Posted on May 28, 2009 under Others. This post currently has 0 comment(s).
I read Blogie’s blog post about the Un-smart marketing by SmartBro last time and…
….. taddah! Just like what Blogie said, really not smart. It was like 3am in the morning that this page appeared while I was doing web application testing.
Indeed, it is annoying to see this marketing strategy of Smart Broadband, we know their good intention to keep their customers updated but by doing such approach is a no no. Smart Broadband should have asked their customers if they want such landing page appeared in their faces anytime, without notice. There should be a panel for such preference. As Blogie said, what if I am in a middle of doing online purchase with my credit card details already set and when I hit the button “Purchase”, that page appeared!
Smart Broadband should take this seriously as it is really not a good business pratice.
Posted on May 27, 2009 under Gadgets. This post currently has 0 comment(s).
This is just an update about how’s my Globe Visibility Prepaid experience.
I got a number of comments from my previous post about my purchase of Globe Visibility Prepaid Kit. Some says that they are experiencing slow connection and unreliable speed. It’s true, basically because it is based on GRPS/3G/HSDPA signal in your area of connectivity.
Initially, during the first few months of purchase, I was experiencing very slow connection but still can surf and check emails. Recently, I am surprised that it’s faster than before, much like my Smart Broadband connection. Perhaps, Globe Telecom already upgraded their infrastructure here in Zamboanga City. Anyway, I have my Globe Visibility Prepaid Kit as a backup incase SmartBro is down. Just like earlier today, a client called me in the morning and my asked me to go online for a Skype conference about a project. While my SmartBro is down, I’m using my Globe Visibility Prepaid Kit. Well, the meeting is done now. I am glad that I have Globe Visibility Prepaid with me, which gets me connected anytime, anywhere. And of course, you have to have Globe prepaid loads to get online.
Posted on May 26, 2009 under Others. This post currently has 1 comment(s).
I am using WAMP Server, an open source web server project, to do my web programming projects with PHP/MySQL . WAMP Server because I am running Windows OS; WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It’s a software package actually installed in your computers in one click installation procedure. For Linux, we have LAMP.
Anyway, working with web projects sometimes requires you to do thorough testing before going to live testing and deployment of the web application. Now, a client may require you to have it locally tested using a virtual host, emulating the live production testing. Having Apache with my installed web server, now I can set up a virtual host to do the necessary testing of the application. Here’s how:
- Open your Apache’s httpd.conf file and append the follow lines:
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerAdmin your@email.com
DocumentRoot d:/webproject/directory/goes/here
ServerName yourdomain.local
ErrorLog d:/wamp/logs/yourdomain.local-error_log
TransferLog d:/wamp/logs/-access_log
</VirtualHost>
Click Save and close the file.
- Then, open hosts file located at C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc (usually for Windows). Add the following line:
127.0.0.1 yourdomain.local
- Save the file and restart your Apache server to take effect.
- Now, open your web browser and try opening http://yourdomain.local
* Please edit the names in to set your appropriate virtual host configuration.
Posted on May 20, 2009 under Technology News. This post currently has 4 comment(s).
Here’s an event you must attend if you are a Filipino Web Designer, the <form> function() & .class: the first Philippine web design conference. This event is organized by the Philippine Web Designers Organization.
The event will be on July 10,2009 from 8am to 5pm at the Asian Institute of Management, Makati City. Here’s the schedule for this one-day affair for my fellow Filipino web designers and aspirants:
- 8:00am-8:45am – Registration
- 8:45am-9:00am – Opening Remarks and Introduction to PWDO by Sophia Lucero
- 9:00am-9:45am – Design 101 by Rico Sta. Cruz
- 10:00am-10:45am – Interaction Design by Nap Lara
- 11:00am-11:45am – Web Standards, Accessibility and Usability by Regnard Raquedan
- 12:00nn-12:45pm – Lunch
- 12:45pm-1:15pm – Disabled Friendly Awards by Jojo Esposa
- 1:15pm-2:00pm – Sponsor Talks
- 2:00pm-2:45pm – Workflow by Marco Palinar
- 3:00pm-3:45pm – Industry Tips by Gail dela Cruz-Villanueva
- 4:00pm-4:45pm – State of the Web by Luis Buenaventura II
- 4:45pm-5:15pm – Panel Q&A
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Posted on May 15, 2009 under Uncategorized. This post currently has 1 comment(s).
I own a small IT consultancy business and I usually write email to send receipts, invoices, notices or any email correspondence for that matter. I use Gmail to do this. And what I like most about Gmail is that they have this Canned Responses feature which allows you to save email as template. This feature refrains you from typing similar email responses.
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