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Just what is technology?


While the title might sound like an About.com topic, when I ask the question: “what is technology?” how wide or how narrow do we choose to focus our search? For me, technology is everything that’s man-made and not just the newfangled stuff, with PCB’s (Printed Circuit Boards) and microprocessors…


In a Word or two, Google Docs


Over the past couple of weeks, Blah, Blah! Technology doubled in size. Yes, that’s right — there’s now two of us. Our US office is open for business, and a feminine touch should do the place nice. Being intercontinental presents certain challenges from a collaborative point of view. Some can be solved with Skype and [...]


Beware of would-be psychic clients and mutant projects


Clients are strange creatures. Personally lacking any kind of secret psychic brain implant, working with them can be a challenge. Similarly, their projects often take on a life of their own. Transmogrifying into mutant projectomorphs, hell-bent on not meeting deadlines and shredding budgets like wet tissue paper…
The designer safari: hunting down wild designs
You see, clients [...]


Voice 2.0 is all talk .. and data, video and IM, too!


Communication is now all about voice, data, video and IM (Instant Messaging) these days, most of which are easier said than done. And therein lies the problem — all of these mediums require different needs, different approaches and different ways of being used. But maybe there’s one way of making them work together?
Much has been [...]


Web as music’s future, not DRM or music labels


Music is something very personal. For me, music is how I focus. Music gets me through a tough day in the office or up a steep hill when out jogging. Music is also an exceptionally lucrative business. The stewardship of which being hotly contested, with the music labels on one side, while you & I [...]