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Coworking, Childcare, Cubes & Crayons [WebWorkerDaily]
May 12 2008
Coworking continues to evolve and mold to the increasingly blurred boundaries between domestic and professional life. An area often overlooked is that of childcare for remote workers and home workers. I have colleagues and collaborators who, despite the fact they’re self-employed and work largely from a home office, still need to… read moreScrnShots: Tools for Inspiration [WebWorkerDaily]
May 06 2008
As a former designer who still dabbles in the odd piece of commercial or hobbyist work, I’m sometimes stuck at the inception of a project, trying to discover the initial creative sparks that ignite a design, for those fragments of inspiration that set out the path from a blank Photoshop… read moreThe Magnificient (MSN Messenger) Seven [WebWorkerDaily]
April 29 2008
Hot on the heels of Windows XP SP3, Microsoft released an additional treat today, for Mac owners only, as the latest release of Microsoft Messenger for Mac (version 7) escaped into the wild. Version 6 brought the Aqua look and feel to Microsoft’s client amongst other features, so what’s new in… read moreJailbreaking Hotmail [WebWorkerDaily]
April 26 2008
With Microsoft’s announcement this week that Outlook and Outlook Express will no longer support desktop access to Hotmail accounts raises some interesting questions on data portability. After 30th June, Microsoft’s Windows Live Mail application will be the only means by which desktop and offline access to Hotmail accounts will be supported.… read moreData Portability and the File System [WebWorkerDaily]
April 25 2008
With an increasing dependence on distributed software, and web-based applications the portability of personal and corporate data is becoming an increasingly important issue for all users, but more so for web workers in particular. Open Data philosophies have begun to coalesce around essays such as the speculative Data Bill Of Rights… read moreCoworking Evolved [WebWorkerDaily]
April 16 2008
WWD readers are likely familiar with the notion of coworking - low cost collaboration & community space for digital workers - pioneered by the likes of San Francisco’s Hat Factory and Citizen Space. With coworking communities springing up across the globe, the phenomenon is beginning to morph into a new… read moreSeptember 07 2007
With the last few days breathless reporting of Nokia and Apple's various product launches, it's easy to overlook one of the most important factors for mobility...power! There's been a pair of interesting battery developments in recent weeks. First up, Trevor... read moreTelecom TV: Disruption in core Telco business
August 16 2007
A troika of ETel alumni - Martin Geddes, Dr. Norman Lewis & Keith Wallington - were recently interviewed as part of a panel session at Telecom TV… …the highlight of the 22-minute show? Norman’s characterisation of the prior ‘Soviet’ model of telephony :) read moreAugust 06 2007
Tim Panton, Westhawk’s Technical Director and one of this year’s keynoters at ETel, has just informed me of the launch of a closed, thousand user trial for their Phone from HERE service, based on the Corraleta technology demonstrated at ETel. Registering for the beta, adds a new link to your LinkedIn… read moreAugust 04 2007
…a few recently snippets on developments in handset technology: Gizmodo featured the launch of the much-anticipated Neo1973, along with a very detailed technical spec…still waitin’ for mine though Sean Microsoft recently patented the use of touchpads for mobile handset UIs. A great idea and one I’m glad I had in… read moreAugust 04 2007
Ace! Someone’s fulfilled my wish for a user-generated mobile coverage map! The newly launched SignalMap (thanks Gizmodo!) allows users in the US to see how Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile subscribers rate their coverage quality, on a Google Map. Of course, you can also add your own reception markers to the… read moreAugust 01 2007
Wired’s cute article on Ten Reasons To Throw Away Your Cellphone is unintentionally funnier each time I visit the page. Right after reason 10 - It turns you into a public annoyance - there’s a large ad box variously showing O2 and Blackberry banner ads… oops! The article’s worth a quick scan… read moreJuly 30 2007
…a few recently snippets on developments in handset technology: Gizmodo featured the launch of the much-anticipated Neo1973, along with a very detailed technical spec…still waitin’ for mine though Sean Microsoft recently patented the use of touchpads for mobile handset UIs. A great idea and one I’m glad I had in… read moreJuly 30 2007
From October, telcos operating in the UK will need to retain mobile and landline call records for a year (excluding VoIP) to assist criminal investigation and national security agencies. The legislation is part of the British Government’s compliance with the EU’s Data Retention Directive. So, UK telcos and cellcos will be… read moreJuly 24 2007
In an article on Silicon Valley’s social scene, the San Jose Mercury News fleetingly mentions ‘a start-up that is planning a November launch of a telephone service offering “virtual conversations,” starting with Santa Claus.’ Aha! Sounds like telephony to me! The startup in question, Talktiva is intending to launch a ‘… read more
