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  • Jay 12:33 am on November 22, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Its nice to know wordpress is getting recognized as a full featured Content Management System software! 

    We have been working in wordpress for 3 years now and are happy to see some of the respect WordPress Content Management system is gaining worldwide. Pretty soon, WordPress can do most of the content management tasks you wish for while building social communities for your business or organization or what nots. We are confident on this.
    the combination of WordPress Content Management System with Buddypress social community addon plus bbpress forum and the IntenseDebate comment management systems will be a lethal combination in the world of Content Management System softwares.

    http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-wins-cms-award/

    http://www.packtpub.com/best-php-open-source-cms-judges

     
  • Jay 2:53 pm on October 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    WordPress Security Tips 

    As the WordPress is getting popular and used by many people, now the hackers are also being active and involved in hacking wordpress site. I have recently received lot of request to fix the WordPress hacks. I would like to list some WordPress Security Tips to help you protect from hacks. (More …)

     
    • digamber 6:41 am on December 31, 2009 Permalink

      If i block the WP-Folders from being indexed, will that affect the SEO values of my articles

    • Jay 8:30 pm on January 23, 2010 Permalink

      didn’t understand. would you rephrase the question ?

  • Jay 1:07 pm on September 4, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    WordPress and Related Links 

    The open source application is a great tools for Web Development in 21st century. Initially the WordPress was famous for Blogging platform but due to development of highly customized theme, plugins and hacks. Now, we can see WordPress as the complete Web Solutions. It can be used as Blogging, Content Management System (CMS), E-commerce System, Directory Management, Job Portal and so on. Actually, it can be used for any, just what you need is the customized theme, plugins and hacks.

    I recently surf around and found some of the interesting links that is useful for WordPress customizations and hacks. They are as follows:

    enjoy,
    Sakin

     
    • Amit 8:06 pm on September 17, 2009 Permalink

      Thanks. Finally the blog is Live again. Great.

  • Jay 12:40 pm on September 4, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    We have crossed our odesk milestone of 5000 hours 

    We have created distinct international  brand of ourselves by crossing the milestone of 5000 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. Now a days, Odesk has been main source of project inflow. It’s been a great help to us.

    Congratulations to the digital max solutions (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.

    Finally, I would like to thanks Odesk for providing us such a good platform. Today we count as the 5150 Hours.

    Regards,
    Sakin

     
  • Jay 1:20 pm on August 16, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    WordPress update to 2.8.4 Version 

    WordPress realeased it’s updated version 2.8.4 in August 14, 2009. It is a security update so everyone please update the wordpress soon.

    WordPress.org Release Statement ” Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.

    We fixed this problem last night and have been testing the fixes and looking for other problems since then. Version 2.8.4 which fixes all known problems is now available for download and is highly recommended for all users of WordPress.”

    Regards,
    sakin

     
  • Jay 2:59 pm on May 31, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    We have crossed our odesk milestone of 4000 hours 

    We have made a brand of ourselves by crossing the milestone of 4000 hours of logged work in Odesk.

    Congratulations to the digital max solutions (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.

    Regards,
    Sakin

     
  • Jay 10:40 pm on February 16, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: customer service   

    customer service: an example. 

    a heightened sense of a customer centric individual.
    taken from this site

    “This is why Richard Branson is so successful
    Backstage in Moscow. Richard Branson is speaking before me. He asks me if I ever fly Virgin; I admit that I never have. He asks me to try it. I say to him: “If Richard Branson asks me, I guess I have to.” He then gets on his knees and starts polishing my shoes with his jacket in order to convince me. Can it get any better than this?”

    enjoy folks. Ujw

     
  • Jay 12:59 am on February 12, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: customer centric, usability   

    ever thought of helping a customer ? be a good user interface design expert.

    Here is how ?

    a) common sense (but you knew that)

    b) practise some usability testing here. what is usability testing ? find it here.

    c) these adaptive path guys know their stuff. go through their ideas and works.

    d) masters of basics of usability studies.

     
  • Jay 7:32 pm on February 4, 2009 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: hr, Human resource,   

    Top ten frustrations with human resources (experiences) in my 9 years experience in kathmandu, nepal. 

    so here goes a politically incorrect list for the frustrations with dealing with “un-professionals”, while running Digital Max Solutions :) and other organizations in the last 9 or 10 years.

    1) People take the job as a training first – execution of their responsibilities second(they are less inclined to feel responsible for their jobs.)

    2) ‘Grass is greener on the other side’. is killing us. :) Competent manpower hard to retain for more than a year.

    3) Some people work hard to impress you during the early months of their career with you, and then once they win your trust, start slacking off noticeably (intentionally /unintentionally). Am i missing something here?

    4) YOu would have to invest most of your resources on infrastructure management, insurance and backup/security of the infrastructure, leaving not much resources for human resources trainings and career development.

