my mobile phone decided to die over the weekend so i had to pay a visit to the orange shop on old broad street. what’s gadget of the week then?… i give you the nokia 6310i which comes replete with bluetooth, gprs, wap and tri-band functions. now, bluetooth is extremely useful but unless the manufacturers …
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cards
last night was the first cards night of the year for me. it is becoming increasingly difficult to organise and as it was only 4 of us managed to make it. however, it was as always a great evening. the venue was wimbledon this time and we had the usual selection of “proper” card games …
march
for tohse of us who have worked on large corporate it developments death march by edward yourdon is a must read. it helps with ideas about negotiation with management over resource, estimates and requirements plus it offers some ways of identifying whether the project even has a chance of success. also given the title of …
closure
the dates for next years closure of the railway tunnel on the mainline between london and norwich have been announced. the tunnel on the london side of ipswich station will closed from 11th july 2004 until the 5th september 2004. full details can be found on the anglia railways website but the main bits of …
release
this morning has been another release of one of the projects i am the technical lead for. i have been in the office for a couple of hours now and all seems to be going ok. we will see by the end of the day if everone else has remained calm or if there is …
rss
at the request of lee i have thrown together a (very) quick rss feed for this site so that you can read it via your favourite newsreader… enjoy
detector
having read quite a few “business” documents recently i think anyone who writes documents frequently needs to download the deloitte & touche bullfighter. it highlights phrases such as “a future-proof asset that seamlessly empowers your mission critical enterprise communications.” in your word document so that you don’t seem like the worst kind of consultant to …
clear
i have been struggling for some time to undertand the strategy being taken by ibm and lotus over the marketing of notes/domino and “nextgen mail”. but this article [requires registration] makes things a lot clearer. as usual it seems to be to do with market positioning versus microsoft. in the good old days there was …
spree
continuing my music buying spree of late i have got three new albums today – electric six, fire is just a fun pop/rock jaunt with the two singles (danger! high voltage and gay bar) as the standout tracks. polyphonic spree’s the beginning staged of… is an excellent uplifting summer album as long as you exclude …
quiet
now this looks good. i might be investing ain a new toy!
Matt White 