Friday, June 29, 2007
Greetings from Prague
Having a wonderful time, learning Czech language, culture, food, customs and more.
Almost completely unplugged for the last three weeks, will continue to be so for the next three. It's an amazing feeling, you bloggers should try it sometime.
Na zdravi!
Almost completely unplugged for the last three weeks, will continue to be so for the next three. It's an amazing feeling, you bloggers should try it sometime.
Na zdravi!
Labels: travel
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Stay in touch...
I'll be checking my SkypeIn messages from Internet café-land.
Read all about my Skype setup in the latest SmallBizResource post, and learn how you can add one of these fancy buttons to your web site:
Get Skype and call me for free.
Read all about my Skype setup in the latest SmallBizResource post, and learn how you can add one of these fancy buttons to your web site:
Get Skype and call me for free.
Labels: telecom, travel, Web 2.0
Have Peripherals, Will Travel
For at least a couple of weeks now, I've been trying to write an article about online applications that can be used instead of Microsoft Office. But I keep running into the same problem – whenever I have an actual task to do, i.e. one that might be a good candidate for an online application, I instinctively open a Microsoft application and get to work before I realize the missed opportunity.
So now, I'm going to take a drastic step. Today, I'm going to head to the airport and board a plane for London. After a few days there, it's off to the Czech Republic. And I'm not going to bring my laptop. gasp
I'm just going to bring all the peripherals I need for the digital lifestyle using other people's computers:
Should be easy to write that online-apps article now. Plus, I'll have enough material for a brand new article as well.
So now, I'm going to take a drastic step. Today, I'm going to head to the airport and board a plane for London. After a few days there, it's off to the Czech Republic. And I'm not going to bring my laptop. gasp
I'm just going to bring all the peripherals I need for the digital lifestyle using other people's computers:
- iPod shuffle
- U3 ThinkFree 1GB Smart Drive - Plug it into a Windows PC, and it boots like a CD and then mounts a storage volume. Easy access to Firefox (with your bookmarks), Thunderbird (with your e-mail), Skype (with your account) and ThinkFree Office.
- Firewire card and cable. I'll have access to a DV cam.
- digital camera and USB cable, plus USB battery charger
- ethernet cable, phone cable, phone/power adaptors.
Should be easy to write that online-apps article now. Plus, I'll have enough material for a brand new article as well.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Ignite Boston: Comedy Club for Geeks
Having attended Ignite Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco earlier this year, I was happy to see that my trip to the Bay State coincided with Ignite Boston.
Whereas the San Francisco event had the atmosphere of a poetry slam, the Boston version resembled an open-mic comedy club, complete with hecklers, an indifferent crowd and a couple of punchline-deficient routines that were almost painful to watch. Although the event had a better social vibe with the appropriate liquid lubricant, when you hold the event at a crowded bar rather than in a conference hall equipped with video monitors, you might expect a bit of discordant activity.
For next time, I'd suggest to the O'Reilly team that they arrange space at one of the local universities, followed by drinks at a nearby pub. And despite my earlier criticism of the Mozes-based voting apparatus, it really did help to set the tone of the San Francisco event, and I missed it this time around.
Anyway, I hope to have something to say for five minutes in the spotlight by the next time I show up at one of these things. Boston, though, that's a tough crowd.
Related blog posts:
Web 2.0 Expo: Poetry Slam for Geeks
Whereas the San Francisco event had the atmosphere of a poetry slam, the Boston version resembled an open-mic comedy club, complete with hecklers, an indifferent crowd and a couple of punchline-deficient routines that were almost painful to watch. Although the event had a better social vibe with the appropriate liquid lubricant, when you hold the event at a crowded bar rather than in a conference hall equipped with video monitors, you might expect a bit of discordant activity.
For next time, I'd suggest to the O'Reilly team that they arrange space at one of the local universities, followed by drinks at a nearby pub. And despite my earlier criticism of the Mozes-based voting apparatus, it really did help to set the tone of the San Francisco event, and I missed it this time around.
Anyway, I hope to have something to say for five minutes in the spotlight by the next time I show up at one of these things. Boston, though, that's a tough crowd.
Related blog posts:
Web 2.0 Expo: Poetry Slam for Geeks
Labels: Web 2.0
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