Monthly Archives: February 2007

Who needs a CIO?

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Rob

Chris Anderson (author of the long tail) has written a post on his view of the CIO’s and their relevance moving forward. This follows on from a post I wrote back in May 2004, “Will we need IT support in … Continue reading →

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Frankfurt, Germany

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Rob

off to Frankfurt for a couple of days tomorrow lunch time. We’ve got our quarterly alliance meeting with AT&T covering the quarters operational issues and issues specific to Germany this quarter, hence the trip to Frankfurt. Flying Lufthansa out of … Continue reading →

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Tom Tom One

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Rob

I splashed out on another gadget yesterday, slightly behind the crowd on this one as it was the hot Christmas present of 2006, but hey, can’t always be first. Anyway, I’ve only just regained my calmness as the software supplied … Continue reading →

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Josh’s "Geek of Geeks Story

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Rob

Josh is currently enjoying his fifteen minutes of fame and manages to make the state papers. Nice going Josh!

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MyBlogLog spamtacular

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Rob

The MyBlogLog Blog has a post on the recent spam activity. I got spammed too, I still haven’t checked out whether I got auto added or not yet…yikes. Technorati Tags: MyBlogLog, Spam

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is IBM in the Network business?

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Rob

YES.. I saw this question, or a version of it, in an email today, we’re trying to renew a large contract and somebody had written that ‘networking wasn’t a core competency’ This drove me a little nuts, sure Networking is … Continue reading →

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Scoble, I’m relegating you from my A-List bloggers.

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Rob

I’m sorry Robert, but you’ve just become like any other tech blogger out there. I think you’ve lost the usp that made me want to read your blog. You blog had weight when you were at MS, I don’t think it … Continue reading →

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Latest MyBloglog Spam — Adding Coauthors?

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Rob

Yep I got this too. I just ignored it, having read this post, maybe I should check it out to make sure I haven’t been auto-added. Technorati Tags: MyBlogLog, Spam

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Yahoo pipes

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Rob

managed to find some time to have a very quick look at Yahoo Pipes. It looks really simple to set up and use. I don’t have any real need or maybe just haven’t had the time to think of a … Continue reading →

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Jaiku

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Rob

Just reading my Business2.0 mag online and they had a feature on this startup Jaiku and it’s presence streaming…really really cool…but only Nokia phones at the mo.

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Orange unlimited Data package

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Rob

woot…I got the unlimited data anytime enabled on my account! So as soon as my next billing data clicks over, I’ve got 24/7 unlimited data access on Orange for £8 on top of my bill. It’s capped at 4gb a … Continue reading →

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Windows Mobile 6 Video

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Rob

Jason has this video of the new features of WM6

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..no money and no life

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Rob
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25 Most Interesting VoIP startups

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Rob

Following on from my last post, all the interesting VoIP start ups are listed here  [via]

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T-Mobile CEO: VoIP will have no major impact

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Rob

Yep and he’s right. But it will have a very small impact. For the impact to grow the mobile needs to get smarter. ‘Smart phone’ are only a small part of the huge Mobile phone market, so out of those … Continue reading →

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