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Re: New Air Quality Sensors Aim To Track The Air You Breathe In A Simple Way

Alja Isakovic — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 10:00:46 -0000

And there's also CubeSensors (https://cubesensors.com) that is already shipping worldwide and can monitor the air quality in multiple rooms at once.

Re: Samsung predstavil Galaxy Note 3, uro Galaxy Gear in novo tablico Galaxy Note 10.1

Alja Isakovic — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:59:06 -0000

http://www.samsung.com/glob...

Gre za podobne tablice, vendar imajo tablice Note priloženo pisalo S Pen, tablice Tab pa ne.

Re: The ABC of promoting your programming workshops in a woman aka human friendly way - iAlja's blog

Alja Isakovic — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:09:20 -0000

Hey Gregor, thanks for taking the time to comment. I do have a somewhere different point of view, what with being a women in IT and trying to get more women into tech and all.

Firstly, I know my copy proposal isn't perfect. Mainly because it's impossible to figure out who is it aimed for. Yes, it does talk about professionals. But it also invites people who "don't know anything yet". And having spoken to someone from Hekovnik, I was told you don't have to be a professional to take the course, you just have to be familiar with basic programming concept. So this isn't a l33t class.

"Women serious about coding read specs in the same fashion as guys, there's no need to make it "nice" at the expense of the content of the course." Not saying women read specs differently. What I believe in is that we all learn better in a positive environment. Which is even more important for beginners. And while you might like the fact that you'll be digging into the unknown, a lot of people, female and male, might not. Why turn those away?

Mind you, my comments arose from talking to *actual woman* who want to learn more about Python (i.e. not total beginners), but were put off by the copy. Did you talk about any women about how you felt or is the comment just a reflection of how you, an insider, feel?

"Secondly, Python is not just about web development, emphasizing this would be a mistake." Sigh. The post wasn't about Python. Feel free to replace Python with Pink Ponies or something if it helps.

"The copy should be written coder friendly, gender is irrelevant and python compiler does not discriminate." The compiler doesn't discriminate, copy however does. Have you read this post? http://www.ere.net/2013/03/...

"Last, but not least. Slovenia is not India. Complaining about the possibilities for women in technology here is an insult to oppressed women, especially in the third world - they need help and support." That's like saying we shouldn't help the poor in Slovenia because the poor in India have it much worse. I can't do much about Indian women (wish I could), but I do have the opportunity to change my local community. Also, everyone loves talking about Marissa Mayer. How about all the women who left careers in tech because they were fed up with all the sexism? Look up some stats, Marissa is the exception, not the rule (unfortunately).

And your startup workshop at Roglab was also a wonderful exception to the rule, that's certainly good news! But more often than not, I'm still one of the few women at startup/tech events in Slovenia. Andraž did a wonderful analysis of the gender gap at the Faculty of CS in Ljubljana: http://andraz.wpengine.com/....

It's easy talking about how the "compiler" doesn't discriminate. Yes, code doesn't discriminate. The geek culture however does. Choosing a career in IT is still seen as an unusual choice for a women. Coding is still as something women don't do. Am I making this up? No, that's what women, applying for our Rails Girls workshops, wrote over and over again. They have good ideas, a desire to learn, but don't know where to start and don't feel welcome in various hackerspaces. We can either blame this on them because they're not more like we are, or we can extend a helping hand, make them feel welcome. I certainly think the startup/tech scene could benefit from more diversity and we should try everything in our power to make different people feel more welcome.

Sorry if this makes you feel uncomfortable (ah, scratch that, it should be an uncomfortable topic!), but the gender gap in IT is real and it's time we started talking about it. It's not that women aren't allowed to take CS courses or that computers shut down when they detect female presence. The problem is that women don't see a career in tech an appealing choice and that they don't feel welcome in the industry unless they become one of the boys. By 2015 we'll have up to a million of ICT job vacancies in Europe. We don't have enough white, straight geeks to fill that need. It's time to open the gates wider.

Re: Why The Hell Should I Pay Feedly For These Basic Features? - by Brian Proffitt

Alja Isakovic — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 03:47:31 -0000

I have to wonder, Brian, have you ever tried making your own search engine or cloud service for that matter? These things aren't free, cheap or easy. It's like asking why journalists should get paid for writing articles if anyone can publish their opinions online these days.

And then there's this: "But I have to wonder if this is the way cloud services are going to go now—requiring payment for features that were once considered to be pretty much a given." A given? Seriously? We were (and still are) paying Google with our own personal information. And get served ads in return. Nice deal, eh? Personally, I'm happy to pay for a good service and avoid that kind of deal. And search is by no means just a little feature. Reeder and similar apps relied on Google's RSS infrastructure to make this work, they didn't have to build their own service from scratch like Feedly is doing with Feedly Cloud.

Re: BlackBerry Q10 – test na dlani

Alja Isakovic — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:31:24 -0000

Mislim, da ne.

Re: BlackBerry Q10 – test na dlani

Alja Isakovic — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:30:37 -0000

Je Maine Coon, ja, in hvala, res je simpatičen mobitel.

Re: Nokia 206 – test na dlani

Alja Isakovic — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:10:14 -0000

Kaj dosti večje, kot je na slikah prikazano, žal ne gre. Mislim, da sem imela povsod izbrano možnost "Veliko".

Re: Samsung Galaxy Express – test na dlani

Alja Isakovic — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:20:25 -0000

HTC One X je jasno bolj zmogljiv, ker gre za mobitel višjega cenovnega razreda. Je pa lanski model, tako da nadgradnje nad Android 4.2 najverjetneje ne bo videl.

