My toys

We have just received the MSDN Welcome kit with the software DVDs. It has made my think about myself. More concretely, about how do I behave in my job. Do you realize that we could be the only people that get exited when a new job tool is received?

Technicians (developers, programmers, software enthusiasts, etc...) get exited with a new mobile phone, new DVDs, new Software, a new Beta Relase (Visual Studio 2008), etc..
It has to be very strange for non-technical people to accept these behaviors, don't they?

Nevertheless, it feels like turning back to childhood. It feels like Christmas day with all those brand new toys waiting to be opened. Exciting. Sometimes frustrating, sometimes not. The day you receive a new "toy" is a different day. Everybody is more relaxed, happier and more productive. Fortunately, we are enjoying the start up of a new company, with plenty of new toys to open. Lucky us.

Just to conclude. If someday I lose this feeling about new things, tell me so. I'll probably have to change my job or go on holidays.

Wii at the office!!!!!!!!

I'm not lying. We have bought a Philips 42" LCD TV 1080p and a Nintendo Wii. Both came last Friday. To be honest, I thought that this kind of initiatives were only possible in certain companies (e.g. Google, as they're happy to say). I used to think that having a videogames console at the office was not very interesting because there is so much work to do that the last thing you think about is playing videogames.

Obviously, I was wrong. We have spent little time playing Wii Tennis, and the results are interesting. I think people work happier. We only play on spare time, not on working time, so the benefits are obvious. Sometimes people argue about the long spare time reserved for meals. I do. But If I can waste my spare time playing Wii with the rest of the colleagues, those death times are less boring and more "productive". At least in terms of happiness.

Just one picture to illustrate the post.



Oh, I'm looking forward to receive the sofas!!!!!!

Microsoft Partner Program

No, I'm not crazy. One of the multiple tasks I must face in my new job is to evaluate software licenses. As long as we are in the first phase of the company, we are evaluating different alternatives regarding Microsoft Software.

I'd like to say that I'm not an Open-Source or Free Software fanatic or, as I like to call them, "Taliban". I think that every companies aims to earn money, and even Open Source oriented companies have a business model.

Microsoft Partner Program is a very interesting initiative for small companies. In our case, a Mobile oriented ISV, it allows us to obtain software licenses for a very small amount of money, which enormously helps to start the activity. This way, Microsoft takes advantage from this situation because companies define their processes based on microsoft products. In my opinion, it is very difficult and rare to change those processes once they have been started.

Intelligent move.

Safari for windows

What's the point in releasing Safari for Windows? Several answers come into my mind. Anyway, I think that this is just a movement made by Apple to take advantange of the continuous hype surrounding this company.

Somebody told me once that Apple designs its products just for "poshes". Well I don't agree completely with this affirmation, I own an iPod nano, but in some cases its true. iPhone is actually the poshiest mobile phone in the world (appart from those mobiles that cost upto 3000€). The same can be said about Apple TV.

Another thing that comes into my mind is that Apple customers can be better described as "fans". My iMac, my MacBook, my iPhone and my iPod. All of them with the same appearance and very fashionable.

So, with this two things in mind, Who are the target customers for Safari for Windows? Just wannabes unable to afford "real" Mac Products?

I think that most people use Internet Explorer because of laziness. You know, it is integrated with windows, it does its job and most websites work properly with iExplorer. People using FireFox loves it because of the plugins, the configuration capabilites, and the extensions. Some sites refuse to load properly with Firefox. Well, that's a price to pay. I don't know much people using Opera. I know its an option, but few people seems to love it.

I think that the penetration of Safari will finally be residual, negligible. Of course, this is just an opinion. I haven't tested it yet, but I'll do during the weekend.

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