PanNotes blogs

Crime Occupies Too Much Thought

Knolly Moses — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:53:05 +0500

The euphoria is over, or close to it. And while our fraternity with Obama and the world made us feel good for a moment, we have to come back to earth now. More specifically, we have to come back to Jamaica’s own domestic situation.

This abduction business is getting worrisome, as is crime in general. Concerned people are especially perturbed by the amount of children that are victims of what seems like a crime spree.

Why so many assumptions?

Chevonese Dacres — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:57:45 +0500

Speaking with friends and colleagues is always useful for getting to know each other and sharing cares and fears, ambitions and failures. But there is a particularly awkward moment in a conversation that sometimes really irritates me. You know, when someone stares at you like you are not from this planet because you do not know the answer to a question or you are unfamiliar with a subject? You are also looked at as some unearthly being because you unknowingly asked a ‘stupid’ question.

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.

Christopher’s

Knolly Moses — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:53:03 +0500

Christopher’s is buzzing again, if I’m to judge by the numbers on a Friday night. A friend, Kyle Lewis, suggested it’s probably that people have begun to recover from the several Ponzi schemes that have claimed numerous victims here in recent months. Another friend, Colin Steele, believes that coming out to one of Kingston’s premier bars is probably part of the recovery.

Stamping out corruption in customs

Knolly Moses — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:46:05 +0500

Danville Walker knows how to make a headline. The Commissioner of Customs gave businessmen some food for thought this week when he spoke at the PSOJ’s Job Creation Awards Ceremony. He made it clear that his major mandate is to root out corruption in customs.

Tender Requirements

Knolly Moses — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:12:36 +0500

Writing proposals for web development is often tedious because few of the RFPs are clear and detailed. In such an imperfect market it means getting creative in our responses is the only solution.

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.

Enjoying the storm

Knolly Moses — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:03:42 +0500

Things seem to be getting back to normal even as the loud sounds of generators add to the clatter of chain saws and hammers. Power and water are still problems for many, but I’m assuming that traffic in some areas of the corporate area means people are getting back to business. JPS is busy clearing its many downed power poles and the NWC is moving quickly to restore water to everyone.

Zend Framework 1.0 released

Marc — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:39:06 +0500

Zend, the primary company behind PHP, has just released version 1.0 of the web framework they have been developing for the last 20 months…