Microsoft still crashing… why do I have to endure such a high-level of bullshit after all these years ?
At a customer site, starting March the 1st, we have to book our hours in a tool called ProTime, based on SAP. My first impression: these guys should go to basic lessons on GUI design. Here is the login mask on my browser. Yes, you see it right: the font is about Arial 5, the mask on my 24″ screen is really small.
And this crap is coming from a huge software company selling it for gazillions of €€€. Go figure, are the customers all blind ? Or do I get old and need goggles ?
Well, we are Saturday 22, and the world did not end. Here is my explanation :
4’000 years later:
Definitely the best radio stream since I’m listening to online music. Go ahead and support them.
The sailors doing the Vendée Globe are really great men, they deserve all our admiration for their courage. As a swiss citizen, I stand behind Bernard Stamm and Dominique Wavre even if all the competitors deserve our respect. Fair Winds guys !

Asana managed to gather a few very good coders, and their shared task list is a really great tool. The workspace / project / task / sub-task model is nothing new, but they made it easy to use, and free up to 30 people. Amazing stuff, you definitely want it!
I have switched over many note-taking systems during the last years, but nothing come close to Evernote. If you don’t have it yet, go ahead, it’s extremely cool and easy to use. There is even a Linux version called Nevernote.
I switched over from Swisscom POTS to Netvoip SIP (with phone number porting) end of July. After about 1.5 month, it already pays off : I went from about 50 CHF per month (25.- line subscription plus ~ 25.- calls costs) to about 15.- / month. I can only recommend Netvoip : good voice quality, easy switchover, quick support, worked out of the box with my Siemens Gigaset C475IP. In short, a good move !
Reading this on Engadget :
Microsoft confirms no upgrade path to Windows Phone 8, unveils 7.8 for legacy devices.
and
The debate can now be laid to rest: devices currently running on Windows Phone 7.5 will not be on the receiving end of the long-awaited Apollo update (aka Windows Phone 8).
One of the best features of iDevices are their capability to get the latest firmware. People don’t want new phones, they want new features. Providing them with an upgrade path for their expensive smartphones is the best way to keep them on board for the long term. My bet : Windows Phone 8 will never get any relevance in the market. Remember the Zune ? Same people, same failure.