tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84541712024-03-13T14:15:15.334+00:00Techiedog-blogBone fide cyber punkTechiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-68954289297532703812011-01-05T10:06:00.003+00:002011-01-05T10:10:47.639+00:00Starting afreshSo, this blog seems somewhat sparse for 2010, thats the effect of a mixture my focus being elsewhere and the blogger service altering its range of publishing options and me only just getting around to switching. The blog has now moved to <a href="http://techiedog.blogspot.com">techiedog.blogspot.com</a>.<br /><br />Still ... onwards and upwards.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-38585445139944594252009-12-24T11:57:00.003+00:002009-12-24T12:03:09.750+00:00Rhombus live videoHere is a clip of us playing live on the London leg of G-Fest earlier this month.<br /><br /><object width="373" height="227"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tP96dKklhbQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tP96dKklhbQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="373" height="227"></embed></object>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-3748235676645419132009-09-14T10:18:00.001+01:002009-09-14T10:18:24.687+01:00New Rhombus Album<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/techiedog/3919230808/" title="New Album by techiedog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/3919230808_c1a0bb23f0_o.jpg" width="350" height="447" alt="New Album" /></a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-91316655381791410682009-08-25T21:42:00.004+01:002009-08-25T21:53:09.343+01:00Latest Eureka Machines video<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SgOzDhtUwCU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SgOzDhtUwCU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Tour dates for anyone so inclined - I heartily recommend making the effort.<br /><br />Saturday 5 Sep 2009 – BLACKPOOL The Royal Oak<br />Saturday 12 Sep 2009 – WORCESTER Marrs Bar (with Jackdaw4)<br />Sunday 13 Sep 2009 – BIRMINGHAM Madhouse (with Jackdaw4)<br />Thursday 17 Sept 2009 – DONCASTER The Leopard<br />Friday 25 Sept 2009 – YORK The Speakeasy (with Laika Dog)<br />Saturday 26 Sept 2009 – NOTTINGHAM The Maze<br />Sunday 27 Sept 2009 – DERBY Victoria Inn<br />Friday 2 Oct 2009 – HALIFAX Puzzle Hall, Sowerby Bridge (with Night By Night)<br />Saturday 3 Oct 2009 – BURY Hark To Towler (with Night By Night)<br />Sunday 4 Oct 2009 – GRIMSBY Yardbirds (with Night By Night)<br />Friday 9 Oct 2009 – MANSFIELD Town Mill<br />Saturday 10 Oct 2009 – LONDON The Gaff, Holloway Road (with Shush)<br />Friday 16 Oct 2009 – LEEDS Brudenell Social Club (with Micky P Kerr)<br />Saturday 17 Oct 2009 – HUDDERSFIELD The Parish (with Sorry And The Sinatras)<br />Thursday 29 Oct 2009 – NEWCASTLE Trillians<br />Friday 30 Oct 2009 – DURHAM Fish Tank<br />Wednesday 23 Nov 2009 – LONDON 100 Club<br />Saturday 28 Nov 2009 – LEEDS Brudenell Social Club (headline)<br /><br /><br />Check the <a href="http://www.eurekamachines.com/">band web site</a> for alterations/cancellations.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-8517165716235548882009-07-27T23:09:00.002+01:002009-07-27T23:23:44.667+01:00Back on the roadLast weekend I hit the road as I undertook my first tour since joining the band <a href="http://www.rhombus.org.uk/" target="_new">Rhombus</a>. We had a blast, and I must thank all the people who made me feel so welcome and said very positive things - its always a worry coming into an established band, especially with such a large and loyal fan base but you guys were great.<br /><br />The first night was playing the Scala in London as main support for <a hfer="http://www.theedenhouse.com/" target="_new">The Eden House</a> and as a slight taster, below is a bootleg video of us playing the song 'One Day More'.<br /><br />I'm the one that looks like this --> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/techiedog/3761270163/" title="Ian - Scala, London 24th July 09 by techiedog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3761270163_fd392a5f24_s.jpg" alt="Ian - Scala, London 24th July 09" height="75" width="75" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mWBPc_nViFc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mWBPc_nViFc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-7038221675522287622009-07-12T00:29:00.007+01:002009-07-13T15:00:30.670+01:00Turn on, Log in, Opt outDespite the scare stories and bar stool reasoning which informs so much public opinion, we are only really starting to scratch the surface when it comes to the debate, let alone the understanding of the durability of our digital footprints; Those patterns and trails our online activity leaves for others to find.<br /><br />We vaguely understand the notion of a 'privacy policy' or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_protection_act" target="_new">data privacy legislation</a> but appreciating when something is in the public domain or not is far from obvious, if one thinks about it at all.<br /><br />This is of course partly to do with the still nascent technology and culture the Internet has spawned. We have little in the way of societal opinion, no tradition, no common knowledge passed down from parent to child, as is the case with longer hewn technologies.<br /><br />Telephones on the other hand, we do understand! We understand our phone numbers and we know whether or not we want them freely available.