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Who’s using RSS?
The stats for this blog show that most readers are using a feed reader of some kind (predominantly Google Reader). But, that’s not normal. Matt Mullenweg has posted some stats across the entire...
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Ten years, or less
Peter Norvig, who I’ve written about here before, has a number of really interesting articles on his site. Here’s one that stands out: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years I like this: “There appear...
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Virel.org
A while back I was playing with microformats, and changed my contact details in the sidebar of this site to use the hCard format. It was all a bit academic, until recently when I was contacted by the...
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iPhone Upgrade
I picked up a 2G iPhone when I was in the US earlier in the year. I’ve been meaning to write a review here for a while. Here is the short version: I love it! Upgrading to a new 3G model doesn’t...
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Work it
I can’t believe that this isn’t already more common: “The Green Microgym, which just opened last week, is a 2,800-sq-ft neighbourhood gym that generates a significant portion of its own electricity...
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Getting seagulled
This series from Bokardo is excellent: Common Pitfalls of Building Social Web Applications and How to Avoid Them I especially like #10 from Part III: Failure to see the larger war… “Techcrunch is not...
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Server Error in ‘/’ Application
The newspapers are full of stories about bank failures. And, then this morning, I get this… (click for full size) (click for full size) Sheesh, that’s a bit close to home! :-) Posted in Technology
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Thou shall not
Earlier this week I found myself in the Koru lounge at Wellington airport waiting for a delayed flight. I was using the time to arrange an upcoming trip, and was quite surprised to see this brick wall...
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Credit, where credit is due
I was quick to complain about Contact Energy when I found their online billing frustrating. How about something more positive … Here is an email I got recently from Telecom: The best thing about this?...
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Motion Charts in Google Spreadsheets
Slightly old news, but anyway … Motion Charts are now available in Google Spreadsheets. These were originally made famous by Hans Rosling. If you haven’t seen his TED talks please start here: This...
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Where do I find Google?
Google has published their list of the top search terms for the year: Top 10 searches on google.co.nz in 2008 games bebo youtube trade me lyrics google map hotmail tv weather Half of these are site...
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Network Time Machine
If you have any important files sitting on a single hard drive somewhere, disaster (or at least disappointment) is never far away. If you’re an Apple user then you can use Time Machine, a simple...
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LCD TVs
I was in Auckland last week and spotted this ad in the business section of the Herald: The small print at the bottom reads: “People seem to be investing more than ever in TVs. So it doesn’t take a...
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Two Small Email Improvements
On the surface email seems like a mature application, without any obvious ways to make it better. At least that’s what everybody thought until Gmail came along, with a bunch of excellent innovations:...
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OSX for Windows Refugees
If you’re a Windows refugee and Santa bought you a new MacBook or iMac, then you might be feeling a bit duped by now. When I first switched to using a Mac I really struggled for the first month or so....
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Now what?
“I reckon an education notice can’t just say “don’t do that”. It needs to include what to do instead otherwise it’s not education. “ – Br3nda via Twitter “The biggest threat to an author is obscurity,...
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How To
I’ve been trying to write fewer posts that are simply re-quoting stuff that others have written. Instead, if you want to follow some of the links I come across which I think are interesting, feel free...
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Google Alphabet for NZ
Here is a list of the top suggested term for each letter in the alphabet, from the Google NZ home page: A: air new zealand B: bebo C: currency converter D: dictionary E: ebay F: facebook G: gmail H:...
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Garmin Lock In
I’m a big fan of Garmin. I acquired a Forerunner 405 about 18 months ago from Chris Auld (even the toys he doesn’t want any more are cool!) I have been raving about it to everybody ever since. It’s a...
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The career path of a heads-up developer
… as pointed out by Eric Ries at Kiwi Foo: Write software Lead a team of people writing software Manage people who lead a team of people writing software Advise people who manage people who lead a team...
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“Took my iPad out into the outside world earlier. Was weird, I felt like I was from the future.” – @majicDave “The iPad is bad for computer science in the same way that the availability of aspirin in...
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When technology gets out of the way
I’m a sucker for sport generally and live sport especially – see previous posts here on Olympics, Football World Cup & European Championships and even previous Rugby World Cup events. If they keep...
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Be a good dictator
At Webstock ’08 Michael Lopp (aka @rands) gave a great talk about the three components that are needed for any successful product team: A designer A developer A dictator There is no shortage of advice...
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Product Management
My last job title at Trade Me was ‘Head of Product’. If you say you are a ‘Software Developer’ or even a ‘Development Manager’, then most people working in technology will know what that means. But,...
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Should public data be available online? The evidence would suggest that we can’t really make up our minds. Three examples … 1. Electoral Roll This includes the name and address of everybody who has...
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