Monthly Archives: July 2005

GMail Drive

I just replaced my 256mb key drive with a 2.3gb GMail drive. It’s great the drive stays in cyberspace and you can just access it from any PC. It beats carry (and worrying about) a small key drive.

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GTD todo list for Notes

I’ve started using Brett’s GTD template for lotus notes. It was straight forward to get going and took most of yesterday to get all of the actions into the tool, but so far so good. Brett’s commented on here previously … Continue reading

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Wired says GTD is a cult

I think that’s a bit much, but Wired says GTD is a cult.

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How To Give A Great Presentation

To-Done has a great guide to giving a great presentation. My fav is "don’t read your presentation" ..a trap I’ve seen loads of people fall into.

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X40’s bizzare behaviour

My thinkpad took more than 30 minutes to boot in it’s docking station this morning! I’ve no idea why it wouldn’t get going, but there must have been something stoping it. It boot’s fine out of the station, once in … Continue reading

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DAB

We bought a new digital Radio (DAB) yesterday. It’s fantastic, we allways listen to radio 5 and have often struggled with the poor reception and the AM frequencies…not anymore…It’s now  crystal clear.

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even more on C&W and Energis

The BBC has another story on this saga.

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IBM Global Services Head Moves On

IBM Global Services chief John R. Joyce, on the heels of upbeat earnings news for the services behemoth, left IBM today for a new career at venture capital firm Silver Lake Partners. [via eWeek.com] This is interesting news. Joyce, who’s … Continue reading

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Merger talks across Europe start

The move by Tele2,the Swedish-based, pan-European telecoms provider, on Versatel of the Netherlands, the country’s largest alternative network provider, comes at the same time as France Telecom is understood to be considering a last-minute bid for Amena, the mobile arm … Continue reading

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boxed action

  boxed action    Originally uploaded by Rob Evans. If I’ve got a next action to do as part of a project or pick an action up on a call I write ‘action’ and draw a quick box around it. … Continue reading

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telephone number pad

I’ve been using my IP phone a bit lately and have made a few mistakes dialing pin numbers to get into the conference calls. It occured to me the reason why,  is that I’m used to using a number key … Continue reading

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X41 Tablet PC

  X41 Tablet PC    Originally uploaded by JoshB. As josh says..Now I just have to figure out how to justify get my hands on one for myself.

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RSS Screensaver

This is awesome. I read about RSS screen savers in a scoble post months back but couldn’t find one. Now I’ve got one ….fantastic. I’ve turned down the auto lock from 30 mins to 10 just so it kicks in … Continue reading

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More on the C&W and Energis talks

TelecomTV has a much more in depth look at the deal here It appears I was right, it C&W looking to buy Energis for around £700m.

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Telecoms giants talk merger

ENERGIS and Cable & Wireless (C&W) have begun merger negotiations in an attempt to create a new force in the British telecoms market. [via] I heard this rumour a few weeks back now and a source from inside one of … Continue reading

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