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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Inbox by Gmail - Am waiting for an invite

Inbox by Gmail looks interesting and cool! Requested for an invitation yesterday and am still waiting for one. Do drop me an invitation!

Monday, October 20, 2014

Why switch to HTTPS?

The number of websites moving to the more secured HTTPS protocol is ever increasing especially after recent many web security compromises. But is there a need for HTTPS even if your website is purely only content? Engineers from the Google team feel YES.

Watch why YES from the following video:

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Mobile: All-In-One App or Multi Apps?

I have heard and seen clients wanting to include just everything, say product catalogue, events registrations, etc., from their website onto a mobile app. Each of the features itself are with complicated logics and workflows.

Question we should be asking now is whether to bundle all features into one single app or to split them into multi apps so each serve its own purpose. Mobile users are very much different from desktop users.To deliver the best mobile app experience, we need to make sure mobile users can complete a single mission easily and quickly.

TheNextWeb has an article, Forget ‘unbundling': Why your multi-app strategy should start from day one, recommending the multi apps approach for mobile strategy.

Thursday, September 04, 2014

Infographics: How to Perfectly Make 38 Types of Coffee

One can never have enough of coffee. The infographics below shows how perfectly make 38 types of coffee.

via [Stylist]

Friday, August 29, 2014

Periodic Table of Web Design Process

Preview all your installed fonts on your web browser

Ever wondered how your text will look like on all of your installed fonts? One handy way is using this free online tool wordmark.it. Simply type in the text to preview and hit on a button. It is just so easy.


Note: JavaScript is required for the online tool to work.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

HTML Tags Accepted by Gmail

When sending a HTML email out, we often used some common HTML tags e.g. <br>, <font> and so on. An article, Gmail's HTML Tag Whitelist, on Quip publish a list of HTML tags known to be supported as well as unsupported by Gmail.

Supported HTML Tags

<a>
<abbr>
<acronym>
<address>
<area>
<b>
<bdo>
<big>
<blockquote>
<br>
<button>
<caption>
<center>
<cite>
<code>
<col>
<colgroup>
<dd>
<del>
<dfn>
<dir>
<div>
<dl>
<dt>
<em>
<fieldset>
<font>
<form>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>
<h4>
<h5>
<h6>
<hr>
<i>
<img>
<input>
<ins>
<kbd>
<label>
<legend>
<li>
<map>
<menu>
<ol>
<optgroup>
<option>
<p>
<pre>
<q>
<s>
<samp>
<select>
<small>
<span>
<strike>
<strong>
<sub>
<sup>
<table>
<tbody>
<td>
<textarea>
<tfoot>
<th>
<thead>
<u>
<tr>
<tt>
<u>
<ul>
<var>

Unsupported HTML tags

<applet>
<article>
<aside>
<audio>
<base>
<basefont>
<bdi>
<bgsound>
<blink>
<body>
<canvas>
<content>
<data>
<datalist>
<decorator>
<details>
<dialog>
<element>
<embed>
<figcaption>
<figure>
<footer>
<frame>
<frameset>
<head>
<header>
<hgroup>
<html>
<iframe>
<isindex>
<keygen>
<link>
<listing>
<main>
<mark>
<marquee>
<menuitem>
<meta>
<meter>
<nav>
<nobr>
<noframes>
<noscript>
<object>
<output>
<param>
<picture>
<progress>
<rp>
<rt>
<ruby>
<script>
<section>
<shadow>
<source>
<spacer>
<style>
<summary>
<template>
<time>
<title>
<track>
<video>
<wbr>
<xmp>

If you have a whitelist for Outlook.com and Yahoo, do make a comment below.

Infographics: HTML5 - Past, Present & Future

Monday, August 04, 2014

Get List of Installed Programs on Windows

If you ever need to do some reinstalling of Windows on your laptop but would like to backup the list of installed programs before formatting, the following will be useful.
  1. Start Command Prompt.
  2. Type wmic /output:"%userprofile%\Desktop\InstallList.txt" product get name,version on command prompt to run Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line tool.
This will generate a list of all installed programs and save it as a text file. Do note this may take some time depending on the number of installed programs you may have.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Introduction to Xamarin

Online technical tutorial, tuts+, published a 3-parts introduction on Xamarin. Xamarin is a cross-platform software solution using C# codebase to develop one single implementation for Android, iOS and Windows apps.

Hopefully I have the time to try out this interesting software one day.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Difference Between Holland and The Netherlands

Many times, we always use Holland and The Netherlands interchangeably without knowing the two terms are in fact different. Do watch the following video below to understand more.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Israel vs Palestine - So who is right?

Israel vs Palestine and so who is exactly right? Let's hear from each side of the story.

Israel's side of story

Palestine's side of story

Thursday, July 03, 2014

Seven Pointers to Watch Out for Before Buying an IPO

An insightful article on the Seven Things You Should Know About IPOs.

  1. Pre-IPO Placements
  2. Vendor Shares
  3. Deferred Shares and Share Options
  4. The "Greenshoe"
  5. Bookbuilding
  6. Clawback
  7. Lock-ups

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Top 20 Most Preferred NS Vocations


20. Storeman
19. Clerk
18. Mess Boy
17. Area Cleaning IC
16. Night Snack Orderly
15. Safety van Drinks Server
14. Route March Song IC
13. White Horse
12. Attend C Bunk
11. Music & Dance Company Reserve Guitar Tuner
10. Canteen Tray Hygiene Officer
9. Mobilisation TV Flasher
8. Pioneer Magazine Writer
7. Reservist Outfield Tapao Coordinator
6. Excuse Uniform, Excuse Grass, Excuse Sunlight
5. E-mart Noticeboard IC
4. Reservist FHM Magazine Supplier
3. Out-Of-Course
2. Future Minister
1. Civilian

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