Monthly Archives: August 2007

at IBM, A Vacation Anytime, or Maybe none

The NYT has a post on IBM stopping the counting of employees holidays. This is nothing new and I’m sure it’s the same in all the grown up companies, do you work and that’s what matters.

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Many parents now get domain names for kids too young to type

CNN.com has a post about parents that get domains for their kids that are too young to type. The post talks about people choosing the child’s name based upon which domain is free. We didn’t go that far but we … Continue reading

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Major Enterprise Wiki update

I’ve found the official corporate wiki in Orange which is fantastic news. I’ve setup an ID and waiting for a trial page, but it’s great news as it’s hosted properly and supported correctly. The wiki is supported by a full … Continue reading

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Jaiku add IM access

Jaiku adds instant messenger access, gtalk is supported yeah!

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Enterprise Wiki update

I installed Ubuntu 6.06 desktop version a few days back on the trial box I got from the tech team and have playing without too much luck with the LAMP setup. So I decided to start afresh and install Ubuntu 6.06 server … Continue reading

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The new Nokia N95

I can only assume you’ve been hiding under a rock if you’ve missed all the press on the new Nokia devices and the new Ovi (door) to music and games. In amongst all that is the new N95, which has … Continue reading

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Nokia virtual launch event in Jaiku

The WomWorld team are running a virtual launch event inside jaiku to coincide with the real world event in London today. The new N95 looks pretty neat, looks like they (nokia) listened to all the comments from the bloggers as … Continue reading

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favicon

have you noticed I’ve changed the favicon, it took about five mins. much happier now that the wp one has gone.

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twitter in your footer?

I’ve been reading and watching the various posts and videos on how twitter is the new email and thinking about how and when to use twitter in the corporate world. We have corporate IM and it’s great for instant one on … Continue reading

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Nokia n800 days 5,6,7 and 8

I’ve been a little busy of late, we have some members of the family up to stay with us over the weekend and I’ve been down to Slough and back in a day, (385miles!) However, I’ve had a chance to … Continue reading

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Orange threatens to spoil Nokia’s online music entertainment party

Orange has threatened to spoil Nokia’s high-profile launch of its new music download service this week after warning that it will refuse to offer its flagship music handset to its 16 million customers in the UK unless the Finnish mobile … Continue reading

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Something wrong with home PC

Our home PC is getting a bit long in the tooth and maybe it’s time to replace it. I’m sure I’ll ge the email “get a mac” but not sure which way to jump. The PC starts making a strange … Continue reading

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thoughts on conversations with the manufacturer

Having recently taken part in the beta testing of the new S60 Jaiku client I’d realised how easy it was for us, the beta testers to have a conversation with the developers or manufacturer of that product. They read your … Continue reading

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nokia n800 day 4

OK, blogging via the n800 again today and typing geting still quicker, which is good. The battery is finally throwing up low battery warnings, which is great news, thats 4 days of being on all the time. checking emails via … Continue reading

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Enterprise wiki update

I’ve not collected the PC from the tech team which I intend to turn into the server. I’m having the debate as to go LAMP or WAMP. LAMP is the Linux, Apache, MySQL, PhP route with Ubuntu server edition or … Continue reading

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