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Three Ways to Show your Appreciation
Gratitude is the simplest, most powerful way to acknowledge another person's value and humanity. Any effort - little or big - must be appreciated…
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Quick update on Qriously
Quick update on my earlier post about Qriously , the real-time sentiment polling tool. The CEO was in touch to say that real (non-demo) users can muc…
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CoderDojo - encouraging the next ZX Spectrum generation of programmers
Chris Taylor and Matt Johnston have been hosting a weekly technology podcast over on EamonnMallie.com since January. Last week , Chris spoke to Nich…
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Where was I?
Update - The answer was ... unfortunately aboard one of the Ryanair planes that is trialling in-flight mobile phone usage. Incoming texts are free, …
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New Year Honours ... and Steve Furber who designed computers that could run a 22nd century intergalactic cargo ship
I've noticed that the New Year Honours list always dominates the BBC News homepage on the last Saturday morning of the year. Not only does it lea…
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Retro programming - back to BASIC on BBC Micros
This report on the BBC’s News website about school children returning to programme in Acorn's BASIC is nearly enough to send me up into my paren…
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Do you switch off at funerals? (40% don't power off their mobile) Do you tweet? (3% have)
I can *exclusively reveal that a survey of two thousand funeral attendees found that 3% had used social media (Facebook or Twitter) at a funeral, and…
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“Cup of tea, with an embarrassing amount of milk. Thanks.”
When it comes to tea and coffee, everyone has a slightly different set of requirements. First there’s the caffeine vehicle of choice: coffee (instan…
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Do you switch off at funerals? (40% don't power off their mobile) Do you tweet? (3% have)
I can *exclusively reveal that a survey of two thousand funeral attendees found that 3% had used social media (Facebook or Twitter) at a funeral, and…
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Driving around Europe for a living ... keeping your SatNav up-to-date
Months ago I posted about the problems I found trying to get a SatNav that worked adequately across the island of Ireland. Rather than bear the expen…
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Quick update on Qriously
Quick update on my earlier post about Qriously , the real-time sentiment polling tool. The CEO was in touch to say that real (non-demo) users can muc…
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