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• the one about blogs and tipping points

  I recently finished reading "The Tipping Point" and I came away from it wondering if Scoble is a connector? The ability of a popular blogger to create a memetic epidemic seems plausible. Especially if they are connected to other connectors. Are bloggers Read More... Posted Sunday, March 07, 2004 5:44 PM by Removed=342783 | 1 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• SenseCam is watching

  Frank Arrigo links to Microsoft Research's overview of "SenseCam" . I've wondered for a while about when we will have devices like this. I'd ultimately love a wearable device that records the audio-video of my life every moment I'm awake and archives Read More... Posted Sunday, March 07, 2004 2:44 PM by Removed=342783 | 2 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Amazon does RSS

  I agree with Paschal L that Amazon's RSS feeds are a very cool development. I'm still waiting to see who the first large 'traditional' non-media businesses are to pick up on RSS. I was speaking with Agent Smith yesterday about how he should use RSS at Read More... Posted Friday, March 05, 2004 8:33 AM by Removed=342783 | (Comments Off) Filed under: Consumer Tech

• IT employment in Australia isn't improving

  Graeme Philipson in The Age reports: "Last week, the Australian Computer Society released its second annual survey of employment in the IT industry… The ACS data shows unemployment in the IT industry at more than 10 per cent, around twice the national Read More... Posted Thursday, March 04, 2004 8:51 AM by Removed=342783 | 7 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• the one about eBay web services and why Microsoft Office 2003 rocks

  " eBay and Microsoft today invited third-party developers to tap into the Web services capabilities of both the eBay platform and the Microsoft Office System to enhance trading on eBay. With the combined power of the two platforms, developers now have Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:45 AM by Removed=342783 | 1 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Cookin' With Google

  Tinderblog points us towards this useful app: Cookin' With Google . Enter in a couple of ingredients you find in your fridge, press a button, and it presents you with a list of recipes. Which reminds me to tell you of my latest vegetarian recipe du jour: Read More... Posted Monday, March 01, 2004 10:47 PM by Removed=342783 | 2 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Australian insurance company uses Tablet PC

  Tony, the insurance assessor from AAMI, came to our house this afternoon to determine how much they are going to pay out from the burglery. I was impressed when he pulled out his Tablet PC and started to fill out the claim. While he confessed that he Read More... Posted Monday, March 01, 2004 7:33 PM by Removed=342783 | (Comments Off) Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Add Contacts

  this looks like a handy plug-in for Outlook : "Add Contacts automatically adds e-mail addresses to the contact folder when you reply a message and/or send a new message." Read More... Posted Monday, March 01, 2004 3:27 AM by Removed=342783 | 1 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Is RSS "the next big thing"?

  Frank Bajak from AP writes this article on RSS . Quotes Reinacker and Scoble (source: Scoble ). Most interesting analogy for me was between RSS readers and Netscape circa '94. Which makes me think - which large corporates are using RSS to publish corporate Read More... Posted Sunday, February 29, 2004 5:54 PM by Removed=342783 | 1 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Microsoft and the absence of bloggers

  Dylan talks about some of the things he discovered during his recent visit to Redmond. Among the things he found out were that none of his friends at Microsoft blogged, had heard of Scoble or used RSS aggregators. This doesn't surprise me. I talk to colleagues Read More... Posted Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:07 PM by Removed=342783 | 7 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• about being a custodian of our children's memories

  When my house was burgled earlier this week, the only irreplacable item they took was the miniDV tapes that held 12 months of moments from the lives of my 3-year old twins, Hunter and Taylor. Riding their first proper bicycles. The Christmas they got Read More... Posted Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:23 AM by Removed=342783 | 8 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Charles Simonyi & Intentional Software

  Simonyi is, of course, a living legend. Simonyi was employed by Microsoft Corporation from 1981, where he held titles of Director of Application Development, Chief Architect, and most recently, Distinguished Engineer. While at Microsoft, Simonyi hired Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:28 AM by Removed=342783 | 1 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• kudos to Netgear Technical Support

  Don't you hate it when you have some technical issue and you procrastinate getting it resolved and then, when you do finally get around to it, it only takes minutes to sort out!? My home ADSL connection has been slooooow for the last couple of months. Read More... Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 9:37 PM by Removed=342783 | 2 Comments Filed under: Consumer Tech

• Telstra, McDonald's open wireless hotspots

  Forty-four McDonald's restaurants in Australia will offer Telstra mobile customers (apart from pre-paid) and people with an approved credit card wireless broadband internet access from today as part of a partnership with Telstra. Source: The Age Read More... Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 9:41 AM by Removed=342783 | (Comments Off) Filed under: Consumer Tech

• current state of humanoid robots

  Bernard Wong pointed us towards this video demonstrating some of the current capabilities of humanoid robots. This has got to make you think. I've been following the progress with Honda's ASIMO robot for the last few years and the advances are amazing. Read More... Posted Monday, February 23, 2004 9:37 AM by Removed=342783 | (Comments Off) Filed under: Consumer Tech