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Challenge You have an email with an Excel attachment and you start working on that file and save it and then close Excel and the email. Then you realise where is the file located. Solution You may need to check in the registry to see where the temporary file is stored. To know the path […]
The way synchronising my email, contact, and calendar directly from the Microsoft Exchange mail server is first intrigued me to jump in. With Blackberry unless you are in the corporate world and have access to the Blackberry Enterprise server then you will be disappointed not having your contact and calendar synchronise. Secondly, I loved Viigo […]
Challenge For people that have family (wife and kids) that love to listen to music and love Spotify, you can use 1 single account to listen to up to 3 devices separately. But the question is how? Solution In order to listen to 3 different devices separately, you need to create 3 playlists (ie Playlist #1, […]
Prior to Microsoft’s SQL 7, it required a Database Administrator (DBA) to be parked in front of a monitor, watching the system as closely as a prison guard would have to watch jail inmates getting exercise out in the yard. When I began examining MS SQL Server 2012 it was difficult to believe what I […]
This topic is inspired by chatting among our digital people at meet-ups and how they react if the company didn’t deliver the service/product and this can lead to a crisis. The interesting part is that the company published its Twitter account. The people will use this as media to release their frustration. Some companies will […]
According to Sydney Morning Herald, Australian businesses that don’t have a mobile-friendly online presence may as well let their competitors walk into their stores and poach their customers, according to a Google study. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/be-mobile-web-friendly-or-lose-your-customers-20120518-1yvg1.html Credits Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/apple-office-internet-ipad-38544/ [Note: Pageviews – 921 – before migrated from the Dewalist Blog website on 09/08/2020]
As you find challenges in writing or maintaining databases, especially for SQL Server, here I found something that I either forget or don’t realise. Challenge Facing this query that always returns more than 1 minute to run. I am checking about the index and I didn’t see anything significant. Solution When you join the table, […]
Insights Guy Kawasaki shared his The Art of the Start Insight @ TiECon 2006 for entrepreneurship startup. Here are 10 of his insights plus 1 bonus: Make meaning Increase the quality of lifeRight a wrongPrevent the end of something good Make a mantra (for the founder/employer) Get going Think differentPolarised peopleFind a few soul mates […]
Conversation Aaron (4 years old) is watching Bing – Angry Birds video on YouTube using iTouch. He asked about Bing and as a tech dad, I explained to him what the piggies do by keying “How to get egg” in order to get a map to trick the bird. See this Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQiH4Hl4wE4 At […]
Conversation A conversation between Aaron (4 years old) and myself: Aaron: Daddy!!! the computer is broken. I can’t click it!!!Tech Dad: Would you mind asking your brother, please? Aaron: No, I want you, Daddy!!!Tech Dad: [silent … no response… hoping that he can work it out by himself] Aaron: Never mind Daddy. I’ve just fixed it!Tech Dad: Good […]
