My name is Petros Rigas, an IT expert and Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) living and working in Bangkok, Thailand. I have posted information related to my experience, background, and general interests. Do feel free to leave comments or visit my contact page to reach me directly.
This is regarding a ‘Gmail Email Account Verification Hoax’. I must admit even techies are fooled into clicking on links that lead to sites with spyware or ‘malware’. Note the below email I just received from someone masquerading as Google Gmail. The subject of the email is: ‘Email Account Verification‘ and the content goes as [...]
Don’t get me wrong! I’m all for Cloud Computing and how it’s transforming the way companies use technology to streamline their business and support operations. I fully support the ‘cloud’ and why it should be exploited by companies to help reduce their technology costs. Yet what is missing from this whole equation in South East Asia [...]
I was browsing the net for templates used in Project Management and came across this Project Timeline spreadsheet, which I think is useful for Project Managers across various industries. The template separates Project tasks into five different phases: 1. Planning 2. Team 3. Prototype 4. Implementation 5. Closure The template may have been designed by [...]
Facebook Loading Issues! Have you had issues with opening the Facebook page from your Google Chrome or even with Mozilla Firefox? Let me illustrate the problem further. You browse to http://www.facebook.com and the page loads and loads and loads…yet nothing comes up. You notice a message on the bottom status bar that says: “waiting for [...]
My parents married in 1973 – during a time of prosperity and peace in Lebanon. At the time, Lebanon was a center of attraction for tourists all over. It was the “Switzerland of the Middle East” – as one put it. My parents resided in an apartment building in Western Beirut. The inhabitants of the [...]
I was born to a Lebanese/Greek father and a Lebanese mother. His name was Pavlos Rigas and hers is Hellen Fattal. I have no memories of my father. He died when I was 7 months old. It was during the prime of the Lebanese war with Syria and the sectarian conflicts that surmounted after. My [...]
I always think of my grandfather. And when I do so, I wish I could go back in time and change things. I loved my grandfather. I still do. Only now he’s not there to tell him. I only wish I could tell him today. I could have made things better for him. The world is [...]
So what are Content Delivery Networks? Nothing better than defining this than by example. Say you’re hosting a website on a server in the US or in Europe whereas your customers are in Asia. You may have done so because of cheaper hosting fees and most likely better support. You start off with a few [...]
If you’ve always been used to checking into Foursquare from your Blackberry, and suddenly Foursquare is not able to detect your location, then after investigation you figure BBM Service is Disconnected (under Foursquare Options), the solution to this is to upgrade your BBM (or Blackberry Messenger) to version 6. As soon as you do so, [...]
No ‘Shutdown’ !! OMG-Facts explain Steven Jobs was afraid of death. The concept of total cessation frightened him. He felt the experiences we encounter in this life raise us to another level of attained knowledge. And he reflected this belief in his products’ designs. Apple products don’t have a shutdown button. I remember when I first [...]
