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Author Archives: Rob
Travel Adaptor
Over the past few weeks I’ve been back and forth to Dallas, Amsterdam, London, Brussels and a trip to Hungary too and for each trip I’ve carried at least two adaptors or chargers. But that’s all about to change I’ve … Continue reading
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still no LoveFilm on Boxee
We’ve had the Boxee for over a year now and it’s had it’s issue in use, which included the old wireless router not able to stream data fast enough and needing to be replaced with a new Wireless N router. … Continue reading
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it’s been a while
i noticed that i hadn’t blogged for a few months, it dawned on me as to why, I had an iPad, I stopped producing and started to consume more. so I just got a Logitech Zagg keyboard and it’s all … Continue reading
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Installed jetpack
I just installed Jetpack onto my blog, it consolidates a few plugins into one which is nice
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Desk of the Day
A A while back I used to take ‘desk of the day’ photo’s capturing all the different desks and different locations I got to work out of, I stopped for a while but I’ve not started visiting some interesting place … Continue reading
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To do lists and Toodledo
For the last few years I used Remember The Milk (RTM) to track my personal to-do lists, but found the annual subscription a little too high. So I looked for an alternative and Toodledo (http://www.toodledo.com/) is it. Firstly, it’s a … Continue reading
New Job, New Company
I start a new Job tomorrow (28th), I’ve left Orange Business and I’ve joined GE. It’s Telecoms sourcing still but I’m extremely excited to be joining such a huge and dynamic business. I’ll need to update the about me page, … Continue reading
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Tweet a pub service for ch100pub?
just had an idea, could you develop a service whereby if someone tweeted in Chester with the hash #ch100pub and location switched on “wanted pub 5/10 with music and real ale” it returned a tweet with with the nearest pub … Continue reading
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100 Pubs in Chester
Following on from last years 40 beers for 40 years, I’ve got a new challange for 2011 and beyond, visit pretty much every pub in Chester and record it here http://100pubsinchester.wordpress.com/ I’ve lived in Chester for over 13 years now … Continue reading
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Mobile Boarding Passes
The ability to check in before you get to the airport is awesome, it saves so much time and speeds up getting through to the get hugely. Printing off a boarding pass at home is pretty straight forward, but the … Continue reading
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80% of IT Organizations to support tablets by 2013
Gartner has published it’s report – Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2011 and Beyond – and in there is that by 2013, 80% of business will support a workforce using tablets. By 2013, 80 percent … Continue reading
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apple is in the enterprise
The need for IT support within the Enterprise is an interesting topic as some people believe that as more tech aware employees (Gen Y?) enter the workforce the need for IT support will shrink. We’ve all ready read about how the voice … Continue reading
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ipad in the enterprise part 2
I wrote a little while back about Apple’s expected success with iPad in the consumer space and I asked the question if it’d march into the enterprise as well. The answer is yes; I for one have one and wrote this post … Continue reading
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why does the skype generation accept a lower quality of voice?
It’s an interesting paradox; Skype offers a pretty amazing level of call quality, which is the reason why it’s often used in recording Podcasts. An example being the TWiT network, Leo Leporte uses Skype to conference in his guests and the … Continue reading
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40 for 40…just 5 to go
My last post was on my 40 different real ales this the year of my 40th birthday. I’d managed 30 up until a few days ago and then over the last fortnight I’ve managed 5 more.. ?Eastgate Ale. Weetwood Brewey … Continue reading
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