Fox Woods

Today, a third party presented their service offering via web conference. Afterwards, the phone call...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +1000

Today, a third party presented their service offering via web conference. Afterwards, the phone call finished but they forgot to stop screen-sharing.

We watched as the presenter clicked from their PowerPoint presentation to their web browser, where they un-paused a computer game and continued to play. It was like we were witnessing The Website is Down.

I love earbuds, music, reading, colours, movies, taking leave in...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:44:00 +1000

I love earbuds, music, reading, colours, movies, taking leave in winter, unofficial long weekends, catching up, no rush, quiet time.

"A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York."

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:12:14 +1000

“A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York.”

Wetware

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:26:52 +1000

Wetware

Cuppycakes

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:38:42 +1000

Cuppycakes

Why You Can't Work at Work

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:37:44 +1000

Why You Can't Work at Work:

(by Jason Fried from 37 Signals)

I’ve been thinking about this a bit. No conclusions yet.

New toy

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:37:30 +1000

New toy

What about, instead of calling it Google Reader and RSS, it’s called Google Dashboard and a...

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:13:21 +1000

What about, instead of calling it Google Reader and RSS, it’s called Google Dashboard and a Dashboard Feed, and whenever you’re on someone else’s site, there’s an option to “Add to My Dashboard”. Would that make more sense to the everyperson?

Also: I wonder if RSS will ever accept other attributes so that everyone can style their feeds individually. Get some character back into the thing.

"If you’re a billionaire, you write your email entirely in lower-case and sign it with the..."

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:22:05 +1000

“If you’re a billionaire, you write your email entirely in lower-case and sign it with the one-syllable nickname you had in prep school:
get on this right away. biff”

- What Does Your Email Signature Say About You?

Why do you always bash me up in self-defense class?

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:17:58 +1000

Why do you always bash me up in self-defense class?

Setting up a writing desk with my favourite paper, pens, notebooks, etc. was the best idea...

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:13:51 +1000

Setting up a writing desk with my favourite paper, pens, notebooks, etc. was the best idea I’ve had for ages. It’s so darn pleasant.

Ion: apparently the new Polaroid 300 is just a rebadged Fujifilm Instax, but for a higher price. Harrumph.

The best options in Word.

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:28:16 +1000

The best options in Word.

Sunday

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:42:46 +1000

Sunday

Idea: Sophistication classes. $100 for a 2-hour class each Saturday afternoon. No commitment, no...

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:35:00 +1000

Idea:

Sophistication classes. $100 for a 2-hour class each Saturday afternoon. No commitment, no exams, no qualification. The lecturers are handpicked, A++ quality.

Subjects:

The art of conversation
The art of written communication
Other countries snapshot I
Other countries snapshot II
Human behaviour
Personal finance
Conflict and resolution
Engineering basics
The art of storytelling
The art of persuasion

There are 10 classes, only run twice a year, in Spring and Autumn. If you like a subject and you want to learn more, then you can request a further course in it, which is another four classes in that one subject area.

Love Love for iPad and iPhone. I can’t stop playing it.

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:10:41 +1000

Love Love for iPad and iPhone. I can’t stop playing it.

This app is cute. Pen Pals. Not quite perfect yet*, but a very...

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:30:00 +1000

This app is cute. Pen Pals. Not quite perfect yet*, but a very cute start.

The next favourite was “Red-End and the Seemingly...

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:15:27 +1000

The next favourite was “Red-End and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society”, about ants in a mystical and beautiful world, and the work they’re doing, and how one of them is different from the rest.

The one good thing about Microsoft Outlook was the LinkedIn toolbar, which gave me some really...

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:26:50 +1000

The one good thing about Microsoft Outlook was the LinkedIn toolbar, which gave me some really useful information, like a list of emails for which I’ve never received replies, a list of people who I haven’t emailed in a while, and a list of people who I frequently email but haven’t added them to my network yet. I wish Gmail did some useful things like that. Human-useful-things.

Photo

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:25:49 +1000

I wish we had a better term for Content Management System than that. Or that people could just refer...

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:02:00 +1000

I wish we had a better term for Content Management System than that. Or that people could just refer to it as “Site Admin” or something instead. And another term for FTP, too, while we’re at it. Clients VS. The Wall of Jargon.