Category: technology

17May

RIM going down

17 May 2012 pbenavent

Former successful compamny RIM is going down. As I thought is going to happen with Nokia is happening now with RIM. Not to improve, is let the competitors pass over you.

RIM has shown the world its latest Blacberry Curve 9320 with… nothing interesting? minor improvements. Nowadays and particularly for RIM development is crucial. HTC is also going down and Samsung is becoming a very important player among mobile manufacturers, do you know why? have a look on Research & Development amount on both companies, there you got it.

So, stay quiet and you die. Keep on improvement and it keeps yourself alive and knicking, uhm.. by the way, it may apply to many fields, doesn’t it?

5Apr

Obtener una URL personal en Facebook

5 Apr 2012 pbenavent

Una URL personal en Facebook es una dirección web para nuestro perfil mucho más fácil de recordar. En un uso profesional de las redes sociales es fundamental tener una, sobre todo para la página de empresa.

Los pasos a seguir son:

  1. Entramos en Facebook con el usuario para el que vamos a crear la dirección corta
  2. Pulsamos en el menu desplegable de la parte superior derecha y pulsamos en “Configuración de la cuenta”
  3. Si no estamos en la opción “General” pulsamos sobre ella, y luego sobre “Nombre de usuario”
    Elegimos el nombre (por ejemplo de empresa), se comprobará si está disponible
  4. Tecleamos nuestra contraseña de Facebook y pulsamos en guardar y listo

Tengamos presente que Facebook cambia frecuentemente sus opciones y la operativa para acceder a ellas o modificarlas, así que aseguraos que estos pasos siguen vigentes.

Una imagen de apoyo:

Obtener una URL personal en Facebook
Imagen de la página de configuración de Facebook de URL personales

15Mar

How Apple designs

15 Mar 2012 pbenavent

Recently I read 12 Reasons Why the Apple Design Process Is Nothing Special, which is a resume from the original interview with Jony Ive.

Most of the things he say is just pure common sense and we use to forget that things on day to day work:

  • Being focused,
  • being accurated with the details,
  • look for the better not just for the good,
  • and finally, stand by your customers

I may higlight things in a different way than Ive says, but this are my personal highlight.

9Mar

Buzz & more buzz about iPad

9 Mar 2012 pbenavent

Finally is out and it has been less that I was looking for. Yep, I’m talking about The new iPad, people is so devoted that even the brand name have been commented.

It’s no so revolutionary, for sure they have done a great job. Personaly, I really believe they’re yet leaders on this category. You ain’t gonna found nothing so good for 499 bucks. Most of buzz comes form the new screen, GPU improvements, size and weight…

In my opinion there’re two things as least as important as hardware improvements, and both of them are software related: app’s for iPad use and Siri.

We’re, definitely in a post-pc age. With the iPhoto, iMovie, Garage Band, things reserved for a computer, now can easily done from the iPad. The rest of competitors should note how easy and integrated applications are with the whole environment.

Finally, Siri the network not only a place to storage but a place to work with, an extension in software terms. Maybe this Siri importance falls if your language isn’t supported by Siri.