Where’s the time gone – didn’t think it’s been a week since I posted. I’ve been tagged twice (by Lloyd and Andrew) so here’s a recent meme… Four jobs I’ve had: Bartender Insect Counter in an Entomology lab Warehouse packer Children’s Camp counselor (all of these were before I started working for the current compnay […]
Davos Conference Participation
The World Economic Forum starts in Davos today. This year they’ve increased the methods of sharing and participation with sessions available on webcast and also as podcasts for the first time this year. (nice to see the little orange icon. They also have a blog, which is open to contributions from all: Every participant of […]
Busk Marketing
Annie over on London Underground reports on the interface between corporates and self-impression. Underground buskers are being paid by companies to play music. The buskers are being paid a reported £40/day to play Johnny Cash songs, to support the release of the new movie Walk the Line and its associated release of albums. There appears […]
Conference Tiredness
Two days of the conference over, another 3 to go. Despite some of the cool things being shown and shared, it’s come back to me how tiring just sitting and listening is. Without the alternative input that can be obtained from shared wikis, back channels, flickr etc, the conference can drag. Without a shared space […]
Waiting at Airports
Waiting at Airports Originally uploaded by RachelC. Today waiting at the airport is not as boring as usual. The lounge is full of people from the company all travelling to a conference in dublin. I think we’ve taken over the plane.
testing moblogging
testing moblogging Originally uploaded by RachelC. Richard volunteered to be the first subject to try out the camera
Whale in Thames
This has just turned up in my inbox… London (dpa) – A whale was spotted in the river Thames in London Friday swimming past the parliament of Westminster and Big Ben, eyewitnesses said. Boaters and sightseers reported seeing the mammal, believed to be a pilot whale – which can grow up to 6 metres long. […]
Girl Geek Dinner February
The 3rd London Girl Geek Dinner was held last night. About 40 people turned up for networking, chatting, some food, drink, and open mike talks. Jen got up last and gave an impromptu chat show, dragging out confessions of other geekdoms from cooking to interior design. Other talks were from Rachael, (on developing mobile user […]
European domains
After seeing the sale of sex.com, I thoght I’d take a look at who was up for sex.eu. In the first 10 minutes after applications opened, 131 requests Although many appear to be multiple requests from the same buyer through different registrars. They’re nearly all claiming prior right to the word as a national trademark. […]
Strange Comment Spams
For the last few weeks, I’ve been receiving a lot of comment spam that all follow the same format. Here’s a typical comment: I enjoyed reading your stuff. Cool site. Central is feature of Astonishing Round: www.dallasnews.com , Collective Boy becomes Coolblooded Soldier in final www.newscientist.com Red, Faithful, Universal nothing comparative to Central , to […]
Sex.com sells for $14million!
Apparently, the domain name sex.com has been sold for $14million. The RoI must be good on this. Surprisingly, considering some of the things it does block, that domain is not blocked by the company firewall censor, but it is not really safe for work.
Do you have rhythm?
From the Metro, the Song Tapper alllows you to tap in the rhythm of a song and then tries to match it to its database to tell you the title. This is targeted at everyone who has a song going round and round in their head and they’re trying to find the title. Unfortunately, on […]
Networking
Last night I went to a business networking event. Unlike some I’ve been to, where it is a ‘come along and chat’ night, this one was more structured in that there were a number of experts who provide free 30 minute sessions during the night on their specialised subject. Even though they are trying to […]
Why you aren’t reading this blog
The year so far has been full of lists. From dating geeks to blogging, VC or entrpeneur lies (there’s a theme in their somewhere). And now Hugh has a list of why you’re not reading this blog. Or should that be why less of you aren’t reading the blog?
Resolutions
I’ve been looking at a couple of sites that have been designed to support people trying to keep to their New Years Resolutions. The first is from Boots the Chemist, with its Change One Thing programme. They have hints and tips in six categories; the whole campaign is backed up with heavy instore promotion, tying […]
Martin Luther King Day
Download and listen to Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, made available by Bret Fausett.
Britishness
Standing Guard Originally uploaded by RachelC. The Chancellor Gordon Brown is trying to promote Britishness. Britishness is a very artifical thing – there is not actually a country called Britain, Although we’ve shared a monarchy since 1603, it was not until 1707 that Scotland formally joined England and Wales in the Kingdom of Great Britain, […]
Elvis Impersonator
Elvis Impersonator Originally uploaded by RachelC. I spent some time yesterday at the Russian New Year festival in Trafalgar Square. There were a few stalls, a couple of bars and a big stage. Various Russian acts performed; as a metal band came out and really rocked, this gey walked up, took off the coat and […]
Stock Check at the Zoo
London Zoo started theirannual stock check today. As explained on the morning TV, they don’t really concentrate on the bigger things, because I think you’d notice pretty quickly if the count of elephants was out by a couple. It can take up to a month, ensuring a good record is done of all the births […]
Anyone want a job?
The one I in at the moment and am leaving is being advertised over here.