Archive for April, 2008

Why Twitter (or alike) should replace email

Monday, April 14th, 2008

I get a lot of email. I also have quite a few people who talk to me via Instant Messenger. On top of that there are the blogs I read. And then there's Twitter where you can have a conversation, albeit somewhat public for the most part (though private messages ...

7 Habits of Highly Successful People

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A bit of satire for a Friday afternoon courtesy of McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Skiing Yachting Snorkeling Golf Polo Dinner parties Shopping

Armchair CEO on FastCompany.tv

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A while ago I ragged on Robert Scoble (almost silently because, let's face it, who read my tripe?) because he was talking about marketing and startups and worked at Microsoft. See the oxymoron there? Working at arguably the most powerful corporation in the world (yeah, they know the backdoor codes ...

Teacakes

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Reporting the breaking news of the day we have the BBC"UK tax officials acknowledged that chocolate teacakes had been wrongly classed as biscuits in 1994, prompting M&S to launch a legal battle to have the wrongly-paid VAT returned." Anyone want to see if the price of M&S chocolate tea-cakes decreases by ...

Lunch

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Considerably better than the school canteen out at $BIG_COMPANY is pretty much everything else. Even McDonalds (because they at least give you WiFi). Today I had lunch at Kainan Cafe, at the end of Royal Avenue. They have a blog as well which impresses me no end. What you can see there ...

Who wouldn’t want to get started in movies?

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Look at this. "...four guys, a car full of props and gear, and a boatload of post-production time, can recreate the Normandy Invasion of WWII. All it takes is a lot of creativity, patience, and running. Lots of running, climbing, and, well, falling down. Mike Cane on modern film-making: "I bring up ...

Wisdom

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

DogThreeZero on Why he hates his Job. I think we all need to focus on the 98%

Nuts

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Using dried fruit and nuts to keep me off the chocolate. But, you have to ask, why is it that a nut can look fine but when you chew it, it tastes like the devil shat in your mouth. Why is it just nuts that behave this way?

Streaming Video: who pays the cost?

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

From the BBC: "A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC. ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope." So, Mr Whiny ISP guy, ...

SXSW Slide

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

No idea who posted this. If you can attribute it, hit the comments section.   [UPDATE:http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/913-question-your-work - thanks to Paul Baily]