<br /><br />Generally most people didn't object to their land lines being listed in a directory, even if recently this carried the added admin of having to pay the <a href="http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/" target="_new">TPS</a> a visit to minimize cold calls.<br /><br />However, mobile phones it seems provoke a different response. The cell phone is a much more personal device, the on-device address book acts as much as a representation of identity, peer group allegiance and lifestyle as it does a convenient method for dialing. We are, it seems, much less free and easy giving out our cell phone numbers.<br /><br />Which is why perhaps that the 118800 service in the UK prompted such emotive reaction.<br /><br />The service provides a directory of mobile phone numbers, but of course, seeing as mobile operators don't then there is no central source for the contents of 118800 directory. Their contents have been acquired from commercially traded lists, ie all those shops, services, online stores, utilities companies etc whose forms contain small print about 'passing on details to third parties'. Sometimes we opt out, sometime we think we have, some times we forget, but regardless, the notion of data being passed on to 'selected third parties' still requires a conceptual leap to what is essentially placing details such as one's cell phone number in the public domain - the raison d'etre of a directory. To be fair 118 800 doesn't give out the numbers, it just connects you for a fee.<br /><br />If none of that bothers you then all is well. There are advantages in people being able to look up your number, the same as they could for a land line. Much of it depends on how you use your mobile phone and what job you feel it does for you.<br /><br />However, those who were concerned about inclusion in the directory were comforted with the knowledge that they could simply visit the <a href="http://www.118800.co.uk" target="_new">118800 website</a> and have their number removed. Or at least, that was the promise ... unfortunately the web site is currently down! Whether this is because it has crumpled under the sheer volume of traffic from would be 'opt outs' as <a href="http://ensembli.com/stories/1438018" target="_new">some reports</a> would suggest, or whether there is some other more mundane problem I can't say, but I suspect that the unsubscribe service will, when active, be pretty popular.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.techiedog.com/blog/118800.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />Now, as we do develop a cultural sense of our digital shadows, is the new frontier to be characterized by constant opting out and curating of public and hidden information? Or will we find, we just don't care?Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-15362899112886235372009-07-11T14:45:00.004+01:002009-07-11T15:17:05.631+01:00Getting back to it and thinking about Twitter and other thingsHow many blog posts are there out there in the world (wide web) which are mostly apologies for the lack of recent posts and the promise to be a little more productive starting ... now?<br /><br />I've certainly read a lot ... I know that I've written several. <br /><br />So, I'm not going to explicitly say any of that ;-)<br /><br />Its true that much of what I would have blogged from a personal interest point of view finds an outlet on Twitter, which I still haven't decided whether its an incredibly useful communications tool or an ill conceived, perhaps even evil distraction. <br /><br />Its true, that my good friend, colleague and collaborator <a href="http://imran.typepad.com/" target="_new">Imran</a> and I momentarily found our conversation falter when we last met up in person as pretty much every piece of news we had for each other was met with a reply of "Yeah, I know, I saw your Tweet!". Of course many have tried and failed to halt our free ranging, stream of consciousness tangent spinning conversations in the past, and so we were back on track before very long - but the whole experience set me thinking....<br /><br />... There is a surface level at which <a href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_new">Twitter</a> and to a lesser extent <a href="http://www.facebook.com" target="_new">facebook</a> status reports and their like, appear to keep one informed as to the activities of one's nearest and dearest (and furthest and not-so-dearest for that matter), but there is of course a great deal of substance and context missing. Imran and I were indeed apprised of each other's news, but it took a proper conversation to understand any of it with any depth. In much the same way that a picture postcard doesn't render the post holiday story conversations superfluous.<br /><br />A slightly different example occurred last night with reference to my friend Zoonie. Now I consider Zoonie a friend even though we haven't been co-located in at least two and a half years and most of our contact has been through various social network apps rather than direct conversation exchange. I like the fact that I kinda feel abreast of whats going on in her life. However, last night I saw a stream of tweets from her which sounded fascinating but due to a context gap I had absolutely no idea whatsoever as to what the comments were all about. I was left trying to piece things together by cross-referencing all the other places that I know Zoonie's digital life leaves a trail.