Monthly Archive for March, 2005

Cross on government connect

Mike Cross takes an interesting perspective on the government connect launch in Local solution to the identity crisis. His thesis: if we get a near-universal spread of IDs for LA transactions, will we need a national identity card?

hori hori

I want a (an?) hori hori (dig-dig) tool. But I can’t find one in the UK. Time to order one from Amazon?

Mind Mapping

An introduction to Mind Mapping using trees. It’s a good habit to get into even if you don’t use the software.

CBI doesn’t believe in Gershon

The CBI launches in to the fray with a survey that says business doesn’t believe in Gershon. Stating that using IT to improve efficiency doesn’t seem likely to work is an odd one, in that Gershon is absolutely not about IT. Curious.

How to: Share your music via iTunes on the Net

How to: Share your music via iTunes on the Net. For when I have a Mac mini…

Reviews galore

Nice page with lots of PC Mag reviews collected together.

EssentialPIM

Essential PIM claims it is absolutely free. It looks like they’re planning to use home users as a massive beta and then leverage enterprise sales on the back of it. Worth a try, perhaps?

avast! 4 antivirus

Avast 4 is free antivirus software for home users. Looks neat.

Peerflix

Peerflix is like Netflix but between DVD owners. Nice idea, so long as the trust element works.

Cross on e-Democracy

Mike Cross of the Guardian writes a friendly article on the e-Democracy National Project.