The little utility I used to “print” the content of a folder or volume into a text file (for instance to save the list of all movies in a folder) didn’t work in Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) anymore, so I looked for an other way of doing it. While not as complete as […]
Internet bandwidth cap…
I just made the following quick math: I have a 95 GB bandwidth monthly cap with my current ISP (Rogers) Internet contract (which was added over the time, along with removing other services and increasing the price…). 95 GB is a lot you might say. This cap includes both uploads and downloads. Here are 2 […]
The next big thing: TV is gone
A few months ago, we decided to get rid of cable TV at home: I believe that TV the way it exists today will disappear in a short to mid term future. Just like film cameras, or magnetic cassettes and vinyl records, Walkmans or even paper maps have recently disappeared, replaced by digital cameras, portables media […]
Open Source DM: Nuxeo 5.3 on Mac OS X
As my former colleague and still friend @CherylMcKinnon is now working with Nuxeo, I thought I’d give their latest Document Management solution a try on my Mac. Let say that I’m a newbie at this kind of exercise, as I’m not a Linux programmer, but I’m still able to follow some instructions… Here is what […]
BI vs Enterprise Search
As I’ve spent more time working with ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solutions during the past months, and I still have a strong BI background, I was asked this question today: Could you give me a quick synopsis of the major benefits one would get from a serious BI application vs a serious Enterprise Search application […]
Crystal Reports XI and Open Text BI 8.5.1 pros and cons
I’ll revise this post regularly based on my findings and experience. Items in this list may only show my inability to perform a specific action with one solution, which at least means that there is a usability issue with it 🙂 Crystal Reports XI: + Formula Editor – No permanent data model: a new data […]