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A long time ago I confessed to @SilkCharm that I did not get Twitter and was about to abandon it. But at her urging I persisted with the darn thing. Then quite quickly there were a whole bunch of people following me, and it became necessary to develop a set
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Funny how some things change and others don't. Back in the early part of 2008 stories of Twitter's demise were prevalent. I saved this Hitwise chart back in July 2008, which showed how UK traffic was trending upwards. From the perspective of 2009 we can see
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I don't often just reproduce a copy of someone else's blog entire post - but today I've made an exception for a good cause. My buddy @nickhodge has posted a heartfelt plea to people to upgrade from Internet Explorer version 6. It is reproduced
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This question came up as I was telling a buddy - Neerav - about this blog the other day. It made me realise that a working definition of frugal living might just come in handy. The inspiration for starting this blog was a desire to start living a more simple
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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. I've been thinking about this quotation and tend to disagree with the great MLK on this
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In Sydney there is a regular Friday gathering of a group of people who are passionate about the Australian internet and technology community. These drinks go under a few names - Official Friday or Silicon Beach. Whatever it is called everybody is welcome! The current details are: * 5pm at the
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LinkedIn has become an essential business networking tool over the past year or so. It is taking even more prominence now that we are seeing an economic downturn. They have made a steady stream of changes and improvements to the site, avoiding the flashy and gimmicky. LinkedIn seemed to realise
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In 2009 it is imperative to embrace change and find a better way to manage all the cards collected in the course of business. At present the business cards pile up, then I wrap them with rubber bands. There is no real structure or process. So the plan is to
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Went with some friends to see the film Frost/Nixon last weekend. Frank Langella gave a masterful performance as Nixon, and the supporting cast was superb. It really made me think about how leadership and organizations are so tightly coupled. In the film, as in the actual interviews, Nixon makes
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This post will be updated regularly with tips people share: * http://ping.fm/yYg0e for some #frugal ideas @alecthegeek * collect as many airline travel kits as possible. Save on travel supplies and bags are useful for laptop kit etc. @alecthegeek * Buy good quality windows laptop and install Ubuntu. Secure and
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As a bit of an experiment I'm participating in National Blog Posting Month. The theme for January 2009 is 'change', and since I'm thinking a lot about change right now it seems very apt.
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One thing I realised recently is that my tendency to procrastinate can be useful tool in deferring expenditure. There were several days after Christmas when I meant to go to the shops and buy some things but never got around to it. And then, on thinking about it realised I