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One day you will probably be old and spend most of your time sitting in a chair and not doing much.
Until then, gather experiences to think back to and smile!
Five most recent blog posts:
Why I am failing to keep in touch...
Submitted by Greg on Tue, 23/12/2008 - 12:52. Keywords: personal.My apologies to all my dear friends and colleagues.
This is the holiday season. New Year, Christmas, Hanukkah,- it's the season when most people around the globe have their most important holidays. These days I feel particularly bad about constantly failing to keep in touch with people who bring joy into my life as often as I would like to. They deserve better.
I hope, my friends, you will be more understanding if you know what it is that makes it hard for me to keep in touch regularly. Probably, it's not a very good reason, and it's not intended to be an excuse. It's simply the truth. Maybe, some of you will even recognise that we share something in this respect.
Having moved around so much, I am keen to stay in touch with good people from several different continents, who live in many different time zones. I keep meaning to call, to chat, to email more often, and then...
I get really busy working days and nights for some deadline or so, postponing important, but not urgent things like writing emails to friends. Once done, I avoid spending any extra second at the computer looking for some rest, and again postponing important but not urgent emails. Then, I realise that I have not written for many months, feel bad about it and decide that if I get in touch now, it has to be a longer email, which, again, gets postponed. Then the next deadline comes...
A vicious cycle. Here is my New Year wish, and on my side I promise to try paying more attention to the really important things in life, than to random deadlines:
Please be forgiving. Don't be a stranger and keep emailing even if I am not replying as quickly as I should.
It would make me very happy!
Leave me a message!
Submitted by Greg on Mon, 23/06/2008 - 02:26. Keywords: personal, professional.This post acts as a message board.
If you would like to leave an open message for me, just post a comment!
Happy New Year!
Submitted by Greg on Tue, 23/12/2008 - 13:13. Keywords: announcements, personal, professional.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a Happy New Year 2009!
I wish all my family, my friends and my colleagues around the globe a merry holiday season and a bright, warm and happy New Year 2009!
May you find what you seek! I hope that we see each other in 2009!
ID3-hell or the problem with modern MP3-players
Submitted by Greg on Tue, 16/12/2008 - 16:33. Keywords: annoyances, personal.As a parting gift Microsoft presented me with a Zune. For those who do not know – Zune is Microsoft's version of the iPod. I must say, it is a very nice device. I've got the 8GB version. The casing is of metal and hard plastic. The build quality is very good. The device seems to be just the right size, it is not too light and not too heavy. The controls are functional and convenient. The screen is bright and easy to see, the buttons have a nicely distinct click point and the stroke-sensitive button is easy to get used to. The software is intuitive and convenient to use, the menus make good use of the space available. There are a lot of extras, gimmicks and options. And, most importantly, it produces crisp, high quality sound. Overall, it a worthy competitor for the iPod (well, at least if Microsoft would market it properly, but that's a different story). But I am not writing this to advertise the Zune. It is a great device, but I got it for free. Despite all of the above, I would not buy it for myself, even at a big discount.
In this post, I'd like to share my thoughts about why I would not buy the Zune, or, in fact, the iPod or any of the gang. I hope that in mid-term the designers can address some of the following issues.
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