Andy's TransAmerica Trail Cycle 2008
This is way off topic but far more US readers visit here than my other blog so here it is! I “met” Andy through answering a question about blogging on LinkedIn . I guess this shows there are non-bu...
Web/Tech
Hackers are people too...
Is it prejudice that leads you to think of hackers as “ anonymous low life somewhere over there ” (wherever there is!)? Then you read the local news and see this prick* who is right here! * Neth...
LinkedIn lives!
I’ve had a profile on LinkedIn , the business focused social network site, for quite a while. It recently had a major make-over and I find the new interface much more approachable. It also seems...
Guy Kawasaki with Steve Ballmer? - Mix08
What is former Apple Evangelist, Venture Capitalist and “Democratizer of information” Guy Kawasaki doing at Mix? Armed with a MacBook Air, he’s talking to Steve Ballmer , Microsoft CEO, about Yahoo...
CAD and BIM General
Design productivity secrets from "Google User Experience", and a flaw in their UX?
“UX is an acronym for "user experience." but many of the principles discussed apply to all design projects. ChangeOrder: Secrets of UX Design Productivity from Google Last Thursday, I attended a...
Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope, breathtaking!
This is what made Robert Scoble cry and Buzz Bruggeman, CEO of ActiveWords , called "the best thing he’s seen in years from Microsoft" a couple of weeks ago. Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong introduce the Worldwide Telescope at TED: http://static.videoegg.
Microsoft offer 5GB of "Cloud" - Windows Live SkyDrive
Microsoft have released SkyDrive, their “cloud” storage solution, from beta and now offer 5GB storage in 38 countries, including New Zealand. That’s a ray of sunshine on a gloomy Auckland day. W...
Will Microsoft + Yahoo mean MicrosoftYahoo!Xtra Bubble for Kiwis?
I’m not sure what to make of “Microsoft Yahoo!” which led the business news when I woke up this morning. Wasn’t it last year that Steve Ballmer said Microsoft were going to be doing small acquisitions...
Web/Tech
The Warehouse ditch mainframes
So that’s what they’ve been doing in the server room Jade helps The Warehouse ditch mainframes - New Zealand's source for technology news on Stuff.co.nz The retailer's mainframes, which were...
The MacBook Air - Form without function?
It looks lovely, but then you see at all the compromises in spec and wonder… If Apple are so smart why can’t, or won’t, they design a user replaceable battery ? I’d rather have one of these
Great service from Telecom New Zealand Broadband!
After the mess of the Yahoo!Xtra Bubble transition it’s nice to be able to compliment Telecom New Zealand Broadband – currently branded as “Yahoo!Xtra”. I awoke on Saturday to find no broadband and...
Caring for your Photo Memory Cards
There are some great tips about caring for your memolry cards, especially the last one which might even help if you loose one! 13 Tips for Using and Caring for Memory Cards - digital-photography...