Archive for 'September,2009'

Eid ul-Fitr

Eid ul-Fitr

  Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Image Source   Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month in which Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) [...]

iPhone App Store – Tests Your Patience

The most useful feature of iPhone I find is the App Store, but sometimes it could well be a Test of your Patience.   Nothing against the App Store as such. I’ve got almost 80+ apps [...]

An Engineer’s Fashion Statement

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Keeping Your Team from Burning Out

  As a manager I always try and follow a certain way for managing my team. And the keyword for me is maintaining the correct balance between various aspects of regular work. Like, giving time to [...]

BNZ Community Service

Following up on my previous post on Do a Good Turn everyday – Boy Scouts slogan, as of today – 15/09/2009, BNZ has received 331 suggestions for community service. This is part of the ‘Closed For [...]

Coming Soon to the IT Shop Near You

  Haha! Hope you liked the title   Microsoft’s Windows 7 is scheduled to release on 22nd October, this year.     I am just hoping that it won’t be a major disaster like Vista or [...]

Guidance on Avoiding Redundancy

Guidance on Avoiding Redundancy

  Denise Dubei in his article – Sharpen up at work to avoid losing your job points out 5 key ways for IT professionals to avoid redundancy in today’s recession rid times. They are:   Get [...]

An Ismaili receives Freedom of Worship Medal from Roosevelt Institute

An Ismaili receives Freedom of Worship Medal from Roosevelt Institute

Eboo Patel – an Ismaili and IFYC (Interfaith Youth Core) receives Freedom of Worship Medal from Roosevelt Institute.   On January 6, 1941, in one of the most important speeches of the 20th century, President Roosevelt [...]

Techy News – 13/09/2009

Some techy news from last week – 13 September, 2009 Image Source   Apple’s iPod Update (NZ) * iTunes 9 with improved Genius (including Genius for Apps) and finally App organisation (you can arrange which screens [...]

Don’t Forget to CYA (Cover Your A$$)

Whether it is a manager or a team member everyone has a certain lingo that they commonly use in their regular conversation; either with their colleagues, in meetings or while talking to their managers. I haven’t [...]