t really care that much, we have 4 providers to choose from (well, fine, 3 as Fido is Rogers)
I’ve neglected my blog for quite some time time now writing only one post per month, if that. With this post I’ve determined to write about all those things I have done in the past 6-9 months but haven’t shared yet.
I’ve mentioned our new corporate Rogers Cell phone plans, but haven’t really talked about it. Printers, computers, new Firewall setup, solutions during olympics and video editing I’ve done for our clients. On top of that I have hundreds of photos sitting in my Aperture Libraries which needs to be processed, uploaded to Flickr and shared in my Portfolio section.
So with this post I’m starting a list which I will keep updating with new projects and with links to posts about old projects. Let’s start…
First thing would be our new FireWall setup. Me and Igor Cheifot spent numerous nights in the office perfecting our network. Finally we went from Linksys WRT54GL to custom build PC based Ubuntu OS SharkWall firewall with OpenVPN. This one is worth at least couple of postings and a full article (in Articles section)
Next would be Rogers corporate plan, which I briefly mentioned once or twice.
Then I would like to touch on my Video production. I’ve done 5 videos for one of our clients, and there is at least 5 more to go.
And latest project I have on my hands is improvement of on-site setup for our team.
Now let’s put some timeline on all those topics. Newest project that I have, would the first and quickest, as I still have it fresh in memory, let’s say by March 30. I think video production would come next week, let’s say by April 1st. Rogers corporate plan – Apr 5, and biggest of them all, FireWall setup, which would be covered in at least posting and article I will schedule to complete by Apr 12.
XXI Winter Olympic Games are over and it is time for wrap-ups, clean ups and of course bills. Our client, who had 125 Rogers cellular lines, received their bill. Even though ~$20,000 bill for 125 lines is not that big of a deal ($160 per line avg.) how that bill was delivered is quite interesting.
I remember my first Rogers bill that didn’t fit into 6×9 envelope – they had to send it unfolded in letter size one instead. I remember receiving first 100 pages bill, and then 250 pages. But this time it was different.
Total bill is whopping 1,443 pages. After downloading PDF version of it, I’ve decided to email it to the client instead of printing, but Rogers did print for me. One morning UPS delivered a box, which I thought would have blank CDRs and DVDRs I ordered earlier in it, instead it was that bill.
And by the way, we’ve also received close to 120 “Starting Guides” one for each activated line. Hmm… what should I do with those now….
As Vancouver Olympics approaching faster than anticipated, more and more challenging projects hitting my plate. One day it’s buying couple dozens of computers and setting them up in a matter of a week for one of our client. Another day it’s bunch of cell phones that needed by another client of ours.
So the story goes like this. One of our client has bunch of people coming over for their program. Every one of them requires some kind of cell phone service here. Renting cell phones, or maybe even Mikes could be one way, but I’ve decided to dig into our corporate Rogers to see what those guys can pull out of their hat. Easiest part was the fact that all people would come to Vancouver with unlocked GSM phones, so task is easy – get SIM cards.
How many you might ask, well get ready – at first they were saying 100-300… I thought it was preliminary and number might change. Well it did… to 50… Couple of days later, after number of ’back and forth’s they’ve decided to have 120
Another challenge is timeline, they need all of it setup in a matter of one week.
I should say Rogers’ sales rep was great, with no even a hint on ‘challenging’ request, he processed our order and in matter of 2 days I had 20 SIM cards activated and shipped to us. Two days later 100 more came in. Now, it’s just a matter of inputting all those usernames, SIM Serial Numbers and cell phone numbers.
For your enjoyment – thats how 100 SIM cards look like:
Just arrived at F5-Expo at Vancouver Convention Center. I bet there will be hundreds tweets, blog posts especially about bumpy start of the expo. Running quickly to the office to grab stack of business cards I thought I would be late for conference kick-off scheduled. Update: Despite computer issues, F5-Staff decided to let everybody with [...]
I’ve neglected my blog for quite some time time now writing only one post per month, if that. With this post I’ve determined to write about all those things I have done in the past 6-9 months but haven’t shared yet. I’ve mentioned our new corporate Rogers Cell phone plans, but haven’t really talked about [...]
Two members of our team were heading oversees, Russia to be exact, for couple of weeks and it was my responsibility to come up with solution for cheaper roaming. One of them was on Telus with World Blackberry while other had personal Fido phone. Telus roams fine in Russia, but bills are outrageous. Telus charges [...]
After shooting Anthony Sedlak at Eat! Vancouver show Friday night, I’ve imported footage from my Sanyo Xacti HD1010 into iMovie 09. I was so happy that by converting .mp4 files into .mov it actually reduces size by 50%. The truth was – it only imported half of the clip.
Saturday, Oct 25th - I just had to order extra shot in my Americano from Starbucks. Even though it wasn’t bad hangover, coming to office at 8am on Saturday is not what I’m used to. I’ve met my friend Igor at Starbucks, two triple Americano with extra shot and we are heading to the office. First [...]
I’m really suspicious to all things said and showed on the internet, and this video is not exception. Somebody please pinch me as this video from 1994 talks about electronic newspapers.
Ok, I’ve been waiting for this one for a while now. Ever since I’ve learned that Verizon would introduce 