Re: Nokia Lumia 820 – test na dlani

Alja Isakovic — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:33 -0000

Lumia 820, ker gre za novejši model.

Re: iAlja: I quit Evernote: why a company shouldn't choose good looks over their core functionality

Alja Isakovic — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:04:22 -0000

Seems like a very familiar story, unfortunately. It's really a shame to see such a great service having major problem with syncing, one of their core features. Luckily Dropbox provides a really solid alternative!

Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE – test na dlani

Alja Isakovic — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:21:02 -0000

Kot omenjeno v testu: SGS4 izgleda podobno kot SGS3 (in posledično Note2), vendar je tanjši in prijetnejši na otip. Ko bosta S3 in Note2 dobila nadgradnjo, tudi glede uporabe ne bo tako velikih razlik, razen pri zračnih gestah in drugih funkcijah, ki zahtevajo posebne senzorje. Najbolj opazna je gotovo razlika v velikosti zaslona, sicer modeli med sabo niti niso tako zelo različni (no, Note2 ima seveda pisalo), ima pa jasno S4 malce boljše komponente kot njegov predhodnik.

Re: Hiter prenos podatkov LTE/4G prihaja v Mobitelovo omrežje; kaj moram vedeti?

Alja Isakovic — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:29:49 -0000

Za ta mobitel naj bi bila kmalu na voljo nadgradnja, ki bo omogočila LTE. Držimo pesti, da jo dočakamo čim prej!

Re: Hiter prenos podatkov LTE/4G prihaja v Mobitelovo omrežje; kaj moram vedeti?

Alja Isakovic — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:56:25 -0000

Seveda, ampak so rezultati zelo odvisni od lokacije in drugih spremenljivk (tudi znotraj Ljubljane sem prišla do različnih številk, od 20 do 40 Mbps konkretno). Na Twitterju je že kar nekaj uporabnikov objavilo rezultate Speedtesta iz svojega kraja, lahko preveriš tudi na lastno pest v Telekomovih prodajnih centrih. Večino uporabnikov sicer po moje bolj zanima, ali se LTE v praksi pozna in tukaj je odgovor vsekakor da.

Re: iAlja: I quit Evernote: why a company shouldn't choose good looks over their core functionality

Alja Isakovic — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:18:20 -0000

Yeah, I know Trello, but I primarily need a clean and simple writing tool, and iA Writer fits my needs perfectly :)

Re: Goodbye Blogger, Hello Octopres!

Alja Isakovic — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:28:14 -0000

Thanks, Fleep! And yeah, I'm afraid we'll be seeing more and more free services we love and rely on shutting down. So it's either self-hosting (or having everything available in an open format that can easily be moved) or paying for those really great services. I'm definitely more cautious about "free" (aka ad supported) services now.

Re: Goodbye Blogger, Hello Octopres!

Alja Isakovic — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:52:05 -0000

Thanks! And the comments really seem to be working *phew* :)

Re: iAlja: I quit Evernote: why a company shouldn't choose good looks over their core functionality

Alja Isakovic — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:10:27 -0000

You have to do it in the Dropbox app

Re: iAlja: I quit Evernote: why a company shouldn't choose good looks over their core functionality

Alja Isakovic — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:18:02 -0000

If you Favorite (Star) them individually, yes. I've found iCloud gets more confused when working offline than Dropbox. So, with Dropbox you just need to make sure you've favorited the files you need offline.

Re: iAlja: I quit Evernote: why a company shouldn't choose good looks over their core functionality

Alja Isakovic — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:46:34 -0000

You're welcome! Dropbox works really well too, perhaps even easier to use than iCloud. And yes, now that I got used to Markdown, I really can't see myself going back to the increasingly bloated Evernote.

Re: Oglej si posnetek nenavadne predstavitve mobitela Samsung Galaxy S4

Alja Isakovic — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:17:57 -0000

Hvala za obvestilo - očitno je Samsung pred kratkim naložil novo verzijo s porezanim začetkom. Povezava je sedaj popravljena; prijeten ogled! :)

Re: iAlja: I quit Evernote: why a company shouldn't choose good looks over their core functionality

Alja Isakovic — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:10:14 -0000

I understand syncing bumps now and then, but it was a recurring issue for me and I was relying on the service (and paying for it!) as my main working tool. It would all be solved if they could just implement a user alert when the syncing doesn't work as expected (a relatively easy thing considering they keep a detailed log on the machine).

That said, while it was working, I was very happy with it. So if that part works for you, Evernote is a great choice, and you do get used to the UI.

Re: iAlja: How I found great chocolate in Brussels and glimpsed the flame of hope

Alja Isakovic — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:23:52 -0000

Thanks, Chris! And yes, we can also do good by speaking up about all the good that's happening around us. I love that part: "We can be a force for good and shine the light." -> it should be our mission statement! :)

Re: iAlja: I quit Evernote: why a company shouldn't choose good looks over their core functionality

Alja Isakovic — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:27:05 -0000

Glad to hear you find my post useful, thanks for stopping by!

Re: Nokia Lumia 820 – test na dlani

Alja Isakovic — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:20:48 -0000

S tem sem hotela izpostaviti predvsem očitno razliko v občutku v roki med modeloma (polikarbonat je v vsakem primeru plastika). Pri Lumii 920 ni tistega klasičnega "plastičnega" občutka, kot pri modelu 820.

Re: iAlja: Why I write at least 750 words a day

Alja Isakovic — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:00:16 -0000

Glad to hear that! And sure you can do it, you just need to make 15 mins or so each day for the site and you will be fine :) Day by day, don't worry about how bad or good what you're writing is. Just go with the flow, and good luck!