Samsung Galaxy VS iPhone

August 29th, 2011

The following article was published by BBC on the 24th of August:

Euro ban for Samsung Galaxy phone

Now the question is, was this really necessary? Just a month ago, the following headline blazed across the BBC news website: Apple holding more cash than USA. Should Apple be so scared of Google?

I believe the answer to that question is yes. I have used both the iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S and there is no doubt in my mind which of the two is the better phone. Take your research online and you will find that the iPhone only beats the Galaxy in one aspect, and that is the App market. The Galaxy range of phones (and other new models sporting the Android OS) defeat the iPhone in all other categories. There is a fantastic image I found posted on Google+.

iPhone VS Galaxy 2

I think this is a fantastic image which accurately portrays the difference between the iPhone and Galaxy 2. Of course, the iPhone fanatics out there will disagree with me and trying to persuade them otherwise is like attempting to draw water from the stone pictured above. Once a Mac user, always a Mac user. Bottom line, Google is going to take over the world (well, the technological world anyway). Accept it now and save yourselves from future pain and sadness ;P

 

 

 

 

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Ladies’ Night on Google+

August 7th, 2011
Google Plus

Google+

 

I read recently that Google+ membership is made up largely of tech-savvy men in their 20′s. And what kind of content do they post? Techie stuff. As a woman, I represent a fairly small minority in that I understand much of their jargon – and an even smaller minority when I give a damn about any of it.

There’s a reason why nightclubs have “ladies’ nights” and “ladies free before 10am” policies. Indeed, its an immutable law of economics: if there were no women in any given bar or club, would men hang out there? I think not. Instead, sensible proprietors provide incentives to encourage women to spend time in their establishments. And, in general, men (with some exceptions) seem happy to pay extra so that clubs will tip the gender scales in their favour. Read the rest of this entry »

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Time for the Real World?

August 1st, 2011

I’ve reached a perplexing stage in life: despite my best efforts to the contrary, I have to enter the real world. This, alas, is not a ‘Real World’ sitcom with a charming adolescent co-star. Instead, it is a world in which all of the decisions that I made in earlier years, rather than coming together and saying “Do this, Claire!”, have manufactured a tension that lends itself to no job in particular, only an introspective blog post.

In essence, this tension is one that I think that most people can relate to. It’s not as simple as “Hmm, what should I be when I grow up?”, although if I could resolve it, it would likely generate an answer to that too. Rather, it is: “What do I think is important?” As I see it, there are three things that I could prioritise: intellect, belief or security. Read the rest of this entry »

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Kohana – Facilitating Development Frontiers

July 21st, 2011

What is Kohana?

Kohana Framework

Kohana is a relatively new PHP Framework. The popular CodeIgniter has been a common choice for developers worldwide and sports a very active community. It has grown substancially, and while this may produce various benefits, it no longer satisfies the development of light-weight yet powerful web-based systems. Some of the core CodeIgniter developers recognized this and, taking the already powerful CodeIgniter, stripped it of the fat leaving behind only the powerful core. Kohana was born.

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Griffin Studios – Expanded

June 5th, 2011

Griffin Studios is proud to announce the launch of its new website!

There have been some additions to Griffin Studios. We now offer in-house hosting instead of using a third party. This helps us to ensure that all hosting environments are configured to the clients specifications and quick correction of any problems which may arise from hosting.

The second addition, and the more interesting one, is that Griffin Studios now has a web software development department. The internet is fast becoming the transport of choice for many companies, with systems going fully web-based. Our new department is highly skilled in a fantastic framework called Kohana which is built off the popular Code Igniter. It is leaner, faster and simpler to use, ensuring that web software developed by Griffin Studios is up and running sooner.

Although Griffin Studios still sits on a South Africa domain name (.co.za), we have expanded to international clients. The beauty of web development is that it can be done from anywhere and we plan to utilize this feature to its maximum.

Griffin Studios is looking forward to a very bright future.

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SEO Basics for Beginners

July 23rd, 2010

When I first got into web design, as far as I was concerned, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) was the inclusion of the META KEYWORDS and DESCRIPTION tags within a webpage. With just that, I was experiencing poor results when viewing my Google Analytics. I jumped into SEO research to discover why this was so. SEO is not as simple as it seems. The purpose of this post is to bring some simple yet effective measures to be taken to improve a websites visibility on the internet.

This post addresses some of the core aspects of SEO such as:

  • robots.txt
  • sitemap.xml
  • dublin.rdf
  • Social Networking
  • Blogging
  • Online Directories
  • Google Adwords

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Good Bye PC ZONE

July 15th, 2010
PC Zone

Farewell my Friend

It is a sad day indeed. This morning during my usual BBC scrounge I came across an ultimately depressing article (Read It Here). The forever brilliant, stylish and hilarious PC game related magazine that I have been a subscriber of for the last 10 years is closing down. The arrival of a new issue in my post box was the highlight of the month every month. Now, on September 2nd of this year, I will be receiving my last ever copy of this awesome magazine.

The reason for this decision is due to lack of sales, with only 11 000 copies being sold world wide. This fact brings to light the sad truth that the internet is killing other forms of media. 10 years ago when most of the world was on dial-up, downloading a 1 Gb demo was nigh on impossible and we therefore waited with eager anticipation for the next release of our favorite gaming magazine to quench our adrenaline pumping needs. Now-a-days, high speed ADSL is common place with uncapped internet services the standard. It is only logical that this should happen. Cause and effect hey.

Still, it is a sad day. I thank ye PC Zone for keeping me company all these years. Your reviews and scores were always spot on, your criticisms just, and your humour never ending. I bid you a good farewell and I will miss you.

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Website Security – Common Vulnerabilities

May 25th, 2010

Website Security

Everyday, stories hit the news regarding websites which have been taken down by hackers. How does a person gain access to a website one might ask? What is the hackers aim in compromising a website? It is surprisingly easy to find vulnerable websites and is therefore extremely important for website developers to know of the common vulnerabilities and coding errors which create these vulnerabilities in order to prevent them. This post aims at equiping the general web developer with the knowledge of various hacking techniques and methodologies, as well as the mind of the hackers themselves.

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Best Internet Security Suite?

May 13th, 2010

Death by Computer

Death by Computer

The marathon running machine I call my laptop has recently decided it would rather walk than run. In laymans terms, it slows down to an almost unusable state. It gets so bad it cant even restart itself, complaining that it does not have enough resources. This prompted me to investigate in PC tuning solutions and from previous experience, I re-installed and completely tweaked my PC for best performance using Auslogics Speed Boost. Did it help? No. Did it make my Windows 7 look atrocious? Yes.

That was to be expected however so I am in no way rebuking Speed Boost. It’s actually an extremely useful application and I recommend you try it out. Anyway, thats not the end of my story because as of yet, what I’ve said has nothing to do with the topic. As my computer still decided to take a nap while it was awake, I realized this is not a matter of fragmented disks or overabundance of internet cookies and cache. I started investigating the applications I was using. Apparently FireFox 3.6 has a memory leak which can cause the exact same results that I was experiencing. I swapped to Google Chrome. Did it help? No. Final thought, it must be some sort of virus! Read the rest of this entry »

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Griffins Web Dev Tools

April 20th, 2010

There are thousands of applications available which are specific to website design. Different designers each have their own preferences as to what programs to use. Some will swear by Adobe Dreamweaver, others Microsoft Publisher. Personally, such tools I find restricting. I will not touch Microsoft Publisher with a barge pole. So, at Griffin Studios, what tools do I use for website development? Read the rest of this entry »

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