Month: September 2006

  • Test post from Windows Live Writer

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    I’m trying out Windows Live Writer – it is an offline blog editor. Normally I don’t use these preferring to do my blog writing directly in the WordPress interface. I’m happy to see it handles Technorati tags but it doesn’t sit well with the Tag plugin I’m using in WordPress (Ultimate Tag Warrior). There is…

  • Aer Lingus and punctuality!

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    This is a photo I took in Zurich airport recently. The tv screen says Boarding at 15:00 while the clock on the right (correctly) shows the time as being 15:15. We didn’t get to board until nearly 15:25. Even in Switzerland, where everything is supposed to run like clockwork, Aer Lingus manage to be late.…

  • Going to BarCamp Ireland

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    BarCamp Ireland is on here in Cork tomorrow. I’m going and have volunteered to give two talks. If you are going, say hello!

  • Finally, an outstanding online RSS reader

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    I have had issues with Google Reader (Google’s online RSS/feed reader) in the past but in the latest update to Google Reader, released today most of those issues have been addressed. Lots of people are posting opinions on this from Marshall Kirkpatrick on TechCrunch to Robert Scoble on Scobleizer to Richard McManus on the ReadWrite…

  • Would you pay to receive a phone call from me?

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    In a follow up to my post the other day on Jahjah, I spoke to Greg Spector, Chief Marketing Officer of Rebtel today and he explained Rebtel’s model to me in great detail. There are a number of differences between the two services, the main one being Jahjah requires a software download to work on…

  • Zune to illegally add DRM to podcasts?

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    Microsoft is to launch the Zune on November 14th according to its PR site. This date is just in time for the American holiday of Thanksgiving. What is not clear from the site is if this is an American launch date of a global launch date. I wrote, in not too glowing terms previously about…

  • Yahoo's open hackday

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    Yahoo’s first open Hackday is starting this coming Friday (29th) in Sunnyvale California. Upcoming.org has more details including details on how to register. Michael Arrington is MC’ing the event and good friend Salim Ismail is one of the judges. Apparently there is a surprise band showing up as well – no I can’t confirm it…

  • The irony of it

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    James has a post extolling the virtues of the new Nokia N95 – me, I’m sick and tired of Nokia’s lack of support for non-Windows platforms. Any Nokia you buy only has Windows apps for synchronisation and any firmware updates need to be done over a serial cable (ruling out Macs). The hilarious thing about…