A deceptively simple idea

Tagged with: wordle, creative, java, internet

Mandy Shaw, 27 days ago

I'd like to encourage you to visit a website I have just discovered: http://wordle.net/ - deceptively simple, imaginative, and creative.

System i - Releasing the Power to Innovate

Tagged with: power systems, system i

Mandy Shaw, 2 months ago

Some thoughts on what the recent Power Systems announcements mean to Logicalis and its System i customers IBM's recent Power Systems announcement does two things. It completes the convergence of the System p (AIX) and System i (AS/400, iSeries) platforms. But, more interestingly, it may allow the System i's core operating system to free itself from the shackles of history and perception.Until these announcements, IBM's Power based hardware platform came in two flavours: a System p, which ran AIX and/or Linux, and a System i, which ran any combination of i5/OS, AIX, Linux and Windows. You'd think this was a no-brainer...

Software that only just works

Mandy Shaw, 3 months ago

To put it bluntly, this blog entry is all about software that doesn't work properly.Here are a few examples ...1. As mentioned in a comment elsewhere in this site, my last but one mobile 'phone/push email device had a lovely habit. I would sit in the train typing an email, we'd travel out of a built-up area, and the signal would drop. The 'phone would then sit there saying 'Connecting' until it was switched off and on again - the return of the signal made no difference. Completely repeatable problem. So, let's get this right, this is a mobile device being asked to do a core...