Another Pretest versions of Emacs can be found here and here. Thanks to Sean who posted it on Emacs Windows mailing list.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Using org-mode to send HTML mail
From the org-mode mailing list, here's a way to post HTML mail messages using org-mode. The link that works is this one. Apparently, one can still see the text part even if you set the Gnus reader to discourage HTML. And in it's present form, it works only with Gnus and not any other Emacs MUAs.
Presumably, one would use this feature only when required, as HTML is not something that is recommended as mail text as there is no guarantee that mail clients would be able to render it or render it the way you'd initially formatted the HTML.
Stick to plain text; Besides, if you're going all flashy in getting your point across, you've got a bigger problem than using HTML to say it.
Presumably, one would use this feature only when required, as HTML is not something that is recommended as mail text as there is no guarantee that mail clients would be able to render it or render it the way you'd initially formatted the HTML.
Stick to plain text; Besides, if you're going all flashy in getting your point across, you've got a bigger problem than using HTML to say it.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Google phone sales
This isn't surprising is it?
If you don't provide support and let the customers run around, it comes back to bite you.
While the competition, *cough*, that fruit company is pumping out better versions of its products and shipping a few million phones in a few days or weeks.
Having a great product is one thing, letting customers down is only going to make it difficult to get acceptance. For the sea of developers who got the phone free to develop applications to rival the App store, this is going to be a bit frustrating.
A dream phone, nice development platform, having it all knackered by the lack of customer service!
Though, I do wonder how much of it is cultural or customer behaviour issues. I'd rather feel, touch and play with the phone before I order online. And if I have to hunt for specific outlets to just see it and hold it in my hands, well, my enthusiasm soon flags.
It's not like I'm a nerd or something. :)
More importantly, this might be the only leverage carriers can exert influence on Google, I think. From advertising to store placement and sales training that's a long time line that Google can't afford but must do. Every ask and feature by the carriers will only delay the roll outs. With different vendors for different parts of the mobile phone business (manufacturer, carriers etc), it's not going to be easy.
This is not going to be like Amazon shipping something off. Every detail that the carriers and networks need, they'd have to adhere to or get around to putting it in. They'd have to do that, till the phone products have critical mass so that it is evident to the customer that the phone has a support infrastructure in its place from calling plans, software and hardware.
Lots of plodding to do. Lots.
And if they do that, other mobile companies will beat them at it; they have been at this far longer. The first mover advantage is gone; unless they come out with a better business model, they're stuck with the current one and they'd get clobbered.
Even with a great product.
If you don't provide support and let the customers run around, it comes back to bite you.
While the competition, *cough*, that fruit company is pumping out better versions of its products and shipping a few million phones in a few days or weeks.
Having a great product is one thing, letting customers down is only going to make it difficult to get acceptance. For the sea of developers who got the phone free to develop applications to rival the App store, this is going to be a bit frustrating.
A dream phone, nice development platform, having it all knackered by the lack of customer service!
Though, I do wonder how much of it is cultural or customer behaviour issues. I'd rather feel, touch and play with the phone before I order online. And if I have to hunt for specific outlets to just see it and hold it in my hands, well, my enthusiasm soon flags.
It's not like I'm a nerd or something. :)
More importantly, this might be the only leverage carriers can exert influence on Google, I think. From advertising to store placement and sales training that's a long time line that Google can't afford but must do. Every ask and feature by the carriers will only delay the roll outs. With different vendors for different parts of the mobile phone business (manufacturer, carriers etc), it's not going to be easy.
This is not going to be like Amazon shipping something off. Every detail that the carriers and networks need, they'd have to adhere to or get around to putting it in. They'd have to do that, till the phone products have critical mass so that it is evident to the customer that the phone has a support infrastructure in its place from calling plans, software and hardware.
Lots of plodding to do. Lots.
And if they do that, other mobile companies will beat them at it; they have been at this far longer. The first mover advantage is gone; unless they come out with a better business model, they're stuck with the current one and they'd get clobbered.
Even with a great product.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Fourth Emacs 23.2 Pretest Released
From the emacs devel list, the fourth pretest is now available. The files and Windows binaries can be had here and here.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
AUCTeX 11.86 released
From the AUCTeX mailing list, a new version of AUCTeX, one of the best LaTeX editing modes for Emacs is now available. The release mail is here.
Lots more packages are now supported, PSTricks support and a newer framework for viewers seems to be the new features apart from bug fixes.
AUCTeX can be downloaded here.
Lots more packages are now supported, PSTricks support and a newer framework for viewers seems to be the new features apart from bug fixes.
AUCTeX can be downloaded here.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
On Google Buzz
As someone who's sort of hitting the 60 mail threshold of official mails to respond daily and that's NOT counting the unrelated friends,sales,ad pitches emails(yeah I counted for a week and then gave up), Google Buzz is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to give up electronic communications altogether.
Trying to control my inbox, I've switched to working the phones as much as I can though I still have to send followup email 'As discussed....' just in case, the conversation 'supposedly' never took place. :-) That in itself is tiring, from the talking and the inability to reach some quick conclusions and closing the call. Imagine, trying to follow up on SMS like posts on a meeting that you have a hard time recollecting? I'd be back on the mailbox trying to explain/clarify/correct things leading to another chain mail thread.
Right, this is not something which will get used in a corporate setting, you say? Where I work, email and internal chat tool are the standard communication tools. In all likelihood, they might try a pilot with a bunch of new recruits.
Really enthusiastic bunch, those guys. :-)
If it ever gets adopted, lots of people are done for. Especially managers who handle new recruits. At least in my place. The amount of texting these chaps do are unbelievable. If they even do a fraction of that on a similar corporate solution, it's going to be a fantastic explosion of real time thinking which I think no one wants to know.
With my friends list (we KNOW Emacs users have millions of friends, right,right?), I don't have a problem now. And to be on the safe side, I've switched it all off. So email it is, folks, to reach me.
It's going to get interesting if it becomes popular.
Trying to control my inbox, I've switched to working the phones as much as I can though I still have to send followup email 'As discussed....' just in case, the conversation 'supposedly' never took place. :-) That in itself is tiring, from the talking and the inability to reach some quick conclusions and closing the call. Imagine, trying to follow up on SMS like posts on a meeting that you have a hard time recollecting? I'd be back on the mailbox trying to explain/clarify/correct things leading to another chain mail thread.
Right, this is not something which will get used in a corporate setting, you say? Where I work, email and internal chat tool are the standard communication tools. In all likelihood, they might try a pilot with a bunch of new recruits.
Really enthusiastic bunch, those guys. :-)
If it ever gets adopted, lots of people are done for. Especially managers who handle new recruits. At least in my place. The amount of texting these chaps do are unbelievable. If they even do a fraction of that on a similar corporate solution, it's going to be a fantastic explosion of real time thinking which I think no one wants to know.
With my friends list (we KNOW Emacs users have millions of friends, right,right?), I don't have a problem now. And to be on the safe side, I've switched it all off. So email it is, folks, to reach me.
It's going to get interesting if it becomes popular.
Monday, February 1, 2010
I think I should go out more
Saw this xkcd strip via reddit. And actually felt sad over the last panel of the strip.
I think I'm getting a bit nerdy for my own good.
Feel a bit like Melvin(Jack Nicholson) crying over the dog in As Good as It Gets.
This is not good, not good at all.
I think I'm getting a bit nerdy for my own good.
Feel a bit like Melvin(Jack Nicholson) crying over the dog in As Good as It Gets.
This is not good, not good at all.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
First Emacs Pretest of 2010 available
If you haven't already known by now, the first emacs pretest is available here and the windows binary here.
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