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  • Digital Max Solutions 7:54 pm on May 13, 2010 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: buddypress, facebook, open source alternative,   

    Guys, I am seeing that wordpress + buddypress is on a trajectory to become open source alternative of facebook.

    there are some problems with facebook and privacy. A lot of people hate facebook’s lack of privacy problems.and ning.com another social networking site just went fully paid. so users are switching to buddypress. (http://buddypress.org)

    So that leaves buddypress to slowly create niche communities for people addicted to social networking.
    I see a good market for us if we can leverage buddypress next.
    any thoughts on this guys ? ideas, thoughts, alternatives?

    would appreciate your input.

     

  • Digital Max Solutions 10:07 pm on December 15, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: digital max solutions, successful nepali company, , web developers nepal   

    We are one of the 100 Top ranked companies in Odesk.com as of December 15th. 

    We are the 100 Top ranked companies in Odesk.com as of December 15th.

    And the only Nepali company to ever make it there!
    They mentioned it here (which changes, depending on when you look)

    I have a screenshot, just in case. (will enlarge if you click on image)

    Screenshot of top ranked companies in Odesk

    Screenshot of top ranked companies in Odesk

    Congratulations both our team members and our Clients !!! great partnership going on there !!!

     

    • Amit 5:59 am on January 16, 2010 Permalink

      That's great achievement from IT industry of Nepal. We always proud of DMS. Best wishes from us to be in #1 position in future.

    • whynepal 6:45 am on January 16, 2010 Permalink

      thanks a lot! we will keep trying !

  • Digital Max Solutions 2:23 pm on December 2, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    6000 hours of odesk. Thank you for trusting us. 

    We have officially logged 6000 hours of work in odesk.com!!!

    This is an a good feat for us since we are working with clients who we never see or interact personally.  This requires a whole new attention to be paid to our offshore clients.

    Here is our link to our company profile in odesk.

    Congratulations to the DMS family, associates and clients. Thank for all the efforts and hard work. Thank you to each of our clients for putting faith in us, without ever meeting us. We have created distinct brand of ourselves by crossing the milestone of 6000 hours of logged work in Odesk. This hour doesn’t include the Fixed job in Odesk and other work we do for clients outside Odesk.

     

  • Digital Max Solutions 12:23 am on April 9, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: Achievement, digital max   

    We have nearly reached 3,500 hours in O’desk. (by the end of the week hopefully) 

    We have made a brand of ourselves by nearly reaching 3500 hours of logged work in Odesk. hopefully by the end of the week we will reach that.

    Congratulations to the digital max solutions (DMS) team and thank you to each of our clients for putting faith in us, without ever meeting us. (well most of you have never met us in person)   :)

    Warm regards,

    Jay.

     

  • Digital Max Solutions 12:24 am on August 8, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    workplace 3.0: each worker remotely working for a remotely located client 

    Clients on a remote location and workers themselves remote from each other (will it work? )
    We are thinking of implementing a remote workplace where people work from their own homes /places and come together only when needed.

    -few things to think about

    Voice over IP system ( every worker has to be linked with at least 256kbps connection) and their special phone (or computer) acts as a communication tool. The server could be an “astreisk” open source VOIP system in linux. (free)

    A special online time log system which logs time for your projects and makes you basically efficient.
    (we are still trying to find one which suits our purpose).

    Everyone has to have a backup system for electricity outages (which is notorious in Nepal.) Recommend usage for laptops.

    An online project management system such as the free open source ProjectPier system.

    or Basecamp by 37signals.

    An online client invoicing system (such as Freshbooks).

    and every employee gets paid directly to their bank account.

    ————

    Don’t forget to add more suggestions !!!

     

  • Digital Max Solutions 2:35 pm on July 25, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: mysql   

    Optimizing Mysql (some helpful tips) 

    got this  helpful tips for database managers enjoy the link /video

    http://www.catonmat.net/blog/performance-tuning-best-practices-for-mysql/

    enjoy…

    here are the fine points from the video transcript:

    The most interesting performance tuning tips from the video:

