Hold on to the Treo

Looks like a Linux Treo is the beast I’ll be wanting (especially given how well Rockbox is working on my iRiver). I should keep the existing Treo for a while, then, even though the zero key has broken. Makes dialling phone numbers very entertaining, as well as...

Horsesmouth

Horsesmouth looks like an interesting idea for community assistance and learning. I’m not sure why you wouldn’t use one of the others (LinkedIn, Facebook) instead or as well?

Personal pies

Nice idea to map out proportions in your life, but horrible in practice. Just imagine what yours would look like!

How we feel

Wired article with lots of fun playing with the five senses.

The album is dead?

I started ranting about consumers rejecting the enforced bundling of products (such as songs they didn’t want on an album) in 2001 (including music – see Courtney Love – and mixed media). It sounds like my prognostications of doom are coming true...

Ski the Angel

What a strange thing to want to do, but class, nevertheless. Down a 200ft escalator on skis. Bootiful.

Local government business and procurement

The local government shared services movement is taking off. Announcements that IBM will be preferred partner for Somerset and Capita for Southampton show that there is real traction in value creating public-private partnerships. Sandwell is going with BT and Liberata...