Nesta Campbell's blog

OpenOffice.org 3 released

Nesta Campbell — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:52:50 +0500

If you are looking for an alternative to the expensive and bloated Microsoft Office package you can now download the much improved free and just about as bloated OpenOffice.org 3. Mac OS X users should feel more at home with the new OpenOffice.org since it now has native support for the OS X user interface.

We are moving...

Nesta Campbell — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:48:38 +0500

As of today Panmedia will no longer be located at the TIC building on The UTech campus. We are relocating to 10 Argyle Road, Kingston 10.

An official post will be made on our main website once the move is completed. We don’t have a new number as yet but that information will be included in the announcement.

Increase in attacks on financial institutions?

Nesta Campbell — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:56:07 +0500

According to the Gleaner the First Global website was hacked sometime yesterday. Also, according to a release by NCB (originally heard on the radio but the advisory can be found here) their customers have been receiving phishing emails that links to a replica of NCB’s website. The email asks NCB customers to enter/change their personal information.

WYSIWYG or Not

Nesta Campbell — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:51:52 +0500

When delivering a CMS to a client a WYSIWYG editor can sometimes be the Achilles’ heel of the complete product. These editors were created as a means of allowing users to easily create HTML without actually knowing HTML. While the intent is great they usually produce more problems than solutions. I actually agree with most of the sentiments in Why NOT to install TinyMCE.

We do need to provide an easy way for users to update and create content on their website but the current breed of editors are not the solution. So what is? My thought on the matter has always been that users need to know at least a little bit about the system they are using. The CMS is not a word processor. It’s a different paradigm and that needs to be communicated to the users.

NFL Times Ja

Nesta Campbell — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:17:43 +0500

Following the launch of our blog just over a week ago we launched NFL Times Ja. this week. The blog was requested by Panmedia’s own Peter Lindo who is an avid fan of the game.