now its truphone after Gizmo.
October 29, 2008 – 4:14 pm
After gizmo it is Truphone that grabbed my attention, currently it supports only iphone, nokia and blackberry. they are expanding to other phone models as well. 
why we call it cool?
- it selects between high priority network seamlessly.
- free calling between truphone users
- very easy registration process
- still uses your cell number as login
- gives away free 1$ credit
- very cheap call rates
- can send sms
- can buy call credits as low as 4$
i tried it for nokia e71
link: truphone
Testing is not for PROCESS freaks.
October 20, 2008 – 9:45 pmInspiration: blog post
how true this statement is, a hardcore software tester is not a process freak but a result oriented person. many believe quality control and quality assurance are same, i have seen people switch between these two different rules often - i wonder if they have realized the difference yet.
why testing is not for process freaks?
- testers are meant to break the rules,
- process person wants to follow rules
- testers love to see unexpected results
- process person wants to see expected results
- more unexpected procedures = more bugs exposed
- process person wont love this unexpected procedures.
process is a disciplinarian act, but being a tester i am not a disciplined kid.
gizmo - skype alternative
October 15, 2008 – 10:11 pm
my first introduction to gizmo project is through my nokia e71, which came with it or i should say easy option to quick download and use, i have asterisk sip enabled when i am at work, and gizmo voip enabled when i am home.
i have been using skype from my desktop for all my international calls with skype out credits, i am not really impressed with skype “take deep breath” attitude, but still stability impresses, after trying gizmo project i must say gizmo is not any lesser to skype, in fact more options to choose from, very stable and as easy as it can be - common man’s softphone solution.
- when you are in wifi zone you can get connected and activate gizmo, and keep receiving/making voip calls
- when your friend has gizmo desktop installed can call your cellphone with gizmo running for free.
- when you have enough gizmo credit you can call cell/landline numbers for cheap.
will update more on this as i get acquainted with it.
Imagination: The Most Powerful Force
October 5, 2008 – 12:31 pmReceived below article as forward, worth sharing:
Albert Einstein said that imagination is the greatest creative force. Why would such a great man say something that sounds so silly and trivial? Look at those words again: ‘greatest creative force’. Imagination? Not education? Nor money? Nor luck?
Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, said that imagination is the most marvelous, miraculous, inconceivably powerful force the world has ever known. Before you pass him away as a crackpot, know that Mr. Hill was an advisor to two U.S. presidents, was commissioned by the great and wealthy Andrew Carnegie to teach people about making their dreams come true, and has been thanked by many of the greatest people around the world for the success he helped them achieve. People like F. W. Woolworth (founder of Woolworth’s), Woodrow Wilson (former U.S. President), George Eastman (founder of Kodak), W. M. Wrigley, JR. (Wrigley’s), and many others have used his teachings to manifest their dreams.
Imagination is the force that takes you to places you have never been.
Henry Ford relied on imagination and belief. Walt Disney said that had he not seen Disneyland in his mind, the rest of the world would not have seen it on earth. Bill Gates first imagines his products before they become actual software that we rely on. And it would serve you well to remember that many of the world’s greatest people started with nothing and built empires. They had a dream. And the universe conspired, as it always does, to let them experience their imagination. The universe always lets you experience your imagination, whatever it may be.
The Bible says ‘As a man thinketh, so shall he become’. It also says ‘Without vision we perish’.
Your mind’s images are literally the blueprint from which your world is built.
Your mind is infinite. What are your limits? What are limits, except those that you say are so? Why else would two different people have different ‘limits’?
Life is images of the mind, expressed. What this means is that Life, The Source, uses your thoughts, your mental images, as the instructions by which to create your reality in the material world. Life expresses your mental images into physical reality. To express is to make known, to state, articulate, communicate, convey. The force of Life makes known your thoughts to yourself and everyone else by forming them into experiences and objects that can be experienced, here in the physical world. You experience your own thoughts first hand, your images of your mind, so that you may know which ones are suitable and which ones are not. That is how you know yourself, that is how you experience your self, and that is how you grow. This is the supreme purpose of this physical world that we are now in. It is designed to enable you to experience your Self. It is designed to enable you to experience an idea and its effects and consequences.
Life does not select which ones of your images to express and which ones not to. How would it choose for you? It therefore expresses all of them to the extent that you have them and believe them. You have true free will. This free will is truly free because of the fact that all of it is acted upon without filtering or favoring. Free will is truly free because of the fact that it actually gets results all the time, not just some of the time, and it gets them exactly.
Your ideas, visions and dreams, whatever they may be, are the prophecies of what you shall one day become and achieve. You can predict your outer life tomorrow by looking at your inner self today. You can change your tomorrow by changing your inner self today.
As you think, there do you find yourself. You attract the people that have something to teach you in line with your thoughts, people who have something to learn from you in line with your thoughts, and you repel those who have nothing more to learn from you and give you in line with your thoughts. The same goes for places and conditions, situations and environments.
Many things influence your imagination - past fears, desires, poor mental training, lack of awareness, sub-personalities, lack of goals - any much more. But anything that influences your imagination is under your control. You can stop it simply by becoming aware of it and releasing it. And this is where awareness, consciousness, comes in as the key to clearing your mind of the debris that brings suffering to you and sabotages your success. If you would like to know more about these things and download Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, see www.ImagesOfOne.com.
Article written by David Cameron, CEO ImagesOfOne.com.