Google announced that they will be shutting down Lively on 31 December.
They have unfortunately not given any reason for shutting it down though. This has also seen some communities protesting quite alot around this decision.
I quite enjoyed the initiative shown and was quite an exciting offering, quite a pity.
A song to end this hectic weeks’ Thursday
At last I’ve joined Twitter (no comment 😉 ).
You can follow me @arnefromsa
 On Friday, as it always goes on Friday afternoons, I browsed around the internet looking around here and there on the internet. Got stuck at FileHippo to see if there are newer version of some of the tools I use, and saw this update of a product called Digsby … ? What is Digsby….
So I quickly click the link to see what this Digsby is all about.
So, “Digsby, IM, email and Social networks in one easy to use application” – isn’t that what I’ve been looking for to clear all the clutter from my explorer window with MSN,Google Talk and Skype running all at once.
So, immediatelyI download the install file(almost 16MB).
Setting up was quite quick and easy, auto creating an account(yes unfortunately another account) with Digsby.
After the installation, the setting up of the accounts is quite easy.
Broken up in 3 sections, you have quite a few options available:
So far I’m quite impressed with the general look ‘n feel and ease of use.
Definitely worth a try !
When I was still in school I used to read those books where you can decide what happens next in the book, and based on your decisions you change the end of the story.Well, I found this on YouTube, “The Time Machine” , after each video you have to decide how the story is going to progress further. Watch this video till the end.Â
The Matrix Runs on Windows , let’s learn Ubuntu !! Â
I believe that forums and bulletin boards have been around for ages, and actually it has been the first form of Social Networks, so it never actually was a thing of late in the root essence.
4 awesome forums I frequent are:
Last night saw the announcement of the IT personality of the Year at the Computer Society of South Africa(CSSA) Annual President’s Awards Banquet at Montecasino Ballroom facility.
What was the criteria for a person to be elected as this highly acclaimed South African awards, well here as from ITWeb’s site:
A A person who has been successful in building a highly-respected IT organisation or business
A person who has made a major contribution to the IT profession over a number of years.
A person who has made a significant technical or academic contribution to the IT industry.
An IT professional who has aided the development needs of the community.
And the Winner is
Mardia van der Walt-Korsten
Mardia van der Walt-Korsten, born in 1963, completed her schooling with a Masters in Clinical Psychology at the end of 1987. Mardia began her career working as a Clinical Research Assistant for Hoechst UK in London.
Moving back to South Africa, Mardia helped develop the HR function for M-Net and Multichoice and was key in creating a Learning Centre at M-Net, developing a M-Net/Multichoice Nursery School.
In 1998, Mardia Joined T-Systems where she helped build the company from a staff count of 210 to a total of 934 employees at the end of 2001. Mardia was instrumental in implementing the necessary transformation processes, with specific emphasis on integration of new employees.
A big congratulations to Mardia !
Seeing that my mouse died about a year ago, and since then I’ve been using 50 buck cheapies, I decided to take the time to actually get myself a proper mouse. Well according to me you don’t get any better than Logitech mice.
So off I went to my new favourite online shop, NIVO, which has very fast service and delivery.
I found this gem for a mere R550 ,so clickety-click and there you go – 1 day later I’m a mouse richer.
I decided on the Logitech VX Revolution Mouse as I travel quite alot to client sites and wanted a mobile mouse, but it has to be comfortable,compact,have good battery life and of course no wires!!
This mouse is very neat and has a solid feel to it, with a proper weight. Gliding through documents could not be easier. I found the wireless receiver you plug into the USB port neatly tucks about inside the mouse, and automatically switches off the mouse. On the top of the mouse is a green battery indicator which appears when it is switched on when you remove the wireless received from it’s hiding place. This will probably help me in about 3-4 months(estimate given by manufacturer) when the battery dies to know when to buy a new one.
