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That’s all chump change now. We’ve confirmed today that a staff engineer at Google being heavily romanced by Facebook was offered a jaw dropping $3.5 million in restricted stock by Google (this means Google is handing over stock worth $3.5 million based on its value today, and that stock will vest over time). He quite wisely accepted Google’s counter offer. Facebook lost this one.

From our previous post in September:

Sources close to Google told us that about 80% of people stay when they’re offered a counter to a Facebook offer. But some still leave. Part of that may be that Facebook is quietly telling people, never in writing, that there’s no reason their stock won’t hit $100 billion in total valuation over the next couple of years. No guarantees, yadda yadda, but hey if you get 1/10 of 1%, that’s $100 million in stock. Now it’s a party.

Google isn’t making these kind of counter offers to everyone, but it’s not a one off, either. It seems to me that every Google engineer at least should be taking a personal day to go collect a Facebook offer. Even if it’s just to get a counter offer from their current employer.

However effective these counter offers are, they sure aren’t good for morale internally at Google. Unless, of course, you’re one of the ones winning the lottery.”

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Meet Surena 2, a human-sized, human-shaped (ish) robot that’s new on the world robotics scene. He’s capable of walking, and designed to perform the similar sort of human-assist role as other similar bots. He’s from Iran. What?

Surena 2 was unveiled recently in front of none other than President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He’s 1.45 meters tall, weighs in at 45 kilos and, according to the state news network, is “designed and developed to be used in sensitive and difficult jobs on behalf of a person or as help.” Or at least the Gulf News notes that “such robots” as this are designed like that. Which doesn’t necessarily mean Surena 2 is.

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Bandwidth has been one of the most controlling factors of internet development. Bandwidth is one of the most critical elements of how the internet flows, low bandwidth / bottlenecks = poor / no internet it’s as simple as that.  Yes there have been a number of examples recently of very successful sites that have extremely low bandwidth needs such as Twitter and Facebook. However there have also been increased demands for bandwidth with sites such as BBC iplayer, hulu, BT Vision, all of these channels offer HD streaming of their programmes which requires at least 3.5mbps which at times of high contention can be a challenge to achieve a stable connection.

The implications of this new breed of carrier class routing system will also have a huge impact on the advancement of Cloud computing and SaaS. For these services to work you need a fast reliable and stable internet connection. With these new routers  helping to take the load of an ever increasing demand for bandwidth they could be one of the critical elements of the puzzle that could help make cloud computing and SaaS a better, faster and more viable choice for companies.

When the CRS3 starts to roll out through ISP centres it will help to open the flood gates for richer internet content. Think of what could be possible if you bandwidth to your home was increased 10x to 40mb and above. These sorts of speeds will be possible throughout the UK within the next few years with BT rolling out BT infinity and the UK government committing to ensure continued investment in the UK internet infrastructure.

Cisco have once again raised the bar to another level in not only providing a higher bandwidth technology but also providing one that will have a lesser impact on the environment per Gbps then other systems. All we need now is fiber to the door and the internet is going to get very fast with some great new services.

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“Talk about over pricing the thing. Duh. Lonely Planet has made its Apple iPad app free after initially wanting $20 for thing.

The app brings together recommendations from its book “1000 Ultimate Experiences” allow you to “swipe, flick and thumb” your way through the top 1000 ideas, places and activities you can go visit on your travels. Basically it looks like a bunch of really pretty pictures which, you know, I like, but not $20 like.

Plus the reviewers are not impressed with the general gist that while it containts quality images it it is way overpriced:

“What a joke. The previous reviews have to be from employees of lonely planet. Basically you scroll through the deck, pick a topic, and then it shows you a picture which you can flip to have a little bit of info on the location. There is no detail at all, no further pictures once you click on the card. I have been had. For twenty dollars save your money. Lonely planet you should be ashamed.”

I’m hoping that like me people (and I mean Lonely Planet among others here) is that the iPad is not a licence to print money (which is illegal anyway, unless you’re the government).

Article originally written by Polly Becker

Twitter gets reset to day 1

If you felt you social status take a bit of a nose dive when you logged onto twitter on Monday 10^th of  May 2010 and you saw that you had no followers all the people you were following had disowned you and all of your listed posts had disappeared. In effect your twitter world had vanished! Never fear this was just a temporary fix by twitter to stop a shockingly simple exploit.

As you can see from the screen grab below my twitter world has vanished and I’m left sat in a corner wondering what I did wrong did I say I don’t like Mc Donald’s or that NDubZ aren’t the most skilled group in the world!

The exploit is one of the simplest I have seen in a while. Simple type “accept account_name” into the status box click submit and /Grats you have another person following you (Against Their Will).

