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The most eagerly waited tool has arrived.
TeamStudio has released Script Browser ( its free so ahead & download it ).
Some of its features :
* all classes and functions from the main tree, with 3 tabs to sort the code by script library, by class, or by call. Selecting something in the tree displays the properties of that function/class.
* the name of the script library in which the function is found.
* the line number on which the function is defined within the script library.
* how the function was declared, especially useful for when you simply want to know what parameters to pass to a function.

Lotusscipting just got easier !!

via Thomas Duff

Many times software problems are fixed (rather patched) without doing any Impact Analysis. Later, one realises that lastest patch has introduced a couple of New bugs. It may seem quite normal, but when scaled to writing software for a rocket launch .. it can be tricky !! You better do the Impact Analysis :)

So what does it take to write a program which would launch a rocket into space ??

The right stuff kicks in at T-minus 31 seconds

Must Read !, I know its lengthy ;-)

One of the most memorable case studies we came across on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so. But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each Soapbox passed the fan; it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did the Russians do...???
The Russians used a Pencil !!!

Moral of the story

Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problem
So, learn to focus on solutions not on problems
If you look at what you do not have in life, you don't have anything
If you look at what you have in life, you have everything

PimpZilla is the best Firefox theme i have ever seen! try it out.

Google has recently launched its Open Source Code Portal.
Its aimed for developers interested in Google-related development and can benefit from source code and API services.

Thomas Duff has a very enlightening presentation to share. It about the new features in Lotus Domino 7. Worth a look if you happen to do Notes.

Thanks alot Thomas, cheers !!

If you think your browser is not safe, then its time you switch to one of these. Spread the word by having the Promotional Button on your website.

In short, switch to Firefox :)

Ray Ozzie, the founder of Lotus Notes is the CTO of Microsoft now. Link

One of my friend passed me this superb link which explains the entire Architechure of Lotus Notes. Most of you might have read it, but for me this is amazing as i never got the chance to know about the internals. For those who haven't read it and do Notes, please read .. its worth the time.

A few weeks back i posted about the Next Generation of Google. Seems like things have really started taking shape with Google's new services.

Recently i installed Picasa 2 and it quite cool. The album compilation is interesting and you can do labelling, give ratings to the pictures and even blog entries can be posted on blogspot.
Hello is an instant messenger, complete with buddy lists and bots and smilies and sounds. The difference is that Hello is optimized for sending photos. It can automatically resize a photo so it sends properly. You can jump back and forth from Hello to Picasa to send your photos and share your albums. But most strikingly, it is an instant messenger in a Google product, and its a good bet that as Google integrates Picasa better with the rest of its services, Hello will be its chat client, with full feature support for Gmail and Google Desktop.