Work | Jason E. Shao

Cingular Wireless FastForward Feature

Nov

13

2003

p. “(extlink)Cingular Wireless”:http://www.cingular.com has come up with a feature really helps to tie together cellular and landline phones. The “(extlink)FastForward”:http://www.cingular.com/beyond_voice/fastforward feature involves a small cradle/charger for your phone. While your phone is in the cradle, any calls to your mobile line can be forwarded to your landline automatically. Particularly useful inside old buildings like mine ...

Aqua Icon Design

Nov

11

2003

O’Reilly Network: Breaking into the Business: An Interview with Michael Matas [Nov. 01, 2002] discusses some of the challenges of designing icons (and artowork in general) for Aquified user interfaces. Most interestingly is the fact that Michael Matas was 17 and in High School at the time that he was hired by “(extlink)Omni Group”:http://www.omnigroup.com to ...

Reading the Bible

Oct

31

2003

p. The site “(extlink)Crosswalk.com”:http://www.crosswalk.com has a collection of references and resources for Christians who wish to work on reading and understanding the bible. I have just started with their online *Bible in a Year* plan, complete with a tracker, which will hopefully help to keep me on course. The track started today with readings from ...

Panther Fast User Switching

Oct

27

2003

p. David Every has some criticisms of Apple’s new Panther Operating system, that in many ways seem unfounded in an article at www.iGeek.com.

Comment Spam

Oct

19

2003

p. “(extlink)Six Log: Comment Spam”:http://www.sixapart.com/log/2003/10/comment_spam.shtml talks about spammers increasingly leaving comments on blogs (particularly those powered by MovableType) as in addition to the circulation you would get from email Spam, it helps to build a site’s “(extlink)Google PageRank”:http://www.google.com/technology . This problem has become prevalent that “(extlink)Jay Allen”:http://www.jayallen.org has produced “(extlink)MT-Blacklist”:http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/ a plug-in designed to reject ...