Visual Guide to the different usage of Twitter
There have been many questions about how Twitter can be use effectively. Here’s a useful guide about the various usage of Twitter. Nothing beats mind map in simplifying things.
Here’s the guide
Chris Leong
Disoriented views from the rosy lens of an optimistic realist.
Tag: Technology
April 27, 2009
Now you can use your messenger in Hotmail
After so long Microsoft have decided to add an instant messenger feature to Hotmail. This is one of the things i really wish Hotmail would have, since its rival Yahoo and Google already has a messenger feature in its mail system for quite some time.
But better late than never, now in your Hotmail/Live Mail you can sign in with you Windows Messenger and chat with your friends
Here’s some snapshots on how it will look like.
P.S
One thing though, this feature is not visible to the average user. Most of my friend did not know that this feature has already been added. Hope, they will make it visible like Gmail does.
April 16, 2009
Silverlight DeepZoomPix – A new way of showcasing your photos
This is a technology demonstration by Microsoft that allows you to view your photo’s in a whole new light. It’s really quite cool and I’m sure you will find it useful too. View a sample from Chris Leong’s DeepZoomPix Album
Here’s some overview of DeepZoomPix
Using Silverlight’s exclusive Deep Zoom technology, DeepZoomPix enables you to interactively explore and share photos like never before:
- Enable a seamless experience for navigating large numbers of images regardless of Internet connection quality.
- Make possible a “tactile” way of exploring and interacting with photographic images on the web.
- Empower users to dynamically zoom in on photos without having to navigate to higher resolution versions.
You can directly access photos from Facebook, Flickr or any photo RSS feed and share your DeepZoomPix creation with the world through your blog or website.
Here are some snapshots of what you can do in DeepZoomPix
1) Different Layouts you can choose from
2) Zooming in to your pictures
3) Slide Show View
4) Some different layouts
P.S
- These photos are from my buddy Daren Chong. Check out more great wedding photos @ Daren Chong’s Blog
- I’ve also share a similar post few months back. Check it out here
April 8, 2009
StarGazers now can use Silverlight to view the universe
Was looking for some cool Siverlight demo for me to do a presentation. And manage to find one that is quite cool.
Its called WorldWide Telescope by Microsoft Research.
What is WWT?
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe
I’m totally ignorant about astronomy and if anyone out there can tell me whether this is useful that will be great. I’m find this technology fascinating. 🙂
Viewing the universe with Silverlight
Zooming in to have a good look at Mars
April 7, 2009
Trend Micro has a new anti virus for Windows 7 beta
Just got to know this when browsing through the blog The Road to Know Where
Microsoft Security software provider, Trend Micro, has released their Internet Security for Windows 7, providing smart protection for your home network, covering up to three (3) PCs.
Easy to install, configure, and manage, Trend Micro Internet Security for Windows 7 protects your home network, personal identity, and online activities against viruses, spyware, identity theft and other present and future web threats. Confidently e-mail, shop, bank, or share photos online, knowing your privacy and files are well protected.
I’m actually trying out Kaspersky in my Win7 beta. Will wait for a while to try Trend Micro’s.
Download and try it out here. Trend Micro Internet Security for Windows 7 Beta
March 31, 2009
Info in protecting yourself from the Conficker virus
Just got some information on how to protect yourself from the Conficker virus that is creating havoc around the world. Microsoft even offer a USE250k reward to find the culprit.
Anyway, here are some links that offers good information about getting yourself protect.
Microsoft has published new information today on the following web pages:
- Microsoft Conficker guidance page for IT Professionals and those focused on security in the enterprise: HTTP://www.microsoft.com/conficker.
- Microsoft Conficker guidance page for consumers and home users: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx.
- The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) encyclopedia page for the Conficker family of malware: http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Entry.aspx?name=Win32/Conficker.
- The Microsoft Malware Protection Center blog: http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/.
- The Microsoft Security Response Center Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/.
On a separate note,
A friend of mine, who is knows a lot about security has recently gave me some decent advise about security. He mentioned these few tips.
- You should not log in as an admin to do your daily work/web surfing. Log in as normal user and only use admin when necessary
- If you have more than 1 pc, don’t use the same PC for downloading all your torrents, mp3s, movies and etc, and do your online banking. Use a different PC
- Make sure you update all your patches and anti virus
It make sense, but I’m also guilty in not applying some of his advice. I guess i need to remind myself to be discipline.
