Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
I don't think there's enough meat to make this into a GTD or even a DSN-style mantra.
I've been thinking about outcome based actions. This is where you make decisions on your next action based not on what you want to do now but rather based on what result you might ...
Posted in Commentary, Do Something Now, infurious | No Comments »
Friday, April 27th, 2007
I can't speak for the bank themselves, but their advertising company deserves some kudos. This made me chuckle.
RaboDirect Advert (flash video).
Posted in Commentary, Cool | No Comments »
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Nice knowing ya John. And do buy the Rayman game. It's just really stupid.
I got mine a month ago and it's changed my life. I no longer need human companionship. It'll be even better when they sort out the obvious thing and make the Mii have any relation to ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool, Games | No Comments »
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
The Scobleizer writes: Doubleclick turned down Microsoft and were bought by Google instead.
I'd previously riffed off Paul Graham on this idea that Microsoft may actually be dying by attrition. I know there's a lot of people who are wowed by WPF but I'm not particularly bothered and yet the ...
Posted in Commentary, Startup, infurious | No Comments »
Saturday, April 14th, 2007
The last thing I got from Skype on my SkypeIn frustrations was on 17th March.
Thank you for contacting Skype Support.
Maybe there is something wrong with the numbers of the certain area code that you have. As I have mentioned I will get more info from the PSTN this Monday.
I really ...
Posted in Bedouin, Commentary | 1 Comment »
Friday, April 13th, 2007
James, the Clever Bugger, has used the Google MyMaps feature to produce one of those push-pin maps of Ireland to identify co-working locations in Ireland.
I thought it would be useful to have the following colour scheme for pushpins -
Red = possible (requiring a lot of negotiation)
Yellow = probable (being ...
Posted in Bedouin, CoWorking, Cool, Startup, infurious | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Posted in Commentary | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
James writes about the difference between Jaiku and Twitter:
I actually registered for Jaiku last year but soon gave it up for the busier Twitter. That's the argument Robert Scoble makes in favour of the latter - that community (and simplicity) wins. He might be right...
I reckon that Twitter is ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool, infurious | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
A new blog designed to promote and collect information about collaborative workspaces in Ireland. Community driven and non-profit and hosting the first of my posts on the subject.
Last year when I started all of this, I was sufficiently keen on the concept of Bedouin workspaces that I wrote up a ...
Posted in Bedouin, CoWorking, Commentary, News, Startup | No Comments »
Sunday, April 8th, 2007
Is Microsoft dead or not?
Paul Graham says yes.. He's referring to the reduction in stature of the mighty giant from being the unstoppable force of the 90s into one of many software giants that may affect the future. In the past I've referred to the "big three" as GMY as ...
Posted in Commentary, Startup, infurious | 3 Comments »