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MWC Barcelona 2010

alex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:16:02 +0000

Is that time of the year again, and MWC is just a few days away. I’m sure a lot of new stuff will be showcased this year as usual (I’m particularly curious about augmented reality since it gained a lot of momentum lately, but I’m sure we’ll se a full lot of social apps, mobile web portals, LTE ,WiMax, etc, etc.).

I hope is a good time for Kannel developers and users to assemble and meet having a good time together as well.

If you happen to be at the Fira this year and want to meet with me just drop me a note in private.

Facebook Risks Exposed!

alex — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:43:29 +0000

My kid Juan wrote this wonderful article about the mostly unknown caveats of sharing content on your Facebook account.

Read the full article HERE

New version: Custom MO parameters on generic http-smsc

alex — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:09:52 +0000

NOTE: This patch is already committed to CVS, so if you download the latest CVS version, you’ll get it included.

Here’s a new version of my former patch to add support for custom MO parameters on the “generic” http-smsc.

This new version adds a few extra features:

Support to set the response message (nowadays is fixed to “Sent.”).
Support to use escape codes on the response message. You can now show the internal message id (or any other message field for what matters) when responding to a successful request.
Support to set the response code for successful and failed requests.
Documentation!

Download the patch from here.

As usual, please try it and let me know what you think.

-Alex

Proud father

alex — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:55:22 +0000

My kid Juan (13) did this video along with 3 friends as part of a schoolwork assignment. He wrote the script, did the greenscreen and also did the editing. Watch it, it’s lots of fun!

I don’t have to say how proud of my kids I am. They make life worth it.

Alex

WMC in Barcelona

alex — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:35:56 +0000

I’m attending GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’ll be a great opportunity to meet fellow developers and companies. If you’re attending and wish to arrange a meeting, just drop me a comment and I’ll answer in private.

Regards,

Alex

Apple Support Rocks!

alex — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:35:20 +0000

I wanted to share a short story about one of the many benefits of buying good hardware from serious companies.

My almost-2-years-old MacBook Pro battery was having serious performance issues: After a full charge, it only lasted about 20 minutes (even with the display dimmed to be barely visible).

Resisting the idea of having to buy a new battery, I’ve googled a little and found an Apple page about problems with MacBook Pro batteries. Turned out that my battery was eligible for a free replacement.

With nothing to lose, and after unsuccessfully asking in-person on a couple of “official” resellers, I’ve been directed to the AppleCare phone number in Spain. After about 15 minutes of music on hold and about 30 of Q&A with a nice and knowledgeable operator, I’ve been told that they’ll mail me a new battery on the next 4-7 days. I’ve also been given specific instructions about returning my old battery to the same messenger for recycling. Good!

This was yesterday. Today, an UPS messenger brought my new battery and took away the old one. Right now it’s happily being charged while I’m writing this.

Just one more reason to be a happy owner of a Mac. I’ve no doubts about what I’m going to buy next time.

Alex

Living on Barcelona again

alex — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:13:11 +0000

So, the day has finally come. I’m living on Barcelona again.

The trip was long and complicated (planes delayed, all my luggage went lost) but this morning my 5 pieces of luggage arrived at home and everything started to fit into place.

I love this city and its people: It boils with art, music, architecture and all sorts of culture expressions. I love people’s open-mindedness as well.

So, new times are coming. I know it will be good times.

Alex

Back to Barcelona

alex — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:20:05 +0000

I’ve married twice to the same woman.

I’ve rented my apartment to the guy that sold it to me.

Now I’m moving to Barcelona again.

Life always seemed kind of recursive for me. I wonder what comes next.

Alex.

Hello world

alex — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:26:35 +0000

Like I usually do when I’m trying a new programming language, my first post in here should be named “Hello world”.

In this little web shack, I’ll try to keep track of what I’m doing in “codespace”, but I’ll probably also post some unrelated but yet interesting stuff about some of my other interests in life.

I hope you enjoy reading it.

Regards,

Alejandro Guerrieri