    • [02:20] Don’t benchmark without a goal. Have a goal like “improve performance by 20%”. Otherwise you’ll waste a lot of time tuning milliseconds out of your application.
    • [02:50] Change just one thing at a time and re-run the benchmarks.
    • [03:40] Disable the query cache by setting the cache size to 0 when running MySQL benchmarks.
    • [05:22] The best tool for profiling MySQL queries is the EXPLAIN command. Understand it!
    • [06:40] Log slow queries and use mysqldumpshow to parse the log. It also has an option (–log-queries-not-using-indexes) of logging any query that does not use an index on a table.
    • [07:40] Jeremy Zawodny wrote the mytop utility for monitoring the threads and overall performance of MySQL servers.
    • [08:55 && 11:30] Repeated queries on an un-indexed field will kill your application faster than anything else.
    • [09:30] Don’t de-normalize just because you think it will be faster. Start with normalized database schemes.
    • [10:15] Server parameter tweaking is not a catch-all. Tuning server parameters can help but it’s very specific to certain situations.
    • [12:05] If you use MyISAM storage engine, exploit covering indexes.
    • [12:50] Ensure good selectivity on index fields.
    • [14:45] On multi-column indexes, pay attention to order of fields within the index definition.
    • [15:40] Be aware that as your database grows, the data in the indexed fields can gradate, deteriorating the usefulness of that index. As you data grows, always examine if the indexes you originally thought are still relevant to the data.
    • [17:02] Example of a common index problem, where an index is created on multiple fields.
    • [20:30] Use the smallest data types possible. Don’t use bigint, when int will do. Or, don’t use char(200), when a varchar or smaller char() would do. Using the right type will fit more records in memory or index key block, meaning fewer reads, resulting in faster performance.
    • [21:30] Consider horizontally spitting many-columned tables if they contain a lot of NULLs or rarely used columns.
    • [23:35] Get rid of surrogate keys (with example).
    • [24:05 && 33:20] Be an SQL programmer who thinks in sets, not procedural programming paradigms.
    • [24:35] InnoDB can’t optimize SELECT COUNT(*) queries. Use counter tables! That’s how to scale InnoDB.
    • [27:20] Always try to isolate index fields on one side of condition in a query (with example).
    • [28:20] Avoid using CURRENT_DATE() as it invalidates the cache.
    • [29:34] Example of using calculated fields when searching on top level domain. Idea – put a reversed TLD in the table.
    • [33:20] Avoid correlated subqueries. Think in sets not loops! Here is a great article on visualizing SQL joins.
    • [34:50] Example of using derived tables to avoid correlated subqueries.
    • [36:25] Be aware of global and per-thread server variables.
    • [37:50] Enable query cache if your application is doing a lot more reads than writes!
    • [28:50] MySQL uses MyISAM for internal data storage.
    • [40:00] MySQL loves ram!
    • [40:35] Q and A.
     

  • Digital Max Solutions 12:39 am on January 8, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Cooking Ruby on Rails with AJAX spices 

    Technologies are changing day by day and by the time you learn something new its already old out there. Likewise, it has been a long time since we heard of Ruby on Rails framework but just didn’t have time to take it to the next level. This time, we got serious. We are now working on a demo project which involves Ruby on Rails along with AJAX. Its pretty exciting to see how simple a web application can be. We will soon be updating the application online as a demo.

    If you also want to get your feet wet with RoR, please take a look at their website – http://www.rubyonrails.com/

     

  • Digital Max Solutions 5:42 am on January 1, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Happy Birthday, DMS! 

    If you didn’t knew, we have completed our 5 years, providing services to clients all over the world mostly US, Cananda, Australia, Singapore and some parts of Europe. At this junction, we have grown from 2 to 27 people, 1 to 30 computers, 1 small workspace to 6000 sq feet office area, backups, facilities, sports, etc. We have had both successes and failures. We have learnt from failures and are shaping ourselves to provide the best service. We hope that DMS will grow even bigger with the dawn of the new year and become one of the best service providers / innovators in the outsourcing world.

    Happy Birthday DMS!

     

  • Digital Max Solutions 8:18 am on December 20, 2007 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    love seth godin’s new e-book tips (free ! ) 

    i have to say hes been an inspiration in modeling our business strategy.

    We are trying to use his latest strategies in click to success

    basically it summarizes to :

    Important Question: how to help clients forge an effective web presence?

    Answer, Seth provides and i agree:

    It has to be:

    1) Useful

    2) Unique

    3) Updated

    simple yet so much work to do !
    thanks seth,

    tumpak.

    p.s download the free copy from his site. thats where the real gold is.. follow the above link to article and download.

     

  • Digital Max Solutions 10:23 pm on December 11, 2007 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    exoticbuddha.com 

    we are working on our brand new pet project.

    http://www.exoticbuddha.com

    a innovative simple to use travel community site (about nepal right now)

    come have a look and give us your valuable advise on the concept.

     

    • Kamal R 11:26 pm on December 28, 2007 Permalink

      Great initiative…good luck!

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