Z & his Startup

The Z Demo Machine is Here, a.k.a Armanovus Workstation

2008-08-26T22:10:11Z

Ah, remember this post about waiting for the perfect casing ? The waiting is finally over... it was a hassle getting it out of Customs and Cargo Area, but after 2 days, the Briefcase finally found its new home. We started assemblying the Armanovus Workstation around 11.30 night time.. wish we'd done it sooner, but we were at Cyber Building IIX until late at night... Foto 01: Ah, the width of my MacBook Pro 15" and the Briefcase is almost similar. First to go in the Briefcase was the DVD...(read more)

How to Resolve TargetInvocationException Error: Catching Exception in Asynchronous Calls

2008-08-21T05:38:28Z

So here's the situation. You're wrapping a webservice in library used for some clients. You want to call the web service methods asynchronously using MethodNameAsync. When you plug out the network cable to test for offline scenarios, ta-da, you get this cryptic error called "TargetInvocationException" . This code gives me TargetInvocationException error: void _ws_loginCompleted( object sender, ws. loginCompletedEventArgs e) { if (IsWsResponseOk(e.Result)) { // Save session key used...(read more)

How I Write Software These Days : The CallBlocker Example

2008-08-20T05:33:29Z

Waktu diajarin GW-BASIC di kelas 4SD dulu, coding-nya pake pensil dan nulis di buku tulis. Terus kasih ke Ibu Guru (yes my GW-BASIC teacher is a lady), kalo benar boleh keluar kelas atau baca2 buku lainnya. Kalo salah, happy debugging deh dengan pensil dan kertas. Waktu bikin aplikasi perpustakaan pake TurboPascal, coding-nya langsung di DOS, debugging-nya langsung di DOS juga. Ibu Guru nggak bilang salah atau benar lagi, cuman "Good", "Nice", "OK", "Thank you"...(read more)

Windows Mobile Incoming Call Blocker

2008-08-18T20:53:33Z

After hours of designing & coding, I present you ZeddyLab's CallBlocker, a nifty little app for your Smartphone and PDA Phone that will allow you to automatically block incoming phone calls (wildcards supported!). The downloads are at the bottom of this blog post, and make sure you choose the one for your device (Smartphone or PDA Phone). Z's CallBlocker should work under all smartphones & PDA Phones running Windows Mobile 5.0 and above. Not tested on versions below 5.0. It's...(read more)

How to Set your Windows Mobile to Security Off Policy

2008-08-18T05:22:56Z

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms839681.aspx : "A trusted process can call any API and write to any registry key. There are essentially no limits on what it is allowed to do . A normal process is forbidden from calling certain APIs and writing to certain registry keys. For the list of APIs and registry keys, see the "Trusted APIs" topic in the Windows Mobile SDK documentation." Below are the 5 possible Security Configurations on a Windows Mobile Device: Security...(read more)

Cat "IS NOT" a Mammal: Menggugat Pengajaran OOP by Inheritance, Melirik IOP

2008-08-15T07:43:43Z

Artikel ini hanya untuk mengetuk pikiran saja, bukan menyalahkan pengajaran OOP selama ini :) Heck, mungkin Carl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus 1707-1778) tidak melihat sistem taxonomy-nya bisa bermasalah 230 tahun kemudian... Di buku2 textbook OOP, atau di kelas OOP 101, sering kita lihat inheritance chain/hierarchy seperti ini: Gambar 1: Dog Inheritance Inheritance hierarchy diatas disebabkan karena paradigma "IS-A" . Terrier is a Dog --> Dog is a Mammal. Dan paradigma "IS-A"...(read more)

Easily Create Icons from Images - for Free

2008-08-12T10:28:56Z

As a software developer, you need icons: Application Icon, Toolbar Icons, Context Menu Icons, etc. Else your software will just look the same as everybody else's... so unpolished, so unprofessional. Sometimes the icons you get from Visual Studio (found in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\VS2008ImageLibrary\1033\VS2008ImageLibrary.zip ) is not enough. You see a nice image, or you take a photo with a camera, and you want to turn these images into icons. How do you do that? Enter...(read more)

ScottGu 1-hr video interview (Good watch)

2008-08-11T17:29:53Z

Here's a good video on Channel8: http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/ScottGu-talks-to-students/ In the video, he gives tips on life & career: He said, "What's priceless is: Do something that you love." Find your passion, not how much you get paid for. Tips on Time Management (how to divide time between blogs, meetings, and work). He tries to do a bit of everything. The .NET history (nobody believed on Garbage Collector back then). How to Climb Mt. Everest (otherwise known as "steps...(read more)

