{"id":913,"date":"2008-08-05T00:58:11","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=913"},"modified":"2008-08-05T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T05:59:08","slug":"cleaning-out-my-tabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/05\/cleaning-out-my-tabs","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning out my tabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With my MacBook Air, I aim to have less tabs open&#8230; Its got something to do with having 2GB of RAM, maybe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yebber<\/strong><br \/>\nMaybe I like somewhat ditsy looking girls, but if you&#8217;ve never seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yebber.com\/lunchwithyebber\">Lunch with Yebber<\/a> I highly recommend it. Good food within Singapore is the aim. Only complaint? I have to watch it in-browser, and not on my iPod. I find it interesting that Yebber is aiming to <a href=\"http:\/\/my.yebber.com\/yebber-dollar\/\">pay people<\/a> in &#8220;Yebber dollars&#8221; for reviews. Its definitely a motivator&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>At the e27 Unconference, it was asked if Wikipedia was started in Singapore, would it have been that successful? I think if the Wikipedia equivalent that is Mahalo, was started in Asia, and there was monetary gain, it will be <em>very<\/em> successful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PDF Import in OpenOffice.org<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst up, you know that <a href=\"http:\/\/download.openoffice.org\/3.0beta\">OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta 2<\/a> is out now, right? In that case, take a gander at the <a href=\"http:\/\/extensions.services.openoffice.org\/node\/874\">Sun PDF Import Extension<\/a>. Its limited: no PDF form support, no editing say in Writer (it just works in Draw and Impress), but its a good start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlene Li leaves Forrester<\/strong><br \/>\nIts an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/charleneli\/2008\/07\/why-im-leaving.html\">interesting<\/a> reason:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was once asked what was the best career advice I ever received &#8212; and it was to <a href=\"http:\/\/jobster.blogs.com\/blog_dot_jobster_dot_com\/2006\/02\/the_best_career_7.html\">plan for job obsolescence every 18 months<\/a>, because research showed that people typically master a job in that time period and fall into a routine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve yet to post a review of <a href=\"http:\/\/groundswell.forrester.com\/\">Groundswell<\/a>, but in short, its an excellent book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Religious Social Networking<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/zoecity.com\/\">ZoeCity<\/a> is a network for Christan folk. The idea behind it is sensible (shared values, etc. &#8211; get in the mind of an evangelical person, its &#8220;interesting&#8221;), and I know what database they&#8217;re powered by, and I&#8217;m hoping there&#8217;s traction for them to hit scalability issues so it&#8217;ll be an interesting story to talk about :)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shinsei embraces open courseware too<\/strong><br \/>\nShinsei Bank is releasing their banking methods (normally a closely guarded secret), as <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/weblog\/entry\/8210\">open courseware<\/a>. Of course, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons. They&#8217;re on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shinseibankpr\">YouTube<\/a>, so don&#8217;t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8RZCtAcIJqU\">watch their video<\/a> about them announcing the release of their IT methods. 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