NiMUG meeting Monday 24th March
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Yes, it's Easter Monday but don't let that stop you. Here's the details.
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Yes, it's Easter Monday but don't let that stop you. Here's the details.
iPlayer on my iPhone
Thursday, February 21st, 2008From TUAW: Hot on the heels of Auntie releasing a selection of videos for sale via the iTunes Store, we somehow missed yesterday's sneaky revelation that the BBC is intending to release some form of the BBC iPlayer for iPod touch and iPhone 'in the coming weeks.' iPlayer is a mixed bag. ...
Pushing for a Tech-Hub in Belfast
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008DavidJRice expresses some polite frustration at the number of potentially misguided approaches to government (central and local) funding of creative and technology industries. He's right, of course. There is a disconnect between what is happening and what the "gubmint" thinks is happening. When you see people organising themselves for events because ...
NiMUG Meeting: Monday 18th Feb, 7 pm
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008NiMUG are having another meeting!. They're also looking for some Professional Mac users who might want to show off a demo of what they do with their Macs. Or why they use the tools they do. Anyone fancy a few minutes of free advertising?
BT - an exercise in excellence
Monday, January 28th, 2008Not content to let Orange and O2 be the only idiots in town, BT have stepped in. First they LIED about the activation date for the line itself and now they can't give us any forecast of when the line will be made available to broadband. They claim to have ...
Map of Free WiFi in Ireland (and the Black North)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008James, the EirePreneur, is maintaining a map of Free (or cheap) WiFi hotspots in Ireland. Log into GMail and then you can add extras. I've added a few in the North, mostly centred around McDonalds (which explains why I look like I've been Supersized). Add some more in? What about your ...
iPhone versus 3G Phone web shootout
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007A German web site did a test between the iPhone and a recent 3G phone in web rendering. Time in seconds taken to render the following web sites WebseiteiPhone(EDGE, 2.5G)Nokia E61i (UMTS, 3G) Die Zeit7679 EBay3026 Applephoneinfo3127 You also have to consider that the iPhone renders it better but that may be an entirely subjective thing.
Digital Nomads
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007I've spent a lot of time in the past talking about "Going Bedouin", an idea of working that I adore and which I have tried to do for several years, while working for a large telecoms company and also while working for my own company. I feel it helped the ...
Blame Apple. Blame Steve Jobs. Don’t blame the technology pundit.
Saturday, December 8th, 2007So, here's the deal. Let's say you want a job as an IT pundit. You first find out whether there's any jobs. There's one at ITWire, a site that reports to be "connecting technology professionals". You use your charm and wit to get a job. Brilliant. They didn't bother to ...
Modern work environments
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007From the San Jose Mercury NewsLike other valley stalwarts, including Intel and Sun Microsystems, Cisco is casting aside the cubicle culture that has thrived in the United States since the late 1960s. In its place, the company is embracing a new workplace design that saves space and money, and encourages ...