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Archive for October, 2005
Lost is using the net to draw people in to series two.
It costs $0.64 per viewer to advertise in Desparate Housewives. That’s a lot of money. Some interesting stats on how you set the price point for downloadable TV.
We’re less e-enabled than the Pope, according to a Brown University study. [PDF links, by the way]
We’re also weren’t doing so well in terms of business use of e-Government services back in 2004.
[Update: apparently our paper systems are very mature; that's why businesses don't use e-Government]
The scale and “smarts” behind serious, coordinated attacks on key targets are likely to get us out of Iraq faster than we thought.
The third vehicle, a cement mixer, didn’t reach its goal. Fortuitously, the axle of the truck became entangled in concertina wire which prevented forward movement.
Astonishing that this is all it takes to prevent what could have been worldwide news.
HTC Wizard vs Treo 650. I’ll probably end up with the Treo, given the way I use it (that is not normally for full work outside the office). I’d have the Wizard if I wanted to do more work on the run.
The Politics of Community summarises some recent thinking on communities and engagment. Looks like we might have some impact on this through e-Democracy, Shared Services and e-Innovations.
Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? Yes, according to the site (10/10).
A PQ answer saying nothing about e-Government or its benefits. Not even prefiguring the move to t-government?
Here’s a more substantive debate around e-Government. Amazing to see what MPs discuss in these debates.
Encouraging flexible and innovative taxis is a bizarre title for an article, but there is some interesting stuff there. I particularly like the idea of Taxibuses (like Tunisian Louages).
The Fly Pentop Computer is an amazing concept. I like the idea of semi haptics in a small form factor like a pen. Neato. This if obviously for kids only, but the general idea is a great extension of the “smart pen that remembers what you’ve written” concept. Question: is it a mass-market play? I think it could be - it’s more sociable than a Game Boy, but probably less interesting to kids. The question is really if the kids find it useful and / or cool.
NEC N411i i-mode phone heralds the start of i-mode in the UK. The reviewer likes having streetmap in his pocket. But I’ve had all this with my Treo and GPRS for over a year. Not to mention KMaps, etc. Too much pay content for my liking. Not for me!
Treo 650 Music Dock. Ridiculous, but strangely compelling.
Apple Front Row Hack. Sounds nice as a front end for music, media, etc.
The Hacker’s Diet looks like a long-winded, but sensible exposition of how to lose weight. Onwards!
There wasn’t a run on the banks in the 1990s, but it wasn’t far away. Well worth a read and a contemplate as to which systems are similarly vulnerable nowadays.
It is bad news for Ireland on e-Government.
Just 29 out of 70 flagship e-government projects have been finished on schedule
Yikes.
TinyDisk is a neat idea. It uses TinyURL (or, usefully, it’s own implementation) to split file information into and across TinyURL URLs. Very smart.
Great fun working for Google. Google base allows them to collect information on a massive range of structured information objects. This will then allow them to categorise their existing information by these new structures (so not just PageRank any more). So you’re looking for a house in Google Local, apply a filter on the number of bedrooms you need and see the relevant items as pins on the map. Neat.