Anyway, to learn the 4 steps to protect your computer. check it out @ this site
and check out my friends blog @ http://www.myownenemy.net/
March 31, 2009
Snippets: MySpace supporting Microsoft Platform & Twitter is hiring a VIP Concierge
Silverlight on Myspace
Looks like MySpace is supporting Silverlight and Windows Phone. Check out the link to the article
MySpace, the world’s premier social portal, today announced support for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Microsoft Silverlight. The new MySpace mobile application, available this summer, will run on Windows phones and utilize Silverlight, Microsoft Corp’s free browser plug-in that powers rich Internet application (RIA) experiences, into the MySpace Open Platform.
For developers out there, Here some news from Synergist’s blog about a kit for building Silverlight applications in MySpace Developer Platform.
On Thursday, April 2, MySpace and Microsoft will jointly release a kit on the CodePlex Open Source site (with the MS-PL License) that will make it easy for developers using Visual Studio and designers using Expression Blend to create Silverlight applications on MySpace’s OpenSocial-based developer platform.
Also check out his blog for some examples on how he uses the kit to do Silverlight in the Myspace Developer Platform. http://blogs.msdn.com/synergist/archive/2009/03/30/silverlight-for-the-myspace-developer-platform.aspx
Twitter Hiring VIP Concierge
Was reading some news about Twitter hiring a concierge to pamper said celebrities and VIPs to keep tweeting their hearts out. Got this article from TechCrunch. Funny how technology comes out with jobs that nobody heard of 10 years ago. For instance, SEO analyst/engineer and now Twitter VIP concierge 🙂
March 21, 2009
The Future as Microsoft sees it
Here are a bunch of video’s on YouTube how the future looks like according to Microsoft. It looks like something out of the Minority Report.
Hmmm one question though, the doors in the future still looks the same. You still need to push it to open it.
Wonder whether its one of the things that would never change like the umbrella. The basic form of the umbrella still looks the same from the Ching Dynasty till now. (There’s no facts with this statement, just my observation from HK movies) 🙂
Microsoft’s 2019 Future Vision Montage
March 20, 2009
Snippets – What I have been reading about (Tony Robbins, IE8, Gmail)
Quote about Faith & Fear
What’s the difference between fear & faith? Both are made up. Fear is imagination undirected & faith is your power to direct imagination – Got from Tony Robbins tweet
A fantastic video about the “Failure: The Secret to Success” By Honda
Love this short video. Since I’ve been facing some obstacles lately, its a good dose of motivation and inspiration for me.
The official launch of Internet Explorer 8
Been trying out IE8, Chrome and Firefox for a while. But Microsoft just launched IE8 officially. So for folks who do not like to use beta software, here’s a chance for you to try it out
Something about IE8
- Safer. Built-in phishing and malware protection along with click-jacking and cross-site scripting prevention protects you from threats on the Internet. InPrivate browsing & filters let you maintain confidentiality when needed. See the whitepaper here.
- Easier. With Web Slices, content updates from your favorite sites are now accessible right from your favorites bar no matter where you are on the web. See the gallery here.
- Faster. With IE 8, it takes much fewer steps to complete key tasks than in FF. E.g. Mapping an address in IE8 takes 3 steps, while in FF, it takes 7. In side-by-side measures of speed in opening the top 25 websites worldwide, IE8 was as fast or faster than Firefox and Chrome. IE8 is faster than IE7 by 80% in common micro-benchmarks. See the video here.
Download Internet Explorer 8 here
Gmail’s new feature – Undo Send
This got to be a life saver for me. I don’t know bout you folks, but I’m one of the few who manage to “jump the gun” by sending emails out without attachments. I always think how nice if i could “stop” the mail from being sent out. This folks from the Gmail team added a new feature that would be useful. This is especially true for folks who often write angry emails and sent it out.
Check out what they are saying in Gmails blog. To use this new feature, go to Settings –> Labs and look for undo send
March 18, 2009
A Video of the Future
Just saw an interesting video about how Microsoft’s vision of the future. Check it out.
Future Vision MontageEnvision how emerging technologies, evolving trends, and global change might come together to improve our lives at work and home across multiple real life scenarios.
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