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Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Internet Banking Security 10 Sep 2011 | 08:11 am
Internet Banking is something that should be taken for granted. Every bank should offer it, no excuses. The same online banking services also need to ensure highest levels of security, no excuses. Th...
Apple’s Ultimate Platform Strategy 18 Feb 2011 | 08:47 pm
I have written about the Platform Strategy before, a remarkably potent strategy if you can get it right. Linux and Microsoft Windows are both platforms because they allow others to build on top. The w...
A Reminder on Usability 3 Feb 2011 | 03:54 am
Usability and accessibility go hand in hand. Usually this is because something that’s built to be user-friendly is generally also accessible to handicapped persons, or for that matter, even handicappe...
VPS Configuration for Apache, MySQL, PHP 26 Nov 2010 | 07:24 pm
After having tried out SliceHost and Amazon EC2 micro instance, Linode is the only VPS that worked out well for my needs even though EC2 Micro offers 768MB RAM versus Linode’s 512MB. The main bottlene...
Platforms Strategy 24 Aug 2010 | 01:00 am
The platforms strategy is a fairly new concept in business nomenclature. A platform is typically one that allows others to build freely and openly on top of itself. The more open and free it is, the m...
TEDx Karachi 5 Jun 2010 | 02:59 am
I have attended a number of conferences in Karachi and even spoken at a few but today’s conference at TedX was in a separate league. What made it so interesting is that like all things TED, it was div...
Top 1000 Most-visited Sites on the Web 1 Jun 2010 | 01:59 am
Google’s just released list of “1000 most-visited sites on the web” is a real treat and quite interesting to analyze. It has to be one of the most accurate lists given Google’s massive network reach. ...
The Express Tribune 14 Apr 2010 | 03:23 am
What on the onset seemed quite trivial actually turned out to be quite hard. The Express Tribune launched just 2 days ago with a stunning paper and a web portal to match. Building large scale systems...
Understanding Abstract Classes in PHP 3 Apr 2010 | 07:44 am
Abstract classes are an often misunderstood feature of PHP object-oriented programming (OOP) and the source of confusion when considered versus an Interface. The obvious reason for using an Interface ...
Jang News: Advertising vs User Experience 8 Feb 2010 | 04:45 am
The Jang News website is one that just keeps getting worse with each passing day. When I wrote a review of Dawn.com Beta website launch, I highlighted their technical and interface shortcomings but th...
