Month: June 2005

stumbled across this report from the JavaOne conf a couple of seconds ago: But did Nokia’s decision a decade ago to adopt Java technology just force Pres. Bush change his mind about the amount of U.S. aid to Africa? Here’s Gage’s tale, presented at Sun’s JavaOne developer conference Wednesday: Social cause fighter and rocker Bono,… Continue reading How Java saved Africa

Remember the movie “The Terminal” with Tom Hanks… BBC Africa has this report on a man that lived for 13 months in the duty free area of Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi: UK waves in Kenya airport dweller

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found this tool to be helpful: Visual Thesaurus only drawback: it’s not free

Tipps für Corporate Blogging [in German]

In celebration of its first anniversary, BILDblog.de asked its readers to design an advertisement in postcard size: Macht Reklame für BILDblog [in German] Mlle. A. received a special mention for her entry. Auguri from Basel!

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The FAZ* recently published a page-long article on Howard Rheingold and his predictions. Es sei eine ganz andere Welt, in der jeder die Möglichkeit habe, auf seiner Website seine Meinung zu verbreiten: “Und es wird immer schwieriger diese Welt von einer zentralen Stellen zu kontrollieren.” In a nutshell: It’s not so much about what new… Continue reading FAZ article on Howard Rheingold

Just wanted to check my email… and ended up upgrading Opera to 8.0, WordPress to 1.5.1.2, and trying out another new theme.

I’m kind of collecting advice on corporate blogging (with no particular goal in mind). A couple of background links I’ve found useful: The Corporate Weblog Manifesto by Scobleizer (update March 2018: removed link due to malware warning) Ten Tips For A Better Weblog Onlinejournalismus.de Ãœber-blogger Scoble also provides advice how to react to negative comments.… Continue reading Links on Corporate Blogging

Found this article on writing at kottke.org: Poynter Online – Writing Tool #50: The Writing Process The article describes the steps required to produce great writing: Sniff around Explore ideas Collect evidence Find a focus Select the best stuff Recognize an order Write a draft Revise and clarify

currently listening to Halley’s interview with Meg Hourihan: download the podcast here I’d forgotten about the Segway parody at 0sil8.com [update June 9] quote from her Tuft profile: Companies like Google advertise for employees with computer science degree, but as Hourihan herself points out, “On paper I don’t qualify for what their requirements are, and… Continue reading Podcast with Meg Hourihan, Blogger Co-Founder

here’s a blog documenting the different fonts being used on signs and ads in the Zurich area: TYPE AND THE CITY

What’s it like to live in Africa? here’s an interesting view from a Ghanaian living in the Netherlands: My view is that political independence is meaningless until it is linked with economic independence. I think the best place to grow up in this world is in Africa and the worse place too because of the… Continue reading The BBC Asks…

Learn Shona via the Shona Podcast source: BBC