Just like every other person, almost all my phone contacts are on Facebook, with constantly changing profiles. However, keeping track of who has changed picture or who has a new number is hell. Obviously, the dudes at Developing Trends shared my pain. So they came up with Fonebook, a nifty application that synchronizes your Microsoft Outlook contacts with their Facebook profiles. One caveat though, it doesn’t synchronize numbers and emails as it is against Facebook security policy.
Category: Personal
Read Adedeji’s thoughts on more personal issues with the mix of humour and truth.
Adieu Papi, Grand Papi
I have always known that one day I would end up fatherless but just never thought about it until it happened today. September 28, 2009 will be a day I will never forget, just like other important dates.
My father died.
Mustapha Adedapo Olowe was a dreamer. He could crank up ideas faster than you could digest them (I got that from him). He was hardworking and friendly (I got the hardworking part from him too). He was hardly ever sick. But then, like the way some economist said, on the long run we would all be dead.
So today was his own day. He’s left behind kids who will never forget him. And also grand kids, who would probably never stop hearing stories about him.
May his soul rest him peace.
Agini Malaika
Why can't I swap the OS in my phone for another one?
That has been the question running on my mind for so long. I use a HP desktop at work, currently running Windows XP SP2. But I know that, if I want, Linux could be made to run on it with minimal efforts (which involve scouting for drivers). At home, I run around with a Pavilion DV2000 that came with a Vista but I kicked that out and ran XP SP3 for about 5 months before laying my hands on Windows 7 Ultimate evaluation version(which is as sexy as it gets).
If I so desire, I can run some geeky UNIX variants on the same laptop (unfortunately, I’m not a geek so that wouldn’t happen!). Even Apple, the holy grail of closed system, can dual-boot Windows using BootCamp.
The same can’t be said for any of the smart phones in town today. The laziest smart phone today is probably faster and better than the first PC I ever used (Compaq Pressario. Windows 95, 16MB Ram, 800MB Hard disk) but I I still don’t get that degree of flexibility.
I am waiting for that day when I can swap my Symbian for Windows Mobile. Or WebOS for Android.
Brilliance versus Intelligence
Brilliance is functional intelligence. And I would rather be intelligent that brilliant.
What makes a smart organization
Of recent, I have been thinking deeply about what makes an organization to be smart. Or deeper still, what defines a smart organization. I am thinking about real life attributes not some fancy buzz words from smart pants consultants.
If someone should ask me, I would say a smart organization is one that reacts quickly to market changes, whose components (resources, employees) are used in the most cost effective manner delivering above average return on investment. So a lot must be expected from each organizational unit. Assets must be deployed in the most cost effective manner and results must be squeezed out. These are just rambling thoughts but one day, I will come around to codify it.
Why should we have smart organizations? My own answer is so simply stupid: It makes employees happy! From my little life experiences, the workers are the first to get stressed up when things don’t go smoothly. Like some people I know will say, they willl “Fi eje se!” (use blood to run it!). If things can run faster, better, more efficiently with less input and more time to either party away (Friday night is sacrosanct) and do better things, I should be less stressed up.