Jullian’s Musings

I was administering my domain today and noticed that I still have the sub-domain banpu.makanyuk.com available. Almost hard to believe that it was from October and November last year that they started to screw – and then later – steal from me.

I contemplated taking it down because it is just taking up space, but it actually reminds me to be better, be more alert of liars – they can come in any form – multinational companies even, and last but not least, it keeps me being angry. It keeps me sharp, boy!

For all of you who haven’t joined me in discussing this whole fiasco via web developers and Linux mail list, I’ll soon (pending office work time availability) post the seedy details of this whole crap here on Jullian’s Musings.

I just hope that by posting this all will keep other IT workers from being screwed over by this corporation. Freelancers, check the background of the company you’re doing work for, and make sure you demand at least 50% down payment – No Exceptions!

I was helping my coworker today moving web domains where I have to log into the domain registration company’s website at http://www.techscape.com. This later turns to be a nightmare when I found out that this website only works with Internet Explorer, under windows and have to have the latest flash plugins available. I had to move computers to the only computer in the office with Windows that was available to me and do my job there. Afterward though, I looked inside the codes for that website, and I tell you,… these people created a web that is classic list of “do-nots” for web design and building:

1. Stupid thing 1: Force people to have flash. At first, I thought that they might be using flash for interacting with databases, but apparently not. They simply use it for banners and eye candy! If they really want to use those crap, why not let people without flash or whatever still access the site?
2. Stupid thing 2: Forcing people to use IE and Windows for no good reason whatsoever
3. Stupid thing 3: No using web standards whatsoever such as DOCTYPE, still using table-based design, and minimal use of CSS. This is just plain uneducated

I would have understand if this is a corporate website for a non-technology company. The problem is, that this is a website for a IT company. I hope they are not an illustration of the present picture of IT in Indonesia, though I’m afraid that it might be somewhat true.

I finally decided to migrate to wordpress from the one that was built totally from the ground. I don’t have enough time to deal with my own personal website on a full time basis, and wordpress is a powerful enough framework to do it in. I hope you enjoy this change and I’ll check back on your comments later.