Humberto's Thoughts

Have you seen the amazing update that Apple has done to their I-Pods and I-Tunes.. Isn't it WoWW? Of course not.. same old stuff. Of course more capacity and less size but.. nothing "really" new under the hood. http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/12/technology/apple/index.htm

A recent article written by David Kirpatrik today in Fortune Magazine comes handy just after I wrote my post "Why the world hates Microsoft?". The article "Praising Microsoft and Attacked by Wolves" exposes some of the thoughts of Microsoft haters and, in my opinion, how they miss an undeniable point... without Microsoft the Personal Computing experience wouldn't be as advanced as it is now. Check out the article here

The service buzz Saas, Outsourcing, CMMI... Ringing any bell? No?, Well, is all about services. Experts are saying that the money now is on services, on reaching the so called "long tail" of the market; on continue the revolution of the world ultimately transforming everything into a big service whose delivery platform will be know as THE MATRIX!!! :) Well, the last part of the above is a bit exaggerate and of course not true but still the big buzz about services is indeed true and I strongly recommend my readers (yes, believe it or not I have readers although they are a bit shy to post comments he he he he :) ) to keep an eye on the terms mentioned at the beginning of this post. If your have any doubts drop me a letter and I'll be glad to confuse you a bit more or, more seriously, to redirect you so some really brilliant guys on the topic.

Have you been in a Quiznos Sub lately? Well, I have, and it is sad to see how their customer service gets worst everyday. I didn't know that a chicken carbonara sub included such a 'bad mood' face from the staff. No wonder why subway is taking over Quiznos.

...or at least, some times it seems like that :) I must confess that I have been in the side of those that hate Microsoft; now, I'm in a neutral position; I neither love it nor hate it. They have done nasty things but they have also made enormous contributions to the IT world. Some might say that the reason of the shift in my thinking is to have worked in Microsoft for a while, and is true of course! ; But not just because of the fact per se but because I now try to look at many different perspectives at once. Below are the most common complains that I hear about Microsoft and what I think of them The blue screen of Death! -Dude, the number of such screens is almost 0 nowadays! So come on, leave your 70’s wig at home and live on the present Linux is better, and free! False! -Linux is for geeks, period. (I’m a geek so no big deal). Even that I openly admit that there are versions of Linux that are quite user friendly nowadays (such as Ubuntu) they are still far behind in usabili...

Yeap, tomorrow I will continue to do my master at Carnegie Mellon University; it will be my last semester :). Hopefully this time I won't be as busy as the last two semesters and I will be able to do fun stuff like taking a photography course or play basketball more often.. we'll see

For those who are close to me you already know what I'm talking about :) I got an offer from a company that I may accept shortly.. I'm still thinking about some issues though so my professional future is still uncertain [insert twightligth zone music here :) ]