Category: Technology

I work in technology sector. And I do round a clock, not only from 9 to 5. It is my bread and butter, it is my hobby, it is the fascination of my life. And with the current rate of change particular in information technology (IT), there is always something new to learn, to try, to talk about. I often post news, thoughts, and reviews. And when I do, this is the category I use.

Fiverr redesigns the site for version 3

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Fiverr is introducing a new, redesigned website, which is now at version 3.  It’s slicker and simpler.  There are more categories and subcategories.  And overall it seems more focused.  I think Fiverr spent some time thinking over the direction they want to go, and they figured it out:

Since our founding, Fiverr aims to make buying a service as easy as buying a product on Amazon. Our goal is to provide an “e-commerce experience” that empowers our creative community to package their skills as products, enabling the buying and selling of services in just a few clicks, while eliminating unnecessary sales friction. We call this concept SaaP (Services-as-a-Product).

I like this new look.  Much more than the old one.  And I’ve tried to stay away from the old one, because Fiverr is addictive.  Once you buy something, all you want to do is keep buying.  This the 21st century shopping mall.  I don’t just want products.  I want products built specifically for me.  And I want them cheap.  And that’s Fiverr for you.

Am I Responsive? Preview!

Am I Responsive? – this is a brilliant tool!  You can type the URL you are interested in, click “Go!” button and see the preview of the URL on four different screen sizes – large desktop, medium desktop, tablet, and smartphone.  No waiting in queue, no screenshots – all is live, scrollable and instant.  There is also a bookmarklet which you can add to your browser and then preview any page with a single click.  You can even rearrange the preview screens by dragging them around.  And on top of all of that, even the localhost URLs work – the killer feature for any web developer!

Upgrading to Skype 4.3 on Linux

Today Skype failed to log me in on one of my Fedora Linux laptops.  That, I guess, is a part of the force upgrade to Skype 4.3.  While doing so, I came across two issues:

  1. Download Skype page is broken in Google Chrome.  After choosing the Linux distribution nothing happens.  Switching to Firefox helps.
  2. The new, upgraded Skype crashes about 2 seconds after a successful login.  When started from the command line, a simple Aborted message is displayed.  Nothing more.  (Maybe because I have core dumps disabled).  After a bit of Googling around, all you need to do is rename your ~/.Skype/ folder into something else and restart Skype.  This will lose your history, some settings, and edited contact names.  But the Skype will work and your contacs will still show up in correct groups.

No “thank you” to you, Microsoft.  Huge thank you to you, Google.  Once again you saved the day.