Archive for the ‘Bedouin’ Category
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Jason Morris, an ex-colleague of mine from $BIG_COMPANY, has released his latest app to the iTunes App Store. It's called Hostel Hero - and pretty much delivers everything I would have wanted for budget accommodation when travelling.
For those of us attending WWDC in June this year, it may prove ...
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Over the last couple of weeks, in line with recent developments in networks derived from companies interested in software innovation I've had to explain that the next generation of mobile phones are not actually phones but ultra-portable computers. And it's not their surprising computing power which makes them special - ...
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I was very happy to see Andy post this on Twitter just a few minutes ago as we'd been sitting on it for so long, working out numbers and trying to figure out how to pay for things.
The Good: The rent and rates are affordable and the room itself is ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Ian Graham of TheCodeFactory.ca writes about whether we CREATE or FACILITATE communities:
Create is in fact a very strong word and implies that you make something from nothing. If you read the bible you will recall the story of creation. In seven days God created the earth, man and all of ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Andy and I viewed a great location today for Co-Working. We'll likely post photos over the next day or so but right now we're wanting to know who will be interested in taking a space. It really is time to put your chips on the table. I've also posted a ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Bernie Goldbach wrote a comment:
And accepting the iPhone’s poor battery performance by suggesting a clever work-around is fine, as long as you also accept its leading role as the phone with one of the largest carbon footprints.
My reply:
Phones don’t have carbon footprints. People do. When I’m using my iPhone I’m ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
One half of the issues of being 'Bedouin' is the relative scarcity of net access. There's heaps of WiFi out there, 3G and EDGE connections but every now and then you find yourself bereft of networks to attach to, for instance, in the middle of the North Sea. You can ...
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
pTerm, a new SSH client for the iPhone has been released - but seems to be only in the US App Store.
Why is this important to me?
Because I'm managing customers while away from the office. That's the way things go when you work alone.
Thankfully there's been no emergencies ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
We start out the trip with more than two days at sea. This means intermittent mobile signals and potential for high costs. There's also been zero data - not 3G, not EDGE, not even GPRS.
Travelling by water really helps you appreciate the distances between places.
It ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
A couple of weeks ago I bought a FreeLoader solar battery which is expressly designed to recharge your little tech gadgets. This week, I added a supercharger to it (that's the large green thing). The whole kit itself costs about £50.
It's not terribly sunny here but the freeloader battery charges ...
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