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Hacked!

This morning I saw a posting done by others at my blog.I did not click it but just deleted it.My blog security is no more secured Immediately I changed the password.If anyone has read or seen anything not appropriate,kindly let me know.

When it comes to online security ,nothing is sacred and safe.What normal folks like me think as security is indeed a different level of insecurity.Period.

Sample of Using Foodsquare for Restaurant around your location

Note: The link is here.

I was bluejacked!

Coming down the escalator from Kinokuniya Bookshop at Suria  KLCC ,I walked pass the TGV cinema.Suddenly,my mobile phone gave out a beep.When I read the message,I saw TGV MMS.Normally,I reject all the unsolicited bluetooth messages my phone receives but this time I took the chance.As soon as I accepted the message , my phone started to play a clip video of the movie trailer Couples Retreat.What a pleasant suprise!TGV KLCC will screen the movie on 3rd January 2010(free advertisement for TGV)

To a non-IT person like me,this is a cool and positive way of using bluetooth technology in advertisement.Reading the wikipedia on this bluejack subject,I got another suprise- A Malaysian was the first person who coined the word 'bluejack'.

In a matter of time,a few shops will follow this creative way of marketing their services and products.I love to see masjid using this to 'bluejack' passers by to stop and do their solat jemaah.I think that is cooler;-)

May I wish all my readers,a happy and healthy new year 2010 beginning tomorrow.

My Online Hub:Facebook

Lately, I check my Facebook first before I check my blog to read any responses from my friends and readers of my blog.When my blogs,Twitter and Flickr are connected to my Facebook site,I noticed that most of the communication between my friends and readers are conducted at my Facebook more and less at my blogs.I also notice that my friends who formerly are not writing are using Facebook as their 'blogs'.This is good!

No matter how good is online communication,nothing can beat the real thing of meeting and talking to people in person.My observations of my alumni group(SDARA) and my cycling group are good examples.That is why we(SDARA) meet at least once a month and as a cycling group,we ride once or twice a month(sometimes more) together.

Now, most Malaysian have their own mobile phones.As older parents,I am happy that I can communicate with my children as often as I can.They can be any where, but we are in touch.Similarly,my mother also carries her mobile phone.She can be any where and yet I could call her.The sad thing is that we sometimes forget to call our mothers as often as we should.

I was tracked?

As someone who loves gadget with new technology,I always read the Tech2U and the Tech Tarik by Encik Ridzwan A Rahim.When I read Tech Tarik column today(NST) talking about Google Latitude,it made me smile.Encik Ridzwan wrote about his friend Ismail who used google latitude in his mobile phone to track his friend starting from KL to KLIA.From KLIA, his friend took an 8.20pm MAS flight to Kota Bharu airport.Later on ,when his friend landed,Encik Ismail sent him his text message that he knew his friend has landed.On receiving the text message,Ismail's friend just laughed it off.

How did I know of what was written on page 3,Life& Times section of NST today?Well..I was Ismail's friend in that story.You can read about it here.

Tweeter better..

Almost two years ago I wrote about my foray into tweeting.Here is the link to the post.

From my observation,the users always find many ingenious ways on how they use/misuse tweeting by Twitter.Today,I discovered an apps Hootsuite that allows me to manage my tweeting better.I like the features about putting a few twitter accounts on one page,sending tweets at a pre-determined time  in the future etc.What prompted me to write this note is when I post a message via Hootsuite,the message also goes to my Facebook.

If you subscribed to Twitter, my nickname is Berisman

The photo of the bird was taken during my Bird Park Visit.Hilmi and Nazley were my companions on that trip.

PS:By the way, here is something about Twitter from Mediabistroo.com

THURSDAY, MAR 05

Job Title To Watch: 'Twitter Correspondent'?

The UK-based Sky News appointed their first-ever "Twitter Correspondent," reports TechCrunch UK. Ruth Barnett will scour Twitter for breaking news that beats the mainstream media to the punch. She starts her new role this Monday, according to TechCrunch UK.

Read the memo, circulated to all Sky News staff yesterday, after the jump:

THE POWER OF TWITTER: The Twitter phenomenon continues to explode. A phono with an eyewitness in Lahore yesterday came to us through Twitter. Last night's breaking story on the death of a Briton in the Alps came to us from Twitter. The first phone on the Buffalo plane crash came from Twitter. The first photo of the Hudson River rescue came from Twitter. Convinced?

The Online team is using Ruth Barnett as a "Twitter correspondent" - scouring Twitter for stories and feeding back, giving Sky News a presence in the Twittersphere. If you don't understand Twitter and would like a demonstration of its power as a newsgathering tool, the Grand Master of Twitter, Jon Gripton, is running a session in Meeting Room 5 next Tuesday at 1400.

Moblogging again?

I am not a techie, but I love to use electronic gadgets and usually become early adopters of technology.How did I do it? I joined a group of young men who love to 'hack' their pda and mobile phone.Below is a short note I wrote way back in Nov,2003:

Thursday, November 20, 2003

Moblogging-A Test

This is a test via email from .mac

PS: Below is typepad.com feedback when I send the above as an email to a specific emai [email protected]

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:33:38 -0800 (PST)
From: [email protected] | This is Spam | Add to Address Book
Subject: Posted Successfully
To: [email protected]

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Next, I must learn how to send posting using my palm pda(T3) via BT mobile phone(T610).

Nowaday,I don't need a pda and a mobile phone anymore.Just a smart phone like Treo 680 or E71 will do.No need to learn how to configure-just snap the photo,write a tiltle and some text,and send to an email address.Two years ago I tried to do that and my posting took 5 days to get posted.It has got nothing to do with the phone but the telco.With my new Nokia E71, I tried to take  a few photos in the last two weeks and the posting is reasonably fast.It took a few minutes before my photo blogging get posted at My Story Blog.

