A Meaningful Life

Virtual applications 1+1=3

May 7, 2008 – 12:21 am
One of our Saasu customers optimises Web 2.0 in it's original meaning. He uses 88miles.net for tracking time on projects against customers and uses Saasu.com for his accounting ledger, tax and so on. 88miles and ...

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Vodafone gets the Aussie iPhone

May 6, 2008 – 2:08 pm
Well at 4:30pm today Aust EST it was official. Vodafone wins the iPhone deal. Do I have to accidentally drop my Blackberry? Do I divorce my Blackberry and go for the younger more nubile SaaS enabled iPhone? Might ...

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Powerhouse Museum Public Photo’s on Flickr

May 6, 2008 – 12:16 pm
The Powerhouse Museum has posted over 400 Photo Plates on Flickr. You really have to take you hat of to them. It's wonderful to make this so available to Australians. Hat tip to Sean Carmody. This ...

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Careful Twitter. Opportunity is knocking on your door.

May 5, 2008 – 1:46 pm
If I was in Jack Dorsey and Biz Stones I would be monetising their Twitter asset fast, damn fast. Sell it, open it up, whatever it takes. I think they aren't far away from ...

Posted in Blogging, News, Social Networks, Technology, Twitter | 2 Comments »

Link Mezza Plate #6

May 5, 2008 – 1:40 pm
Twitter the nuclear option Stilgherrian points to a great read. I particularly loved this quote describing the potency of Twitter...."This newest of new things has only just started to rise up and flex its muscles. The ...

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Screen real estate efficiency theory

May 4, 2008 – 5:49 pm
A couple of weeks back I wrote about User Designed User Interfaces. I talked about financial markets traders loving lots of info packed into the screen for screen real estate efficiency. Well I found a ...

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Microsoft not buying Yahoo, will take on Google itself.

May 4, 2008 – 8:16 am
Microsoft says it has a strategy to take on Google without Yahoo. See the Wall Street Journal story or the CNET story for details. I don't think this is over, it's normal to put some flushing ...

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Don’t dish the meeting, it’s a cheap call option

May 2, 2008 – 12:46 am
When 37signals in Getting Real dished meetings it really smacked of what I call zero math opinion. I really enjoy reading their blog but on occasion I disagree with their opinion. I was reminded today ...

Posted in Business, Marketing | 2 Comments »

The Calm Space - The Sus in Sustainable

May 1, 2008 – 12:19 am
I have started writing for The Calm Space online magazine on the topic of sustainability. My first article is The Sus in Sustainable. I get asked to write for tech, saas blogs but time restricts ...

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Social enterprise - needing a little more science

April 30, 2008 – 2:29 pm
There's plenty of frustration amongst social media commentators about the steadfast attitude of many enterprises towards the adoption of social tools. More specifically, accepting the philosophy of Enterprise 2.0. Ross Dawson of Future Exploration Networks ...

Posted in Facebook, MySpace, Social Networks, Technology | 5 Comments »