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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007John Chow is running a contest to win signed copies of Tim Ferriss’ book The 4-Hour Workweek … along with leaving a comment (done) and Stumbling it (done) you get an entry with a post. Well you all know how I like books so I’m happy to post about this…
If you want to know what it [...]
Foldera upgrades to version 3 and enters public beta
Saturday, June 30th, 2007Some time ago I got my invite into Foldera and I played around with it a little. We were all e-mailed during the week about upgrades in progress and this is the outcome:
Collaborative communications tool, Foldera, is going into public beta today with the release of their 3.0 version (Note: Michael Arrington is on the [...]
Pownce is the evolution of collaboration meets social media meets P2P
Friday, June 29th, 2007Pownce has been out for barely two days, the new car smell hasn't faded and we're still finding pieces of bubble wrap everywhere, but people have been begging for invites (myself included and I finally got one, thanks again Robert) all day. So Pownce is hot, so what? I think Ross Mayfield has the answer [...]
Commune for Victoria geeks? Coworking in Victoria?
Friday, April 27th, 2007Next week I move to Victoria. I've been in BC for seven years now, and for all this time I've been not only working from home, but also living on the semi-rural Southern Gulf Islands. Moving to Victoria is a big change for me. Walking or biking to stores is a real option. Hanging out [...]
Twitter might not be different than IRC, but the technologies are better
Saturday, April 14th, 2007Daniel Bowen poses this question on Geek Rant:
So what’s so different about Twitter? Or is it just another case of a new, shiny, evolving (but not revolutionary) thing getting all the hype? Source: Geek Rant dot org » Twitter hype
He has a good point, how is Twitter different from IRC or any other similar [...]
Web Worker Daily's hints for getting into work mode–I think they wrote it for me
Thursday, April 5th, 2007Well of course they didn't really write the article for me, but you know the feeling when just getting started with the work day is an all out struggle:
Sometimes it’s okay to surf the web all day — you’re learning new things and connecting with people, right? — but other days you need to get [...]
Breaking News: Google Announces Google Apps Premier Edition, has MS Office in its sights
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007InformationWeek has broken the news tonight that Google has taken the wraps off the much-rumored Google Apps Premier Edition. Michael at Techcrunch got wind that something was up for today (it's Thursday already) and updated his post with the news. From IW:
Google Apps Premier Edition, unveiled Thursday, features online e-mail, calendaring, messaging and talk applications [...]
Just where am I located?
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007As sort of a follow up to my post about looking for a new gig (which I still am), I'm often asked where the heck I am. Well, I'm on Pender Island, BC (link to Google Maps), which is between Victoria and Vancouver. I'm often asked, as well, about working from home and travel. I've [...]
War driving for power
Friday, December 15th, 2006Ah life on the Coast. Out here in Southern BC we've been nailed with three big storms in like 7 days. Each one has brought its own rash of trees down and power outages. This morning as Lorraine work up early to open the store she let me know that we had no power, again. [...]
Minnesota is deploying a solar-powered WiFi mesh network … a model for more?
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006While I'm still dreaming of setting up my own WiFi mesh network, looks like the state of Minnesota is charging (pun intended) ahead with a network of all-weather, solar-powered WiFi mesh network devices:
No, that headline is not a joke by Garrison Keillor. From a state better known for wind chill and the latest in fur-trimmed [...]
Crayon, the ultimate virtual company
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006This is just breaking news here. Just caught that Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz will be launching a new marketing company called Crayon (love the logo) on Nov 26. Techcrunch has it as a part of a Second Life post. What is going to make Crayon interesting to watch is that it is going to [...]
Office 2.0 my foot! I still won't drink the online office app Koolaid
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006Yeah I could have chosen a less polite part of my anatomy, but this is a family show. Regardless, lost of chatter about "Office 2.0". Use all the traditional "Office" apps online … anywhere, anytime, anybody! Phooey!
C|Net has a couple pieces of coverage on this ('Office 2.0' start-ups knock on business doors — Last hurrah [...]
If you encrypt, are you guilty? U.S. Customs peaking into your digital life
Monday, September 25th, 2006Without a doubt air travel is a lot more complicated than it was a few years ago. First, there was the "turn on your electronic devices" check. Not a problem, except for slow-booting laptops or if your cell phone battery was flat. Then came the free keyboard cleaning service (wiping your case and keyboard for [...]
Later Vonage … back to Telus
Friday, August 18th, 2006Update: Okay this is complete bull sh*t … Vonage is charging almost $150 to disconnect from their service. Can you freakin' believe that garbage? Is this how Vonage is padding their revenues charging people to remove the service?!? I'm sorry, but this is not just bad service and stupid but bordering on a mugging. "Gee, [...]
Mild-mannered teleworker by day …
Thursday, August 10th, 2006When night falls he roams the world looking for free WiFi, EVDO enabled cell zones, helping computer users in need and live blogging. He is … Super Geek!
Always armed with an assortment of writing implements, a Blackberry, and handy multi-scale ruler. Weakness: receiving only junk mail in the mail. Can be distracted by a cool [...]
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