After months of putting it off I am looking for a new phone (current one is held together by tape), the whole process is very difficult. Windows Mobile 5.0 for push email and seamless Outlook integration HSDPA or at least 3G 240 x 240 minimum screen resolution QWERTY Keyboard WLAN 802.11 b/g (a would beContinue reading “In search of a new phone”
Category Archives: Technology
The innovators dilemma
Another article from the NY Times where it seems the technology that “made†the pornography industry is being used against itself and as such could fundamentally change the industry. Basically as Clayton Christensen called it “The Innovator’s Dilemmaâ€. Existing powerhouses invest heavily in technology (the big traditional pornography houses) only to be beaten at theirContinue reading “The innovators dilemma”
Cyber attacks, SaaS, SOA and your business
Over the last month or so Estonia (a small Baltic nation) has been under attack, not a traditional military attack but a cyber attack. The NY Times provides a good run down (via Kim Cameron) of what has been going on. When Estonian authorities began removing a bronze statue of a World War II-era SovietContinue reading “Cyber attacks, SaaS, SOA and your business”
Real cool technology
Two very cool things I found today. Google Map’s new Street View as a major source of distraction, the privacy issues with this are going to be huge, in the meantime it is very cool. The second was from Duncan Riley’s post on Techcrunch about Microsoft’s Surface Computer (I’m kind of behind on the techContinue reading “Real cool technology”
Dying technology skills
I love lists that state concretely what is going to happen, cause they are usually wrong. However this list of dead or dying technology skills from ComputerWorld looks like it might be on the money. Cobol Non-Relational Databases Non-IP Networks cc:Mail ColdFusion C Programmers PowerBuilder Certified NetWare Engineers PC Network administrators OS/2 To test outContinue reading “Dying technology skills”
Replacement eStarling Photo Frame
When I returned from Hong Kong there was a package waiting for me in the mal room. The folks over at ThinkGeek and eStarling have been very nice and provided us who purchased a 1st generation eStarling Wireless Photo Frame with a replacement. Why? Well the first frame had a few issues, was a bitContinue reading “Replacement eStarling Photo Frame”
Google searching trends
The Google Australia blog has an interesting post on the searching trends/patterns of Australians, the post provides some insight into what make Australian’s tick. The way we search is in some ways not surprising. Proportionally, Australians do the most searches for meat pies, Aussie Rules, sunshine, sunburn, sea change, air conditioning, beer, Torana, snake, waterContinue reading “Google searching trends”
Why Web 2.0 sucks
Charlie over at This is going to be BIG has pulled together a list of 10 reasons Web 2.0 sucks. In reading the post I found that it tied in nicely with some of the things in my recent post about how many people were really online. Go read the full post to get allContinue reading “Why Web 2.0 sucks”
Did You Know video follow up post
A couple of weeks I posted about a video called “Did You Know“, the video has done the rounds on blogs but few people (that I have seen) been able to point out the source. Today via SoulSoup I found the source of the video, the original presentation and the source documents for the statistics.Continue reading “Did You Know video follow up post”
I regret to inform you
that I think we broke Twitter it just does not seem to want to work today via the web or IM. Add to that that I can no long find myself on TwitterMap! I guess I need a new toy and Twittervision was so addictive. All when we had just got Knightwise to give itContinue reading “I regret to inform you”
Michael Specht 