I before E is weird

The ‘rules’ of English spelling declare: “I before E, except after C” which is weird. But stranger still, over the past ten years, I really has led the way in the world of consumer technology.

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Back at the turn of the century, though, E was predominant as the prefix for what was supposed to be new Continue reading article »

Google/ YouTube

Three Strikes and YouTube out

Here are some important lessons for those of us who use services like YouTube to deliver business content. A friend recently had his YouTube account suspended and can no longer access his “archive” of 900+ clips, many of which are unique business-related videos, created over the past couple of years.

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give your mind some thinking space

Deceptive appearances

Enjoying a good stiff cappuccino in a coffee-shop the other day, when a young woman came in wearing a paint-smattered smock.

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So was she a playgroup assistant, or a renowned artist? I will never know.

But it made me think how quickly we can jump to conclusions from first appearances – and how fertile our Continue reading article »

whereness

cool globes sad Chicago by JohnLeGear onflickr

Nowadays, thanks to the web, we can be in more than one place at one time – sustaining multiple dialogues/ presence simultaneously.

I watched an intense conversation on Twitter the other day, between two people who had quite different concepts of whereness.

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More than one cloud in the sky

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Much is spoken and written about “Cloud computing” – all with grave authority, as if the term can yet be clearly defined.

As with meteorological clouds, logical clouds will take a variety of different shapes and properties.

So, until we develop a suitable taxonomy, ‘Cloud computing’ must remain nebulous (sic). Continue reading article »

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