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Dec 23rd

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I really liked @bbcnickrobinson views on...

I really liked Nick Robinson’s views on journalism and professionalism in BBC Radio4 Today program this morning. He was rather concerned about undercover journalists recording Vince Cable’s boasts while he though he was talking to his constituents. Nick’s view was that it’s not professional to record secretly unless we are talking about criminal activity and would most...

Dec 22nd

Dec 21st

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Flexible approach to working

Going through my weekly news feeds I came across some thoughts by Guy Horton on dissolving office space as we know it. In article “The Indicator: My Head is in the Cloud Office” he discusses flexible approach to work, one that should be embraced by architects. I would extend it to majority of professions where work does not need to happen at work, i.e. people not in front-line...

Dec 19th

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Smart, smarter and even smarter…

I have been following industry news for smart systems for years. Starting with smart phones back in 2000 (see my first not very smart phone) the communication industry has turned into IT and many traditional electronic companies are where nobody expected them even 15 years ago. Good examples are Siemens, IBM and Nokia whereas some of their competitors (read: Samsung, Sharp, etc.) are desperately...

Dec 17th

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2011 business card sized calendar

Someone sent me a link to a very useful business card sized calendar for 2011. You can download it from the Grafish Design website and print out at home. Just make sure you comply with the rules they set out.

Dec 16th

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#TED ten commandments for creative people and...

Reading through some older unread posts (this time from swiss-miss), I found this rather joyful collection of wisdom dating back to 2006 by Tim Longhurst. I hope I did not leave the author out, this is how far I managed to track the origins of this message. Anyway, reading through these words of wisdom / advise / commandments, I realised this should be part of every curriculum for the higher...

Dec 16th

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Deleted your #GMail contact and sync'd your phone?...

There are many times in life when a do-over can come in handy. Perhaps you clicked “Send” on an email that was better left unsaid, or “Delete” on a contact before realizing you still needed it. Just like Gmail lets you unsend a message, you can now have a second chance with your contacts too. That’s what I like about the modern era IT - forward thinking. Google just announced it can turn...

Dec 15th

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#Facebook Global reach visualised

Another day, another astonishing social media revelation. I really like visualised data maps and this is just another good example. I can clearly see why half of #Estonia is said to be in #Facebook… Link to full size image. [via Facebook]

Dec 14th

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#Wikirebels, a documentary on #wikileaks. I came across this while trawling my daily blogs and it seems to rather a comprehensive overview of what kind of animal #Wikileaks organisation is. It’s time-line extends to the last week when Julian Assange walked to one of police stations in London to be extradited to Sweden. A clever move, would you say? To avoid rewriting the story,...

Dec 13th

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Santa Claus detector

In case, this was not included in your daily blog-roll, here is an invention (pending patents?) that should be in every decent home to ensure its inhabitants know when the Santa has been around. I wonder if it could also tweet updates… Thomas Cane’s “Santa Claus detector,” patented in 1996, combines yuletide spirit with cold-hearted espionage. Kids booby-trap the hearth as shown on...

Dec 13th

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What’s happening in the cloud this fall?

There’s a lot of talk about cloud computing, IT consumerisation and moving toward smarter systems, but a handful of people only seem to know what is hidden behind these keywords. And more importantly (as the topics are hot!) what’s in this for us as consumers of IT services? I will touch on smart systems and consumerisation later and give an overview of cloud-based trends and approaches in this...

Dec 11th

Dec 8th

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Google #chromebook pilot program opened... not for...

I just read from engadget blog about Google’s to be net/notebook running Chromium web OS. It is either one or anther depending on the specs. And we do not know what those are likely to be. Should you happen to be in the US, you’ll be able to participate in pilot program and get one of these chromebooks for free. When is Google going to open up for European market to have slightly more...

Dec 7th

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Dec 4th

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Dec 4th

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Dec 3rd

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Watch

Reading through my usual blog roll, I came across this really interesting presentation by Rachel Sussman who has been photographing oldest living organisms in the world for the past couple of years. Thanks, #swissmiss!

Dec 3rd

Slice Safety Cutter

Found this cutter via The Awesomer. Looking at this shot, I can’t really work out how finger friendly it can be… Nevertheless I like the idea. Sure it is useful, but the design resembles the corrector mouse :-)

Dec 3rd

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Dec 3rd