<br /><br />A few years ago I was working with the guys at <a href="http://calicojack.co.uk/" target="_new">Calico Jack</a> on system which would pull together conversations into contextually related bundles across telephony, email and IM. Throw in things like twitter, social networks and other personal publishing apps, such as Flickr and the concept seems more relevant than ever. Which, of course is what <a href="http://wave.google.com/" target="_new">Google wave</a> could start to unlock.<br /><br />So, I guess right now I can see the value of Twitter as a stream of flags, conceptual pointers or log entries alluding to deeper activity; the missing piece for me right now is the mechanism to explore the depth or at least, fill in the gaps.<br /><br />Or maybe I should just be happy with twitter supplying a list of topics to talk about next time I get chance to have a proper conversation. The longer I work in technology, the more I discover the 'bits of life' that I don't want an automated solution for.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-31061544032550514232009-05-16T20:38:00.001+01:002009-05-16T20:40:27.644+01:00Its all over<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.techiedog.com/blog/uploaded_images/smurphs09-790810.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.techiedog.com/blog/uploaded_images/smurphs09-790799.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-1967193499520471142009-05-11T11:33:00.001+01:002009-05-11T11:34:46.666+01:00Eureka MachinesFinally saw these guys opening for Ginger - most exciting new band I've seen for years!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Zabn5u87cw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Zabn5u87cw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-35921559620277828722009-02-25T08:49:00.001+00:002009-02-25T08:51:21.863+00:00Ensembli blogIts been a while but we've now got ensembli's blog up and running.<br /><br />Find it at <a href="http://blog.ensembli.com">blog.ensembli.com</a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-188033256288646152009-01-29T14:33:00.001+00:002009-01-29T14:36:21.641+00:00URL shorteningThere is no shortage of URL shortening apps around on t'web. And <a href="http://ensemb.li">here</a> is another!Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-10621978250479069292009-01-22T13:07:00.002+00:002009-01-22T13:14:03.515+00:00O'Reilly Iginite - LeedsTonight I'm one of the speakers at the <a href="http://oreilly.com/" target="_new">O'Reilly</a> Ignite event in Leeds.<br /><br />Imran has the schedule and background details up at his <a href="http://imran.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/oreilly-ignite-north.html" target="_new">blog</a> - though I've changed my talk at the last minute ;-)Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-30056883758913018862009-01-16T11:22:00.002+00:002009-01-16T11:25:56.724+00:00OpenCoffee - Huddersfield January 21The first OpenCoffee event of 2009 take place on Wednesday 21st between 10am and 12 noon at The Media Centre. Come along!<br /><br />Details <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1448674/">here</a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-48914370831856658722008-12-02T11:24:00.005+00:002008-12-02T12:06:46.003+00:00Admitting defeatWeather is against me - today for the first time in 2008 I couldn't get get to work by motorcycle, in fact I couldn't even get as far as the main road for re-frozen slush.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/techiedog/3077308788/" title="Ice on my road by techiedog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/3077308788_cea156832f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Ice on my road" /></a><br /><br />Hiking the hills is going to feature more than biking the hills for a while I guess. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/techiedog/2402396339/" title="Why live anywhere else by techiedog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2402396339_95113fb448.jpg" width="400" alt="Why live anywhere else" /></a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-81439825613970008442008-11-29T10:15:00.003+00:002008-11-29T11:14:38.997+00:00Recovering my bricked iPhoneWhile updating my series one 16GB iPhone to OS version 2.2 it all went TU.<br /><br />About 20 percent through the update it crashed out.<br /><br />After 'ejecting', the iphone was stuck in the 'connect to iTunes' icon state.<br/><br /><img width ="400" src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r121/Multicam/iphone.jpg" /><br /><br />On reconnecting the phone to my MacBook I was channeled into the only option which was to restore the iPhone however this crashed out at about 20% on the progress bar with an 'Unable to restore iPhone' error code (14) every time I attempted it.<br /><br />The fix?<br /><br />So after surfing a load of blogs and forums and trying various options I found the following worked for me:<br /><br />I created a new user account on my mac*, logged into it, connected the iPhone and hit restore. Once the phone was successfully 'activated' I disconnected, logged back in to my MacBook with usual account, connected the iPhone and voila. Well, almost - I've found by experience that the restore from backup option never works for me, so I hit the 'set up as new phone' option. This is a pain because it takes ages to resync all my data (mostly podcasts) and I had to go and reset my pone preferences, but in the end I ended up with my iPhone pretty much restored to the way it was before.