    5) Work ethics is rudimentary for most people with less than 5 years of experience. “Diligence” is in short supply amongst a wide array of young professionals in Kathmandu. Again, the current brain drain is accelerating, with it, the thinking that, “life is easy out in foreign countries” is solidifying in the young generation.

    6) Constant Distractions in Kathmandu seem to affect an employee’s morale more negatively than on work. Young people are more disturbed by not being able to comprehend or able to find solutions to the complex reality of Nepal.

    7) Not many people are interested in questioning themselves and their bosses about the career direction/chart. (blindly following whatever is given to them or wherever they are led). Very few are inspired enough to make a career path.

    8 ) Common sense (highly undervalued and extremely deficient amongst upcoming IT professionals in Nepal).

    9) “The grass is greener on the other side” thought is ingrained, plastered, super-glued !

    10) “Because of My family” is the primary excuse for all deal breaking, ties-breaking decisions, some of the employees make. I have rarely seen one own up to their responsibilities cleanly. Those that have owned up, i have only abundant respect for them.

    Again, this applies to most professionals i have met while running DMS and talking with other entrepreneurs in Nepal running companies in Kathmandu.

    I will try to write how i have tried to counter these issues in a later post (hopefully soon).

     
    • Amit 10:08 pm on February 5, 2009 Permalink

      Great! this article completely relates the 100% true experiences in digital max human resources management. I realize it as a project manager now!

    • Amit 10:12 pm on February 5, 2009 Permalink

      Arguing these points, I went just back, when I was in digital max solutions. We called ourselves as a professional without knowing, What a “Professional” means?

    • Chandradev 4:49 pm on February 6, 2009 Permalink

      Yup but i am not agree with the first argument because every one looking for growth, if employer feel this thing i think they should not hire fresher employee, because if you work with a organaisation & you are giving your youth time whichever not come again in the life & you are also work without living of your family. if company give the proper appraisal to any one & then people leave the organisation i think it should be against the ethics… but every one need gud experience as well as gud money in the life…..

    • Shalu Gupta 5:23 pm on February 6, 2009 Permalink

      Well good article as always

      I would like to make note on some of the points . Please do not take it personally whoever is the writer of this article

      ii> Competent manpower hard to retain for more than a year.

      Competent manpower like competent work that makes their profile better and the job that engage their mind not only limited to the office hours but off hours too.

      If they do not get such work they lose interest in the work and start wandering for better job.

      iii> Some people work hard to impress you during the early months of their career with you, and then once they win your trust, start slacking off noticeably (intentionally /unintentionally). Am i missing something here?

      That is true that new employee try to impress their boss in early months. They work 110% to make sure they fit the position. It is not that they start slacking off noticeably it is that they start comfortably.

      iv> Okay

      v>

      a> “Diligence” is in short supply amongst a wide array of young professionals in Kathmandu.

      It depends again on the company the job they are assigned and the work environment . You can not blame young professionals in kathmandu.

      b> Again, the current brain drain is accelerating, with it, the thinking that, “life is easy out in foreign countries” is solidifying in the young generation.

      I agree with you in this point. Also I have noticed in recent days this is not among youngsters. They want to be here itself.

      8 ) Common sense (highly undervalued and extremely deficient amongst upcoming IT professionals in Nepal).

      I strongly disagree you. You got no right to blame a group of people ( IT professionals in Nepal ) It depends upon individual.

      10 ) Companies should have proper rule than going on the explanation. If my company goes with the explanations employee give I would like say ‘ i do not like to work here because i do not like the boss and i do not want to see the human resource manager’s face ‘

      Well these were my views for this article.

      I have some good experiences with DMS too. I learnt lots of things there which was very useful for me when i left it and moved to other company . I was respected for whatever quality I developed in DMS . I must thank DMS for that.

      Some of the points i did not like here are

      no good attitude towards employees. ( I am not sure if DMS has discharged respectfully to only 20% of the employees )

      Very eager to give termination letter to the employee whom DMS can not supply work.

      Hire for DMS and send to other company and release from the other company name if they do not have any reason to terminate the staff

      .. Only this for now. I will be there to comment as continuation of this article will be coming :)

    • Amit 7:09 pm on February 7, 2009 Permalink

      This is rocking, I thought that, people forget after they left DMS, but still they respect and go through its blog. This is the proof, most of DMS ex-employees love the company, working environment and still remember. Is it everyone like to join them again and work for them, but what’s the barrier? This must be good moral to DMS.

      Many came there as a simple trainee and grew senior professional (this is 100% true in front of my eyes). Now, They all are top professional in IT industry. As they became senior, they left the company. So I want to just make realize DMS, why HR manager failed?

  • Jay 1:56 am on December 12, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    working with clients 

    random notes;

    As a service provider, its usually more efficient to work with clients who know technology than ones who don’t. So there is a premium to pay for working with clients without much background in technology. You invest more time and energy. Factor that when you are calculating time and effort in your bids.
    its not always the client who is interviewing you, its also you who is interviewing them.

    jay

     
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