SMS Reminder for All your Meetings, and How to Sync Google Calendar on Windows Mobile and Mac OS X

2008-08-07T22:53:03Z

Now that I'm no longer at Microsoft, I missed sync-ing my Calendar on Exchange to Windows Mobile smartphone/PDA... ah fear not, for today every litle tool is replaceable by another (probably better) tool. Enter Google Calendar. The thing I like is the SMS Reminder ... Google is so rich that it can SMS anybody in the world about their upcoming appointments... I thought it won't work in Indonesia, turns out that it works timely (yes, really 5 minutes before my appointment) and perfectly (appointment...(read more)

ATM running Consumer OS - is this tolerable?

2008-08-07T06:32:36Z

Update 2008-08-09: --- Ini link yang menunjukkan kalo ATM Windows Touch Screen bisa dibuat biar Start Menu-nya nongol, terus launch aplikasi apa aja yg ada di mesin ATM-nya. Dalam kasus ini, orang iseng buka Paint dan ninggalin pesan lucu. http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/25/windows-based-atm-machine-hacked-gets-painted Ini link yg menunjukkan kalo beberapa ATM itu punya kombinasi tombol dan default password yg akan menjadikan ATM masuk ke Operator Mode. http://www.matasano.com/log/506/atm-backdoor...(read more)

Armanovus & ZeddyLabs Workspace

2008-07-29T15:38:02Z

At Armanovus, you decide whether you want to write code "sambil selonjoran"... Or you prefer the "sitting cubicle" style... But of course programmers have to be close to the books and the fridge :) On my TO-DO List as Founder is to assemble the Armanovus workstation/server (Code Repository and VMs to play around with) and install LCD-TV with Xbox 360 (on discussion with my Financial Controller a.k.a. my wife). I've already bought some parts for the server/workstation: 8GB...(read more)

Introducing Armanovus & ZeddyLabs

2008-07-24T19:24:43Z

So here are my new business cards... In Latin, "Arma" means tool / technology, while "novus" means latest / cutting-edge. Armanovus aspires to use the latest technology to build its products. Our motto is "Cutting-edge Technology for Better Productivity". Armanovus is a small team of 2 developers, 1 designer and 1 account manager. Of course being the founder, I have the privilege to create a 1-letter email handle: z[AT]armanovus.com . Why Founder | Developer? Founder...(read more)

Jadi Juri di Indonesia ICT Awards 2008 - Kategori SD

2008-07-24T18:02:16Z

Mentang-mentang fresh dari Imagine Cup, saya pikir SD = Software Design... ternyata SD disini maksudnya Sekolah Dasar :) Ada kejadian lucu pagi-nya karena ada 2 tim yg tidak bawa laptop sendiri, walhasil mereka minta laptop ke panitia... yah namanya laptop Depkominfo, dikasih lah mereka laptop Ubuntu running OpenOffice. Karena aku datang telat (khas-nya Zeddy), nggak sempat nawarin laptop dan aku pikir pasti jalan lah di OpenOffice. Ternyata tim pertama dengan sedihnya mendeklarasikan bahwa animasi...(read more)

Octazen - The lesser-known but well-known Indonesia company

2008-07-22T03:03:59Z

Ok, gw sedikit kaget dengan ini... krn ternyata perusahaan ini, Octazen , sudah dapat beberapa client dari USA...and I mean big clients. Jadi udah terkenal di USA, tapi kurang terkenal di Indonesia. Bahkan di website bagian About Us dan Contact sama sekali tidak mention located in Indonesia. Satu lagi, ga nyangka bikin screen-scraping software bisa jadi kaya :) Share this post: | | | |...(read more)

Leaving Microsoft Indonesia (in 4 days)...

2008-07-21T09:33:31Z

So you must have known that I have resigned from my position as Academic Developer Evangelist , Microsoft Indonesia. The next question is then where am I heading next? Microsoft Asia Pacific, Singapore? Microsoft Corporation, USA? My last effective date is July 31, 2008 . But I'm taking my leave from July 25, 2008. So, if you want to discuss about Microsoft's academic programs (MIC, DreamSpark, etc.), I suggest you wait until my replacement takes over in August. I've heard that my replacement...(read more)