Mar 11th 10
Posted by Arnold in All in a days work, Family, Mind dump
When deciding on something, do you pursue the form or the goal?
“I will buy an iPad because I love Apple”
“I will become a call center agent after I graduate, that’s the fastest way to having a career after I graduate”
“I need to go abroad, my family needs money to live”
“I have been attending this church since I was born. Why would I try others that they say would benefit me?”
Form or goal?
In buying a gadget, the form are brands, the goal is usability.
In establishing a career, the form is your job, the goal is being able to use your unique passion in pursuing the kind of work designed for you.
In relationships and family, the form is job security, the goal is love and togetherness.
In worship, the form is a church, the goal is God
In making decisions, the forms are almost always given emphasis. But in the long run, if we focus on the goal rather than the form, it produces short term pains and long term gains.
Dec 10th 09
Posted by Arnold in All in a days work
Whoever made this simple webapp is a genius. (Well, we know that the guys that created FormSpring did this). FormSpring.me allows you to dare anyone to “ask me anything”. It’s really a straightforward way to interact with your online followers. It’s fun, actually. Now, the technopreneur in me asks, “How are you going to monetize this webapp?” :D
So, what are you waiting for? Ask me anything!
Nov 24th 09
Posted by Arnold in All in a days work
For the last 2 weeks, “Hero” is the buzz word. From Manny Pacquiao winning the 7th world boxing title and just recently, Efren Penaflorida winning the CNN Hero of The Year award for his passion for educating the out of school youth through his unique “school-on-cart”.
Both men possess the values of a modern day hero. Both have given a unique contribution to the world through their extraordinary passion in their respective fields. Both have given the country honor and glory in the midst of sad news on rampant government corruption, election violence and perceived hopelessness of the people. They both gave us someone to look up to.
For the ordinary person that we are, though, can we become heroes ourselves? Do we need to be extraordinary athletes, or super genius academe, or someone who possess a great idea no one else has thought of? Do you need to work abroad just so you can be call the “modern-day hero”?
Do you need to die for your country to be called a hero?
I know you know the answer. I’m going to state the obvious. As simple, ordinary as you are, you can and I can be heroes.
You are the only father who can raise your children well — be the best father you can be for them. You can be the best spouse to your better half — grow your relationship. Your business, small as it is, can make a difference — be honest to your employees and to your clients. Your company hired you because they believe in what you can do for its growth — be the best employee that you can be.
God has given us a special mission unique for each of us. Nobody can do it but you. (Sounds like a dance song to me!) You don’t need to be extraordinary to be a hero. You are a hero if you do your part in this society. Honor Manny and Efren — but most of all, look at the mirror and ask yourself how you can be like them, an everyday life hero for your family, your friends, your loved ones, your company, your country.
Oct 22nd 09
Posted by Arnold in All in a days work
This week, we jumped to cloud hosting, abandoning (well, about to) our VPS server hosting. Cloud hosting is, as I learned, the future of web hosting. For about a month, I’ve investigated Rackspace Cloud and I’m trilled to be migrating our entire business to them. I’m seeing a whole lot of new business opportunities with this move — something that I will try to announce later when it’s ready.
Here are my initial impressions with Rackspace Cloud:
1. Their Fanatical Support is rock solid awesome. Some hosting companies offer email support. They offer 24/7 chat and telephone support. I’ve been chatting with their staff each time I have questions. And they’ve been helpful. There’s nothing like knowing you have real people on stand by if you need help.
2. I’ve been transferring huge sites. Since they don’t allow shell access, I gzip my files, have them download it, and unzip it to my account. Pretty helpful.
3. This I still have to confirm: you can register domains through them for $10/year. I am about to register a bunch of .cc domain to which GoDaddy sells at $19/year and NameCheap at $29/year. Their support staff said, any kind of domain costs $10/year. If this is true, how cool would that be? Still have to confirm again, though. :)
All in all, the experience is pleasant. It’s kinda pricey at $100/mo. if you’re hosting just a domain or two. The solution’s primarily for web application/web development businesses. But, that’s why we’re coming up with a solution so you too can experience the cloud ;-)
Its going to be an exciting ride!
Oct 3rd 09
Posted by Arnold in All in a days work
This artwork shows it all — everything that happened this week. Credits – Mark Gosingtian.
