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Desktop? Why?

yariv.zur — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:53:47 +0000

So, the Hard-disk on my SAP laptop died. For the third time in 6 months. I have a small suspicion that the Good Ole’ T42 is about to reach the big scrapyard in the sky, but with the current offerings from our IT department, I’ll stick to my IBM workhorse as long as I can. [...]

The LinkedIn Cycle

yariv.zur — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:35:02 +0000

Having my LinkedIn network updates fed as an RSS to Google Reader, I couldn’t help but noticing the following trend:

Manual SEO

yariv.zur — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:01:38 +0000

While I already twitted this picture, I think it deserves a more permanent mention: For the non-hebrew speakers among you (you really should learn it, you know) – the sign says: “Type in Google 50 years reunion for Ort Kfar Saba and Register” (Ort is national school network). The concept is simply brilliant – why invest [...]

Introduction to Twitter

yariv.zur — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:51:59 +0000

I was asked by my colleague Dafna to give the team a brief introduction what is Twitter and how it may become relevant to our Enterprise customers. With Salesforce.com , SAP and every joe-enterprise-vendor announcing ’support for Twitter’ in their upcoming release, we wanted to take a step back and try to understand some of [...]

MP3 TCO

yariv.zur — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:28:30 +0000

For the first time in my life, I’ve bought an MP3 player. I’ve had some before which were crappy giveaways which I’ve gotten as some promotional thingies, but my (slowly) growing hobby on two wheels demanded that I get me a new thing. The requirements were simple: Small Have a clip Nice design. Naturally, I started with the iPods. [...]

Do one thing and do it well

yariv.zur — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:46:32 +0000

Back when I was young and still harboring some dreams and friends (real ones, not those you follow), we used to hang out almost on a daily basis at Hummus Ashkara. The thing about Hummus Ashkara is that they only do one thing (surprisngly – Hummus) and they do it exceedingly well. Unlike a lot [...]

Police 2.0

yariv.zur — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:09:16 +0000

Last week a person with (undoubtedly) very bad karma entered my front yard and took my Red and Black Mongoose Rockadile LE bike. Yes, Yes, I know. It’s not such an expensive bike. I have yet to meet my 40K weekly milestone before I really make it spiffy, but it already had the baby chair [...]

OMG. Upgrading to WP 2.7.1

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:38:09 +0000

I’ve just upgraded the blog to Wordpress 2.7.1. It took me three clicks and five minutes. And this includes backing up everything. This is how Lifecycle management should be.

The Danger of Platforms

yariv.zur — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:23:24 +0000

I’ve been trying to get myself into a bike riding regimen for a while. Being a naturally lazy person (its the ADD!), I set myself with milestones to encourage me with my day to day operations. Otherwise, I don’t get anything done. The milestone I set a week ago was this – Until I reach [...]

In 30 years

yariv.zur — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:40:59 +0000

Amazing photo gallery by Patrick Borland, of decayed machines in the Cokatoo Islands shipyard(?) should give you a perspective of how whatever you are doing now will look in 30 years. Will it even have an aesthetic value by then?