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30
APR
2008

Analysis and Deconstruction...

The questionnaire i administered a few weeks ago has finally been completed.  Out of 26 that i sent out, 19 replied.  At 73%, that represents a "very good" response rate if i'm to believe Thomas Mangionne's classification which i picked....

Blogged by Tom J @ rattleresearch.com
30
APR
2008

Next Co-working day

It seems like an age since the last one (in fact it was late February), so Iâ€™m pleased to announce the next co-working day: http://manc-coworking.eventwax.com/13th-may No...

Blogged by Paul Robinson @ blog.vagueware.com
30
APR
2008

Itâ€™s almost like Nintendo wants to fail.

I’m starting to think that Nintendo wants it’s Wii console to fail, even before it was launched they took a massive gamble not to significantly upgrade the hardware of the machine from their previous platform, the Gamecube, and invest instead in a nov...

Blogged by Stuart Grimshaw @ stubblog.wordpress.com
29
APR
2008

Aptana Cloud: Develop locally, sync to the cloud

Aptana have announced their cloud platform initiative, Aptana Cloud. Aptana Cloud plugs right into your IDE to provide instant deployment, smart synchronisation, and seamless migration as you scale. Aptana Cloud is ideal for developers who use scripting l...

Blogged by James @ jimmahdigital.com
29
APR
2008

Tokyo, OSM & Japan

The second of my Japan blog posts: A couple of weeks ago, we had a mini mapping party at Tokyo. My hosts were Hiroshi Miura from Openstreetmap.jp and the Kodeo (Little Edo) Linux User Group, a great group of people, professionals and enthusiasts. We met a...

Blogged by tim @ thinkwhere.wordpress.com
29
APR
2008

Coworking in Lausanne

Stephanie Booth, a social media consultant, prolific blogger and the force behind the upcoming Going Solo freelancing conference, has recently been given the chance to develop a coworking space in her hometown of Lausanne (incidentally, Steph’s grandmo...

Blogged by Imran Ali @ oldbroadcastinghouse.com
28
APR
2008

Mongrel, RAILS_ROOT and absolute/relative paths (or Mongrel bites me in the arse again)

I’ve had this before so I should have learnt my lesson. But I didn’t. I had a site, inherited from another developer, that was migrated to a new server. The other developer sent me the images associated with the site and I dutifully copied them over...

Blogged by Rahoul Baruah @ 3hv.co.uk
18
APR
2008

Ever been poked by Greater Manchester Police?

It only came to my attention today, but GMP have decided to start using Facebook to provide updates to Mancunians, and their recently announced application even has an ominous looking tab titled "Submit Intelligence". I'd click it, but I'm worried......

Blogged by Paul Robinson @ blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
17
APR
2008

Richard Stallman speaking in Manchester

Iâ€™ve resisted blogging this, as the BCS have been a little incompetent and booked a smallish lecture theatre for what is likely to be a well-attended talk, however there is a backup plan those of us with an ear to the ground will have in place,...

Blogged by Paul Robinson @ blog.vagueware.com
17
APR
2008

Geekup Talk

I did mention recently that I had arranged to speak at the local GeekUp group. Well, the event itself was last night and although I did have speaking nerves I think it went OK....

Blogged by LornaJane @ lornajane.net
16
APR
2008

Going on an Information Diet

I recently went on holiday. To Spain. It was good. Apart from it took me about four days to switch out of work mode. Constantly worrying about checking my mail. Has Basecamp been updated? What’s happening on Twitter? Given that I was only away fo...

Blogged by Rahoul Baruah @ 3hv.co.uk

Analysis and Deconstruction...

Next Co-working day

Itâ€™s almost like Nintendo wants to fail.

Aptana Cloud: Develop locally, sync to the cloud

Tokyo, OSM & Japan

Coworking in Lausanne

Mongrel, RAILS_ROOT and absolute/relative paths (or Mongrel bites me in the arse again)

Ever been poked by Greater Manchester Police?

Richard Stallman speaking in Manchester

Geekup Talk

Going on an Information Diet

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