The blog is more about photos I  snap along the road when I travel..

This is a test via email from .mac

PS: Below is typepad.com feedback when I send the above as an email to a specific emai [email protected]

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:33:38 -0800 (PST)
From: [email protected] | This is Spam | Add to Address Book
Subject: Posted Successfully
To: [email protected]

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Next, I must learn how to send posting using my palm pda(T3) via BT mobile phone(T610).

Nowaday,I don't need a pda and a mobile phone anymore.Just a smart phone like Treo 680 or E71 will do.No need to learn how to configure-just snap the photo,write a tiltle and some text,and send to an email address.Two years ago I tried to do that and my posting took 5 days to get posted.It has got nothing to do with the phone but the telco.With my new Nokia E71, I tried to take  a few photos in the last two weeks and the posting is reasonably fast.It took a few minutes before my photo blogging get posted at My Story Blog.

The blog is more about photos I  snap along the road when I travel..

Moblogging-A Test

This is a test via email from .mac

PS: Below is typepad.com feedback when I send the above as an email to a specific emai [email protected]

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:33:38 -0800 (PST)
From: [email protected] | This is Spam | Add to Address Book
Subject: Posted Successfully
To: [email protected]

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Powered by TypePad
http://www.typepad.com/

Next, I must learn how to send posting using my palm pda(T3) via BT mobile phone(T610).

Nowaday,I don't need a pda and a mobile phone anymore.Just a smart phone like Treo 680 or E71 will do.No need to learn how to configure-just snap the photo,write a tiltle and some text,and send to an email address.Two years ago I tried to do that and my posting took 5 days to get posted.It has got nothing to do with the phone but the telco.With my new Nokia E71, I tried to take  a few photos in the last two weeks and the posting is reasonably fast.It took a few minutes before my photo blogging get posted at My Story Blog.

The blog is more about photos I  snap along the road when I travel..

Good bye PalmOS

Palm OS: Dead, forever

Software

By Samantha Rose Hunt

Thursday, February 12, 2009 17:03

vote nowBuzz up Chicago (IL) - There never will be another smartphone to utilize the Palm OS. The company announced today it will begin a transition to webOS while also supporting Microsoft Windows products. The current Centro smartphone will be the last phone to utilize the Palm OS. The day has arrived for my beloved PalmOS decided to cease to exist in future Palm products.My last PalmOS PDA was Treo680,which I sold last month and bought Nokia E71 on 23/1/09.Palm Inc has done very well in taking PDA to a new height when Apple dropped Newton.As they say, the rest is history. My love affairs with PalmOS began way back in 1998.It has been a long time.With a few friends we formed usergroup called Palmx.Through our mailinglist,we discussed on howto and our experience in making the best use of it as our PIM tool as well as our communication tool.It was a great and enjoyable experience for my friends and me. The PalmOS may be dead by the above official annoucement, but our community of gadgets/technology  lovers are alive-online and offline.Technology changed and being upgraded/superseeded but the human spirit and friendships live on... C'est la vie.. More photos of our previous activities from my flickr. My blog about palmx usergroup. The photo on the right shows our members and their family during our annual get together.Sweet memory lingers on..

Tweet,tweet..

How time flies! By the way, I am not talking about any birds.The 'bird' I am referring to is an electronic one-it has no body and no sounds.A virtual one that originates from the fingers of the senders to the eyes of the beholders.

It is almost one year since I wrote about Twitter on 30th April,2007.As early adopter of technology,I just embrace it and use it.If it is good,I shall continue and if it is no good,I just leave it.To-date,I am using it everyday to get info from my on-line friends and sideline moblogging at this blog.

Lately, there are a few applications being developed to make the use of Twitter easier.I have tried twhirl,tweetr,twibble,twitteroo,twitbin and treotwit.For Treo smart phone users like me,it is very convenient to use Treotwit on the go,but to receive messages I have to log in to m.twitter.com.I use twibble twhirl when I am in front of my pc(twitbin when I am with my iBook) By the way, you can get tweets delivered to your mobile phone but you may have to pay for the telco charges.My friend is using Celcom 013 and he managed to get it but not me because I am using 019 and Digi 016.

Another good feature of twitter is using twitterfeed to inform our friends("followers") whenever we post something at our blogs.Oh,I forget two more applications:

1.We can send message to a group of friends( twittergroup)

2.We can use twitterscan to look for keywords.

IMHO,technology is neutral-like the jungle out there.It is how one uses it -either to waste his time,to make a fool of himself,to have some fun or to make some money.Or Whatever.

In case you wish to become a "bird" like me, just register at Twitter.com and my id is berisman.

Get a Grip

I am wired to the teeth! What do I mean by that? I carry two mobile phones,check emails 4 times a day,receives more than 25 sms a day and check emails 4 times a day.When I am away from home or office, I also carry an ultraportable pc!

When I returned home on Monday after going back to my kampung to vote in the 12th General Election,I saw more than 250 emails in my inboxes!

If you are in a similar situation being bombarded by all the electronic signals via the airwaves,may I suggest you read the below bold article(Reader's Digest March 2008) so that you won't get drown by voicemails, emails, sms,twitter etc.

I used to laugh at someone who carries two mobile phones.When I asked him why,he told me he got two wives,hence he needs two mobile phones!

In my case, I have only one wife but I need two phones-one for business and one for my family in case of emergency.Usually,my business phone is off during meetings and it is off line from 6pm to 6am.

By the way,if you wish to Upgrade Your Life,please read this.

Get a Grip:Don't let technology take over your life. Learn how to switch off -by Ron Geraci