Whoever discovered this exploit proved brilliantly how some of the best exploits don’t need acres of crays or super code. Loop holes are some of the best exploits on the net, just like the /clip or /godmode cheats of old.

When things like this happen on one of the biggest sites on the net it shows how worthy some penetration testing can be. I really could see how there could be a number of other exploits in the pipe line against twitter as this one has given us a key insight into how their system processes following acceptances. Could the next twitter exploit be del *.* with the simplicity of this exploit who knows????

Credit for breaking the news on this goes to softpedia.com / cyberinsecure.com

Remember - Always trust your technologist!

]]> http://www.thedigitalgame.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=395 0 http://www.thedigitalgame.co.uk/blog/?p=384 http://www.thedigitalgame.co.uk/blog/?p=384#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:42:30 +0000 born4digital | web design Bournemouth http://www.thedigitalgame.co.uk/blog/?p=384 Another great article from Brad Egeland @ pmtips.net

Seven Ways to Manage Your Projects Successfully

In the past I’ve presented several articles on what I think it takes to be successful as a project manager including the characteristics of a successful project manager. I was recently looking over a book entitled “10 Minute Guide to Project Management” and found yet another take on a list of ways to succeed in project management.

This is a list of seven ways to succeed as a project manager. As always, I’m very interested your feedback and any items you think should be added to the list.

Next up – seven ways to fail as a project manager…. but first, let’s look at the ways to succeed….

#1 – Learn to use project management tools effectively

Such a variety of great project managing software tools exist today that it is not at all wise to proceed in a project of any type of complexity without having a rudimentary understanding of available software tools, if not an intermediate to advanced understanding of them. Project management tools today can be of such enormous aid that they can mean the difference between a project succeeding or failing.

#2 – Be able to give and receive criticism

Giving criticism effectively is not easy. There is a fine line between upsetting a team member’s day and offering constructive feedback that will help the team member and help the project. Likewise, the ability to receive criticism is crucial for project managers.

As the old saying goes, it is easy to avoid criticism: Say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing. If you are going to move mountains, you are going to have to accept a little flack.

#3 – Be receptive to new procedures

You don’t know everything, and that’s good. Team members, other project managers, and those who authorize the project to begin with can provide valuable input, including new directions and new procedures. Be open to them, because you just might find a way to slash $20,000 and three months off of your project cost.

#4 – Manage your time well

Speaking of time, if you personally are not organized, dawdle on low-level issues, and find yourself perpetually racing the clock, how are you going to manage your project, a project team, and achieve the desired outcome on time and on budget?

#5 – Be effective at conducting meetings

Meetings are a necessary evil in the event of completing projects, with the exception of solo projects. Be efficient when running meetings and only call necessary meetings. Time-wasting meetings will cause your project resources to lose interest and question your leadership.

#6 – Polish your decision-making skills

As a project manager you won’t have the luxury of sitting on the fence for very long in relation to issues crucial to the success of your project. Moreover, your staff looks to you for yes, no, left, and right decisions. If you waffle here and there, you are giving the signal that you are not really in control. As with other things in project management, decision-making is a skill that can be learned. However, the chances are high that you already have the decision-making capability that you need. It is why you were chosen to manage this project to begin with. It is also why you have been able to achieve what you have in your career up to this point.

Trusting yourself is a vital component to effective project management.

#7 – Maintain a sense of humor

Stuff is going to go wrong, things are going to happen out of the blue, the weird and the wonderful are going to pass your way. You have to maintain a sense of humor so that you don’t do damage to your health, to your team, to your organization, and to the project itself.

Information for this article was derived, in part, from the book “10 Minute Guide to Project Management.”

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If you have been reading the brand republic in the last few months or you keep a very close eye on the giant eBay then you may already be aware that you can now get high end fashion from the auction site with claims of up to 70% discounts. Ebay fashion site.

Brand republic writes: “eBay is to position itself as a fashion retailer in a national marketing campaign that moves it away from its core second-hand goods offering.”

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“Occasionally, someone comes up with a new qualification, like PMI’s risk certificate, or the P3O exam.  But sometimes you get the impression that the qualification bodies are not exactly breaking new ground.  The PMD Pro (Project Management in Development Professional) qualification launches today, and does get credit for being original.

The qualification has been put together by APMG-International and PM4NGOs, and it was successfully piloted in South Africa and Zambia in March.  It’s aimed at project managers working in the development sector, and this is a growing employment sector for project managers.

One of the biggest challenges faced by project managers working for NGOs is that they have to work with lots of different organisations – which all use their own methodologies and terminology.  Sometimes even within an organisation there can be different departments using their own language and tools.  The competency-based certification for NGO project managers won’t fix this overnight, but at least it will help address the lack of consistency.  Get everyone trained up as PMD Pros and let’s see how things improve.”

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