Top 10 Dead (or Dying) Computer Skills

If you are pursuing an IT career or into IT, then I suggest that you should take some time reading this. I got this source from www.computerworld.com - May 2007

1. Cobol - Common Business Oriented Language

    Any of you guys used this language? Not me!

2. Nonrelational DBMS (Database Management System) 

    Who needs a Non RDBMS anyway? (Go Oracle!) 

3. Non-IP Networks (Internet Protocol)

    Time will come that even rice cookers have an IP addresses!

4. cc:Mail

    Never heard that one before.

5. ColdFusion 

    Never learned that language anyway. (Go Java!)

6. C Programming

    What? No-way! This is mainly because the native C language is not an object oriented language. (Go Java!) 

7. PowerBuilder

    Have not been to PowerBuilder development. No comments! (Go Java!)

8. Certified NetWare Engineers

    Have not been to Networking. No comments!

9. PC Network Administrators

    Bye, bye

10. OS/2

     Never seen OS/2 before. Have you?

So if you think your skills belong to the list mentioned above then you better decide now or sooner. The Boat is Sinking!

Did you know that part 101

Did you know that …

1. out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online?
2. the original game of monopol was circular?
3. a spider has transparent blood?
4. a giraffe can walk longer than a camel without water?
5. about 400 quarter pounders can be produced by one cow?
6. over 1000 elephants were used during the construction of the Taj Mahal?
7. there are about 2000 species of mosquitoes?
8. president Nixon was first US president to resign from office?
9. the Russian word Stalin means "man of steel"?
10. BBC has 43 different translations of its website?
11. the penguin is the only bird that can swim but not fly?
12. google's employees get free haircuts?
13. google receives more than 1000 resumes a day?
14. about 10 out of a 100 parrots learn to talk?
15. of all the water in the world, only 2% is fresh water?
16. there are 26 species of peppers?
17. New York City has 578 miles of waterfront?
18. the first paintball guns were used to mark trees?
19. 52% of US adults drink coffee?
20. the only native mammal in Puerto Rico is the bat?

Getting Organized

In todays fast-paced society, knowing where you are and knowing what you are doing and what you should do next is important. You have to be organized, otherwise you will end up circling, not knowing when and where to stop.

Getting organized is one of my self-struggles. I am a extrovert person with some part of an introvert. Generally, I find it difficult to organize. I have tried and struggled everyday just to keep my schedule at pace.Though I am practicing time management but my impulsive personality keeps it all shaking. In practicing time management, I have tried using

Organizers & Planners

  These nice looking piece of notebook works just fine. I have been using planners and organizers for years, but sad to say it only works for the first few months of the year. I see organizers as baggages, since I have to bring a backpack to place my organizer where ever I go. Backpacks does not look good on barongs or long sleeves you know. Another thing about organizers is I do not like seeing my writings. Although others say that my writing is good, well, they haven't seen it all. Back in college my writing was perfect - as I see it of course. But for 7 years of typing on computer keyboards and more than 8 hours a day, my writing became poor. Again when the year is about to end, I get excited of having a new organizer for the next year. (silly me)

Cell Phones

  This is my Nokia 6020, not much but stylish.Now this little thingy have an organizer an a planner. My problem with cellphones is I can not stand pressing the buttons. I can not stand text message, I am impatient and wants results fast. So I prefer calling. Not that I do not send text messages only that I prefer to call (if my load permits of course). I haven't used my cellphone as my organizer. I do not have plans even.

PDA 

  Now this is different. These gadgets are more powerful that cellphones but less powerful compared to laptops. This is my Palm Zire 71. Again, not much but stylish. I use this in organizing my schedules, to-do lists, quick notes and contacts. It has a built in camera as a feature. The more I use it the more I get dependent to it. Like my cellphone, I can not leave home without it. 

Even though I am now comfortable in organizing my schedules with my PDA, still the self-struggle of organizing is still there. I hope I can get things straight sooner or later. Getting yourself organized is a skill one must learn, and it is important in todays fast-paced society.