While I am a freelancer with my wife, I found that collaboration with someone who you trusted is always the key to be successful in the field. It is however, not easy to find a trustworthy partner too.

I myself, has bee naive before. I’ve experiences a few driveway alarm before I get to where I am today. Pure partnership without a goal always resulting a break out.

While I was in college, I tried to work out something for betterment of my future as well as some pocket money with my friend. However, we ended up stopping the project as we did not come to a similar goal. I did it, twice!

However, this time round, the friend who partner with me for the first time, came back to me and asked if I’m interested in another project with him. I rejected without second thought. As I don’t want to waste time on the project that we cannot agree on the goal. We are both not a college student anymore, and have a limited time in making ourselves a living. I would prefer to look for someone who is not so keen on making big buck from one small project.

That remind me of another entry about project-excitement

As you may know, a pregnant mother needs prenatal multivitamins to take care of the baby. It works exact the same in any area of life. One need to take good care of the core, in order to produce a good product.

Nokia was well-known for its Symbian mobile operating system for years. However, if you notice, those Nokia mobile phones on the market are all similar and has the exact same functions across all. Which I am a little bit boring with it. Beside coming out with new design, it is new design again. Though I cannot deny the great thing about the open-source system.

However, we cannot deny that things can get out-dated pretty fast. After the release of Nexus One, Android has become one hot open-source mobile operating system. Even China-made mobile phone are getting in touch with Android to attract more consumers. While Nokia? Symbian, again?

P/S: I wonder when Maemo can become the core for Nokia mobile phone?

Cancer like Mesothelioma or spine problem has been quite common nowadays. Working in front the computer for hours is potentially ruin the spine, so I made some decision to stay healthy.

Weeks back, when I first encounter eChiro, I did not really believe it’s going to help much, until I see some reason. A hard fact always make things more believable

First it was my neck. Due to the sitting posture (I’m working with a laptop) I have some pain on my back neck for years. After the first few session with eChiro, it gets more painful. My mother, who brought me to there insist me to continue it for another few more days to check the result. Well, it works well, my neck is now more relieve.

Second was my shoulder. I have a high and low shoulder. I almost can’t believe my eyes when I check my shoulder after 3 session, they get more balance each time I went for the therapy

Seriously, if you see one, go ahead and give it a trial. It has 4 months free trial, which I am on it now.

P/S: eChiro website runs on WordPress too

It may sound like closing outdoor cushions when we speak about Linux users – Geek. Majority computer users still thought about Linux as a command-based system, that they may lost in the middle of booting the computer. That’s so wrong and I would like to give some correction on this matter.

One of my favourite Linux distro is none other than ubuntu. I have been and still encourage those office-use computer to install on it. It’s free, it runs well in some old computer (save money in long-run) and it is stable. As for my profession as a web developer, it helps on my testing too.

I almost can’t believe myself when I first doing a web design for a client back then. I used the pre-installed image manipulation software GIMP to do it. Here are a few things I need to emphasize on…

Stable server

Not only you don’t need to worry about viruses, marewares or even trojan. You don’t have to worry about the localhost too. In Windows or Mac, you may need to install a third party program. While in Linux, it has almost build it on running .php Somehow, all my websites and client’s sites are hosted on a Linux machine, that make me easier to test the site locally before launching the sites.

Do more

Ubuntu has most applications installed. A browser, email client, GIMP and text/code editor. It’s all there, without any program to be installed. No worries about viruses, no need of installation again, that definitely save a lot of time and let me work on more important stuff.

However, web design is still my first priority job. Photoshop CS3 has been a good companion compare to GIMP. Ubuntu, see you in my next netbook

That is one of the question that no one had ever thought about.

Like how we work nowadays, we do things almost manually, even though paying system has a great software to run it, but you can’t deny that a Symbol LS2208 barcode scanner still need to be manually scanned and collect.

HP launched a line of new web connected printers, printers that has its own email addresses.

Interestingly, it helps a lot in drivers and plugging. Nowadays, we have too much plugs to use, and too less plugs to be share. Laptop has replaced desktop, with a maximum of 4 USD port (let’s now putting Apple computer in, they speak wireless by the way), you may still running out of it.

But one thing has HP pointed to, wireless! That is the World after this century maybe. Like the IT manager told me before “I wonder when will everything be wireless, so I don’t need to speed this f*cking time plugging you a computer in office“, it was 2006, way before iMac has bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I’m sure he is happy right now