November 2006 Archives

So, I was exploring LinkedIn this morning, mainly to see if I could find another contact for a large US software publisher which refuses to return my calls or answer emails (apparently it "revolutionises how the world engages with ideas and information" - apparently by ignoring all outside contact. Well, it's certainly a new approach).

Anyway. I came across the "service recommendation" section, and discovered that LinkedIn seems to extend slightly beyond the software & services industries these days...

...so, not only house cleaners, but HONEST house cleaners!!! (Those of you not totally up to speed with the more obscure corners of the English language might find the following useful)

I'm a sloth. Find me on LinkedIn :-)

(Apparently Ms. Sloth, who seems to offer services in Melbourne, Australia, is a highly recommended Independent Management Consulting Professional. How she (it?) ended up in the Top House Cleaners list, on the strength of 1 recommendation, must remain a mystery - and Rita M. Perez ranks below her/it.....)

I've always wondered about this option in Apple Mail:

I mean, why would I NOT want this ? Is deselecting it the same as "send Windows-hostile attachments" ?

And why isn't it set by default ?

Interesting read about the valiant, skilled, courageous Swiss hunters shooting marmots. Could they not find more challenging targets ? It is often reported that hunters frustrated at not being able to massacre deer or mountain goats, despite their high tech arsenals, turn to marmots, which are in general a protected species. Perhaps they shoot try shooting themselves - it would certainly make the world a better place, to be rid of some of these brainless morons - but thy'd probably miss.

Need binoculars to find a marmot ? He probably needs a periscope to find his arse with both hands. And my, what a nice big gun.

This bloodlust in a certain minority (I hope) section of the Swiss community is highly disturbing, and revealing of the real nature of a section of the Swiss society. Not so much tranquil, peace loving neutrals, but gun loving toy soldiers who love to shoot anything in sight. Probably they organise cultural exchanges with the similarly rabid British fox hunting or badger baiting communities. Or indeed Russian bear poachers. What a world.

Note, however, that there are plenty of Swiss who strongly condemn such barbarity, although clearly swissinfo would not dream of voicing an opinion.

"it is hard to describe the incredible beauty of the Lugano lake, also known as the Ceresio. It is probably the most beautiful feature in Ticino. Cradled in between tall, green mountains, the lake has a dramatic quality. Its calm mirror like waters change in colour and mood through the day and also through seasons."

Does that sound like a place you'd like to have your office about 30 seconds away from ? If so, you might be interested in the job vacancies currently posted at Imaginventure.

Mobile Telcos are not, in my experience, models of innovation, whatever they may say or think. Indeed, a bit over two years ago I couldn't even give away a fully featured mobile blogging platform to Swisscom Mobile (as an extension to a product already bought and in service....but whatever)

But it seems that times have changed - Swisscom Mobile Labs recently launched, providing early adopters a chance to use beta products over the mobile network. Media Bridge, an implementation of Soonr, works extremely well....

So, the latest announcement about mobile tagging is very welcome:

New service added at Swisscom-Labs: Mobile Tagging: "This is the name of the new technology that provides direct access to content such as games, music, videos and websites over the mobile phone. Content is accessed by photographing tags (barcodes) using a mobile phone camera. In the download section, we are offering customers the opportunity to download free content via mobile tagging. (Note: Without a Vodafone Live! portal option, transmission costs of around CHF 0.60 per download apply.) In the next phase these tags will appear in the '20 Minuten' commuter newspaper and other print media.

P.S. You can also generate your own tags here e.g. for your home page or to write SMS messages."

(Via Swisscom Mobile Labs.)

I look forward to trying it.