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Think BYOD is an issue? Wait for Stealth IT

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/webworkerdaily/~3/lirqhT52oO4/ The acronym BYOD, which stands for bring your own device, is taking over both corporate America and the press release filter in my inbox. But an analyst report out Monday … Continue reading

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Prometheus: brand new trailer shows scary things

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1345218/prometheus_brand_new_trailer_shows_scary_things.html Brace yourself, dear reader: here be monsters. After months of tiny flashes of shadowy things, giant space faces, and the eerie hootings of cosmic owls (or at least, that’s what … Continue reading

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Telefonica launches Tu Me for iPhone with free VoIP calling and messaging

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/8/3007839/telefonica-tu-me-free-iphone-communication-app It’s not often you see a wireless carrier launch an app that directly competes with its core services, but that seems to be just what the Madrid-based Telefónica is doing … Continue reading

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My yorkshire puds

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When You’re Constantly Checking Your Email, You’re Putting Your Needs Behind Everyone Else’s

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Roaqv-Cvs3U/when-youre-constantly-checking-your-email-youre-putting-your-needs-behind-everyone-elses As we noted last week, email is not the problem—we are. And it’s not just the productivity drain or the antisocial effects of constantly checking our phones and computers for … Continue reading

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On tools, their use, and how to avoid fetishizing them

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://speedbird.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/on-tools-their-use-and-how-to-avoid-fetishizing-them/ The other day I got mail asking me to contribute to something called usesthis, a site that asks a (frankly fairly homogeneous) selection of creative workers to describe their “setup”…

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Burning off energy at the shops

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I’m at Eaton Park! http://4sq.com/9VFNAZ

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Steak!

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Balls

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Lining up for landing with our hotel

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Why it’s over

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2012/03/25/why-its-over/ A few days ago, stimulated by the level of recent noise on the internets about open and closed and apps and HTML5 and walled gardens and governance models and why … Continue reading

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Thinking about the Social Enterprise and Flow

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2012/01/29/thinking-about-the-social-enterprise-and-flow/ My grandfather appears to have grown up in a village in southern India, attended university in what was then Madras, worked as “private secretary” to one of India’s richest men … Continue reading

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Testing the iPhone app

This should go from my blog to Facebook too. Apologies for the noise

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Making our MP earn his keep

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