Self-service Kiosk

Self-service Kiosk

ATM kiosk, Airport kiosk, LTO motorcycle kiosk, Magellans Cross kiosk are the famous kiosk being used in the Philippines. They said it’s a safe and has a fast approach to input, process and analyze data.

A self-service kiosk is a practical way to serve people and at the same time satisfying the company’s service performance. Kiosks can be functional 24 hours a day, making possibilities of sale round the clock. Included its user friendliness, comprehensive data presentation resulting the exchange of information is clear, protection and security and less time consumption, terminals are effective and efficient invention. It is also a machine based intelligence, so the chances of errors and frauds is lesser.

Not new, since the intervention of technology minimizes the human interference of service oriented company. Although, it saves a lot of time, manpower and assets, it creates imbalance or separation of society and its classes, another discrimination between the have and the have not.  Classisms, as technology evolves many are deprived. We are advanced yet semi-feudal. I am saying that as much as possible, one should consider the other side of the so-called development.

           

A Reaction to: “Free Texts to Hurt Carriers Bottom Line”

A Reaction to: “Free Texts to Hurt Carriers Bottom Line”

As of 2008, Philippines still remain as the text messaging champ according to the US study (Mashable.com). I don’t know how to react on this title, if I should be proud or to upset. In Europe, Japan and other East Asian countries, they used to send email on mobile phone, but in the Philippines where income is low, it is even more popular. And it really penetrates to our culture, and the downside is not enough to quantify its development. We were used to hide mobiles between our palms when praying, texting while eating, spending our vacant time in texting rather than resting. It’s more like addiction.

The Philippine mobile market way back 2000 has grown almost 80 million, and around 1.8 billion SMS were being sent everyday as of 2009 (www.budde.com.au).

“Apple plans to launch a new platform Wednesday that could help put a big dent in wireless carriers' bottom line.” – introduced at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. iMessage, it permit them to neglect the SMS text-messaging network, along with carriers' texting charges and yes – it’s Free, and it is all about this thing.  

On one hand, it would be a spoon-fed transgression, another issue of aesthetics in the part of the text –addict, rejuvenating since everybody can avail the burden of prepaid/postpaid load, a relief. If apple inc. will inform and convince the people in the Philippines, everybody will unite and commune while doing the planking.  On the other hand, it would be sad to know that many workers will loose their jobs; our annual revenue in texting will withdraw.

But I think the network carrier managements were anticipating for these things, perhaps they will develop another services. Another issue and another culture.

Trends To Watch In 2011

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Trends To Watch in 2011 (Computerworld.com)

          I just don’t want to think, that our technology is now predictable. The trends described by Scot Finnie are now on its way to open new technologies and development. Although some are improving, the rapid changes of technology put me uneasy.

It's cool to think, how to produce a project made by numbered people, with its highly advance technology being used. It's wise for the company to meet the demand and work productively, even if the staff is smaller and shorter time-lines. Recession really can be transformational. Virtualization Vs. Cloud Computing - this site describe the difference between the two computing techniques, and I realized that they are not the same thing. Choosing between the two matters on what type of business do we belong, how are we going to input, process and store the data being gathered. Mobile is exploding, I think I'm going to be biased here, for me the vital role of mobile is for communication. The demand and supply should be in balance, we assume that what we think as cool and in-time gadgets are our necessities.

I remember a cliché that said; the value of a person is recognized when they are gone. Yes, I’m referring to Steve Jobs, and I search for his contributions and it’s hard to enumerate. I just love to watch how his work put into the archive of IT. “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people are not used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Green Computing

Green Computing

       

“In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern ...”, I would love to hear our technology would perform like Green Lantern, not just in business orientation but also in  security and protection, not only for being but also in our environment.

It’s good to know that there are groups or individual who aims for development not only in technology. When we will put it in a perspective in working two things at the same time, thinking of improvement both from IT industry, and our living home, environment, seems like impossible. I first thought to do things one at a time or let somebody do the other things, its not about who will do it, but when will we start it. It really requires a communal effort. What has now proven was once only imagined. Greening is a necessity, never an option. We may not be the direct receiver of the effects of using the hazardous substance being used in IT equipment, but the next generation.

           

We have social networking, blogs, wikis and other web portals to spread and educate other people. There are also ways to support greening IT. It was suggested that it’s better to use, laptops than desktop computer that consumes power vastly. The LCD is better that CRT, proper disposal of ink, cartridges, battery and other hazardous substances that other people consider as wastes.  

The IT sector and users must develop a positive attitude toward addressing environmental concerns and adopt forward-looking, green-friendly policies and practices.