Comcast’s Growing Empire

The Memorial Day weekend was spent trying to settle in to my new apartment. I finally got connected to the Internet on Sunday. To think that I managed to survive with out being connected for over a week is relief too. While setting up my network, I found out that someone in my complex has willingly offered his/ her wireless connection to all residents. Sadly, it seems like the wireless router is not secured either.

On another note I also found out more about Comcast’s pending VoIP plans. Apparently the service is currently being tested out for a launch later this year, but they’re having trouble handling and guaranteeing uptime, especially when someone is making an emergency call.

As a checklist for my next change of address:

1) Cell Phone
2) Insurance (Auto/ Home)
3) Magazines
4) Work/ School

Halo 2

I cannot wait till November 9th. For those of you who don’t know – Halo 2 is set to be launched to the waiting world. Oh if only I could get on the beta program for Halo.

Nevertheless, Bungie does not disappoint. So if you’re looking for more Halo updates, check out the recently released 3D Halo 2 screenshot and the weekly updates that continue to build desire.

Change of Address

If I could apply the Six Sigma improvement process to a system it would be to the whole world of changing addresses.

I’ve just started the process of moving and already the list of items that need an address change continues to grow. To name a few, driver’s license, registration, magazine subscriptions, domain addresses …

At the same time, this whole process also helps me organize tons and tons of ‘things’ I should not have kept or should have thrown out ages ago. Thankfully Dave Allen’s principles are really helping now and I’m slowly getting used to the idea that I won’t need my text book from the Introduction to Computer Science class I took 6 years ago, although it’s always nice to look at my notes.

Philadelphia ASP.NET Roadshow

I had the unique priviledge of meeting Rob Howard at the the Philadelphia ASP.NET Roadshow.

Being a frequent visitor to the ASP.NET site, it was definitely worth listening to the experiences of the person who was in charge of the site.

The show on the whole was organized well. Attendees received packets with the ASP.NET Resource Kit, the ASP.NET VB Resource Kit, Infragistics promotional items and the ASP.NET Coding Strategies book.

Rob’s presentation was broken down into four sections:

- Differences between ASP and ASP.NET (Server Controls, Comparisons on Scalability)
- Tips and Tricks with ASP.NET (Caching, File Uploads, Dynamic Images)
- Security (SQL Injection Attacks, Cross Site Scripting Attacks)
- Whidbey (Naming Conventions for ASP.NET versions, Whidbey overview, Visual Studio.NET overview)

Furthermore, the hosts provided boxes and boxes of EXCELLENT pizza and gallons of soda. There were also free t-shirt giveaways, 2 pocket pc’s raffled off and 2 copies of Infragistics.

The Law of The Leadership

01 The Leadership
(Part of the series on 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing)

It’s better to be the first than it is to be better. Clearly, this has played against The Zambian. However, in recent times, we’ve strived to push new frontiers by attempting to be the first in various categories. For example the recent launch of the online Zambian community was a first in the market. Furthermore, we’re also the first to offer free advertising and website design to Zambian businesses. However, inspite of being first, I find it strange that the current market leaders do not exploit this advantage. Often, you can find a site losing its leadership position by not providing the audience with current and up to date information.

Other Zambian Firsts:

First site to use ASP.NET
First site to use RSS feeds
First site to offer free email services to all members
First site to launch an official blog