There has been a bit of talk recently about viewing blogs on mobile devices. Dave Winer has even built a tool to help out. Personally I don’t tend to use a mobile device to view anything, the costs are just too prohibitive here in Australia. However I do think the idea is very cool andContinue reading “Viewing blogs on mobile devices”
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Find It in Pre-Beta
Trevor Cook dropped me a note today saying that a new classifieds service has gone into pre-Beta in Australia. The service is FindIt. One the surface it is a classifieds tool just like CraigsList, Google Base and many others. The scope compared to other Australian services is different, FindIt has categories covering Jobs, Real Estate,Continue reading “Find It in Pre-Beta”
Blog name
I am in search of a new name for my blog. Kevin feels I should keep the old one I do see his point but I am still going to change it. For now I am looking at calling the blog “Wabi Sabi” a Japanese term which roughly acknowledges three simple ideas nothing lasts, nothingContinue reading “Blog name”
Using Google Calendar
I recently upgraded the version of Norton Internet Security I have running at home, this has meant that I can now use Google’s Calendar on my home PC. Now I am looking into how to use Google Calendar for our household calendar. My vision, if you call it that, is to have a family calendarContinue reading “Using Google Calendar”
Live Writer Post Publishing Solution
It seems that version V2.5 of the Google Site Maps plugin was causing the issues. Once disabled, Live Writer works as expected. Now trying V3 Beta of Google Site Maps and see if it behaves with Live Writer (or the other way around), hence the multiple posts :-). Update: Yes the v3 Beta does work!
More Testing of Live Writer
As I mentioned I am testing the new Windows Live Writer, but having a couple of issues with posting to my blog. Tod Hilton was nice enough to help out and put me in contact with a couple of the developers Joe Cheng and Mike Munroe. They have had me use a tool called FiddlerContinue reading “More Testing of Live Writer”
Using Second Life for training
I have been following Second Life for awhile now just watching what happens. Personally I feel the potential for the environment is huge we just need to get over the gambling and sex that currently occupies a majority of Second Life. This is changing, there has been several conference run in Second Life, Cory DoctorowContinue reading “Using Second Life for training”
A new name and a new look
Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about my blog title and how it really does not fit, a similar problem to Heather. What with my change in jobs and being out of all things HR and HRIS from a professional point of view I think it needs a change. BeforeContinue reading “A new name and a new look”
Windows Live Writer
One of the cool new tools released this week has been the Windows Live Writer, an offline blogging client from Windows Live and it is not just for Windows Live Spaces. Writer is a great client for Windows Live Spaces but also works with other weblogs including Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress (and many others). WriterContinue reading “Windows Live Writer”
Mobile flash cards
On my way to work this morning I was listening to Chris Pirillo talking to James Wen from Positive Motion, about their new tool called Mobile Prep a mobile phone flash card program. Atf irst I was a bit skeptical about the product but listening to James and hearing his vision of how he wantsContinue reading “Mobile flash cards”
Michael Specht 