<br /><br /><br /><br />* <br />- Select system preferences from the apple menu (top left)<br />- open the “Accounts” pane<br />- click the padlock and enter your admin password<br />- click the “+” (plus) button to create the new userTechiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-76960315066488265672008-10-14T17:59:00.002+01:002008-10-14T18:10:28.286+01:00Legal audio downloads<img src="http://craphound.com/images/steal_this_comic.png.jpg" width="400"/>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-53333671520225542962008-10-09T10:21:00.003+01:002008-10-09T10:26:23.832+01:00OpenCoffe Huddersfield #4It's that time again. 4th OpenCoffee event in Huddersfield at the Media Centre, Web Oct 15th - 10:00-12:00.<br /><br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1195424/?ps=6">details</a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-54240211239311806182008-08-05T17:08:00.002+01:002008-08-05T17:11:21.770+01:00Open Coffee Huddersfield #2 - AugustThe 2nd Huddersfield Opencoffee meet with take place on Wednesday Aug 13th at Cafe Ollo in the Media Centre.<br /><br />More details on <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/909428/">Upcoming</a> - do let us know if you are planning on coming along.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-9959523009185533112008-07-16T14:20:00.002+01:002008-07-16T14:38:36.422+01:00OpenCoffeeThe first Huddersfield OpenCoffee got off to a cracking start with 34 people passing through the event and a max concurrent attendance of 26.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/techiedog/2674338136/" title="OpenCoffee Huddersfield #1 by techiedog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2674338136_8b570c1dd0.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />We plan to repeat the meet up on the Second Wednesday of every month.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/techiedog/2673522341/" title="OpenCoffee Huddersfield by techiedog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2673522341_5858ff4074.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />It was a great mix of Entrepreneurs, Engineers, designers, Investors, Legal peeps, and RIA types - a perfect mix. I managed to get around and talk to quite a few people but by no means all, but there were many active conversations happening.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-47414933808610524062008-06-26T14:16:00.002+01:002008-06-26T14:18:29.352+01:00OC Huddersfield date confirmedWednesday 16th July, 10am at the Media Centre Huddersfield.<br /><br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/839039/">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/839039/</a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-76143610487319682952008-06-19T19:04:00.005+01:002008-06-20T18:34:05.012+01:00OpenCoffee comes to HuddersfieldSo, since I first got involved in <a href="http://opencoffee.ning.com">OpenCoffee</a> events when <a href="http://imran.typepad.com/">Imran</a> kicked off the <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/3140/">Leeds</a> group early last year, I've made best efforts to attend any I could get to, mainly in Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester. For the last 18 months or so, my main office has been in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=The+Media+Centre,+7+Northumberland+St,+Huddersfield,+Kirklees+HD1,+United+Kingdom&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.735377,63.984375&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1">Huddersfield</a> which has something of a digital hub going on and in fact, I've met many a fellow Huddersfield based tech entrepreneur over in one of Imran's meets.<br />Its perhaps a little past due that we organized something more local and so I've been working with Ann Storey at the Media Centre to bring OpenCoffee to Huddersfield.<br /><br />The inaugural Huddersfield event will be in mid July - we are just conflict checking our proposed dates - and you can keep track of things via the <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/4735/">Huddersfield OpenCoffee upcoming group</a>.<br /><br />Come join us.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-46194490511288938782008-05-12T12:03:00.004+01:002008-05-12T12:11:51.432+01:00Recruiting - Developer engineer jobsLong time, no post!<br /><br />Yep, I've been v busy, though the more widely read may have found me posting elsewhere.<br /><br />Any hoo - to work.<br /><br />I'm now the CTO for <a href="http://ensembli.com">ensembli</a> and I need to build up my engineering team.<br /><br />I'm looking for self starter, software engineers with a range of experience but no one language or technology is requisite. In fact it you are an expert in one way of doing things then you probably aren't for us.<br /><br />We'll be basing our offices in Sheffield and have junior and senior posts available.<br /><br />The job advert can be found <a href="http://ensembli.com/index.php/2008/05/09/wanted-all-round-software-developers-with-heroic-tendencies/">here</a>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-38771523313190304852008-01-29T16:16:00.000+00:002008-01-29T16:23:44.557+00:00Google Party - web meme alert!So, I'm sure this is spreading rampantly and most of you have seen it already - but for those that haven't, here is possible the best encapsulation of current web experience I've seen through humorous anthropomorphism. I especially like the annoying Facebook!