Posts by DesktopGuy 61 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Jan 2013
Work for yourself - be in charge of your own destiny.
Specialisation does bring in more income.
In my case, it is not skill set specialisation, but industry specialisation.
90% of my work is with creative industries - design, advertising, publishing, video, photography.
Like anything else you need to adapt and specialisation can make you harder to employ if your field/industry takes a downturn.
Originally I worked solely in publishing fields as I have a trade background and know the workflows involved, the industry lingo and key industry players.
The entire publishing industry has taken a massive hit in the last few years so I diversified into video and also do some work with non-profits (to scrub my soul clean!!)
I am seeing a big downturn in photography over the last few months so will probably need to adapt again.
As a side not, I am often brought into large companies as a consultant and more often than not, come to the same conclusions for workflow/processes as the internal IT, but when someone from outside recommends something, its like - WOW why didn't our guys recommend that (roll eyes).
Lastly, it may sound counter intuitive, but don't cast your net too wide.
Pick clients that match your skill sets and set realistic expectations - if the arrangement isn't working out, recommend them to a colleague/competitor and get out without souring the relationship.
Hi,
Migrating from IMAP to Google Apps, I have used MigrationWiz a few times for my larger migrations and it was very cost effective and fairly quick. NOTE: I'm a Google Apps reseller so part of my job is email migration.
I have used MigrationWiz to do an unattended 2 pass migration of close to 200GB of data off an IMAP server with a single ADSL connection over a weekend.
From FirstClass, if you are using their calendar, there are some some scripts and a basic migration walkthrough here;
https://sites.google.com/a/bbns.org/tech-day/local-library-catalogs/migrating-calendar-from-firstclass-to-google
For a specific FirstClass solution, the Google Apps marketplace lists Salvair FirstClass to Google Mail service - which I have not used but has positive reviews.
This really has only a few markets for it.
For video, alot of companies have moved or are moving to 10Gig ethernet storage from companies like SmallTree or GBlabs.
These storage systems often have RAIDs capable of 2 - 4 TB/s and can send data over 10Gig at up to 800MB/s per workstation.
It's a shame the MacPro does not come with 10Gig ethernet, but that is easily fixed.
Add a Magma or Netstor Thunderbolt expander with 3 PCIe slots and space for 4 x 2.5 disks and your off.
Speed wise, it will absolutely fly. Previously I had clients dropping in FusionIO cards or similar to get the speed they needed. That gave them fast local storage, but they could not share projects, or they used 8Gb Fibre and SAN software like FibreJet or Tiger MetaLAN.
This MacPro will actually REDUCE the cost of workgroup video/audio production.
Devil is in the detail.
Can they do this from a lifted print, or only from a high res cropped scan of the correct digit.
Also, lets get 3rd party verification. For all we know, the hacker had already enrolled their second digit into TouchID. When he placed the fake on the second digit it would have worked either way if that digit was already enrolled.
Time for public commuters to start wearing gloves lest they fall asleep and get the fingers secretly scanned...
GMail is a free service that costs Google millions to maintain every year.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
If your concerned, get Google Apps which is paid and comes with different terms of service.
Yes it's concerning the blurring of email and web ads, but as Google bundles more social services into Gmail this will happen more often.
I wonder if they will be "probed" for illegal use of bundling like MS was back in the day...
There is no way in hell you would come to Australia by boat from Indonesia or India unless you are truly desperate.
The risk of dying at see with your family is very real.
We open our arms for arrivals by plane and up until recently by ship (I'm one of the infamous 10 pound poms).
So the line is if you have the money to afford the flight - your welcome.
If your a true refugee the Liberals don't have really care if you die at sea.
The whole "boat people" debate makes me ashamed to be an Australian - no wonder we are often thought of as red neck racists around the world.
Whilst the cost is blowing out, we have a responsibility to take on refugees and treat the humanely.
Compared to most developed countries we have next to no refugees as we are surrounded by a bloody big ocean in the middle of nowhere!
In Australia, the adobe website - http://adobe.com.au sell the software 10% cheaper than resellers.
Reason is Adobe say their website is run out of Singapore (I think) meaning the don't have to charge GST.
That puts every reseller inside Australia at a disadvantage as they all need to charge GST.
All for cheaper prices - I do like to see a level playing field though...
Surprised nobody mentioned OS X. All onscreen rendering is PDF based.
That's why there is a Save for PDF section in every print dialogue box.
Every native OS X application including Safari (which shares a fair bit code with Chrome) can render PDF.
First thing I check on ever Apple I play with (which is several thousand so far) is if the cursed Adobe PDF plugin has been removed and if not, to swiftly dispose of it.
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