<br /><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VgQMTLKmwrA&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VgQMTLKmwrA&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-51710566336022101752007-12-21T19:59:00.000+00:002007-12-21T20:11:34.292+00:00Pointless cash-in tat?I spotted this while Christmas shopping:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/techiedog/2126822885/" title="20122007267.jpg by techiedog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2126822885_20a7dd60fe.jpg" alt="20122007267.jpg" border="0" width="400" /></a><br /><br />Lost, the board game.<br /><br />I didn't look too closely at the rules but I'm assuming that you go round and round the board with each turn seeming like you are getting somewhere but ultimately realize its the same every time. This goes on ad nauseum until one by one the players get bored and wander off only to get excited about '<a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0813715/">Heroes</a> the board' game for a while. Eventually however they all end up pining for the great days of '<a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0303461/">Firefly</a> the board game' and '<a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0319969/">Carnivale</a> the board game' which are far more fun, its just a shame they stopped manufacturing them.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454171.post-3220221544356034252007-12-18T15:12:00.000+00:002007-12-21T20:58:11.249+00:00Enterprise Networking Meeting - (post imcomplete)On Tuesday I presented a talk at Huddersfield University to the <a href="http://www.hud.ac.uk/hubs/enterprise/index.htm">Enterprise Network</a>.<br /><br />I took as my theme the importance to SME's of keeping an eye on coming innovations and the tweaking of the variables in the status quo can lead to upsets. Large corporations have the cash to get actively involved in industry wide innovations where as all to often the SME see's paradigm shifting innovation as ssomething that is forced upon them.<br /><br />Any hoo - I promise I'd publish links to the topics I covered so here they are (this post is a work in progress and I'll keep updating over the next few days).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Introduction/Mental Sorbet</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Futurama - New York Worlds fair 1939</span><br /><br /><img src="http://ia300138.us.archive.org/0/items/ToNewHor1940/ToNewHor1940.thumbs/ToNewHor1940_00000021.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-12/ff_futurama_original">Wired article</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama_%28New_York_World%27s_Fair%29">WiKipedia entry</a><br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/ToNewHor1940">Film archive</a><br />Film clips on YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74cO9X4NMb4&feature=related">part I</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7dT2HId-c&feature=related">part II</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MIT City Car project</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/mits_stackable.php"><img src="http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007-2-21/citycar.jpg" border="0" width="100" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/cars/news/articles/2007/02/18/citycar/">Boston Globe article</a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1674705,00.html">Guardian article</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">10 things to keep an eye on</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. The Internet</span><br /><br />Or more specifically the move from IPv4 to IPv6<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address">Wikipedia</a> has a pretty exhaustive entry<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Desk top </span>Fabbing<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2068/1534806051_bc0cffdc2f_m.jpg" width="100" /><br /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Phone-a-ma-jigs</span><br /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Quantum computing</span><br /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Batteries</span><br /><br /><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/virus-battery.html">Virus built batteries </a><br />(more links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. The Long Tail</span><br /><br /><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:cpZ86UklLLdq7M:http://jedi.org/p4/slide/image/anatomy_of_long_tail.png" width="100" /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">RFIDs</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> & </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spimes</span><br /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Artificial, artificial Intelligence</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0713995254?ie=UTF8&tag=grinnuk-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0713995254"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/210CT82AQZL._AA_SL160_.jpg" border="0" /></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=grinnuk-21&l=as2&o=2&a=0713995254" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" /><br /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Communications Convergence</span><br /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Web 2.0</span><br /><br />(links to follow)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Wrap up</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jet boots</span><br /><br />The Finnish bird man <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5417019303200331106">video</a>.Techiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523337637340232402noreply@blogger.com0