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Month: January 2010
Interested in technology
I stumbled across this quote: We assume that people are interested in technology, just because we are. Most people aren’t.
My Basel bicycle tip
I managed to break the key of my bicycle lock last night. Tomotec helped me to extract the broken key from the lock for free. Thank you. Tip: remember to lubricate your bicycle lock at regular intervals!
Twitter for the masses
I saw this retweet pointing to Jeremy Toeman’s article Will normal folks ever use Twitter?”. (By default that makes me un-normal….) He makes an excellent point which matches my own experience. Most people don’t see the added benefit of using Twitter. The uses are difficult to grasp. Especially since Twitter turned off the SMS service… Continue reading Twitter for the masses
Technology Leapfrogs
I like this quote from Hacktivate: We need to stop underestimating people. Don’t expect Africans to be content with boring old SMS and voice for long. Smartphones, droids and even iphones are much higher up Maslow’s hierarchy of needs than we realize, especially if nobody around owns a computers, your schools suck, and the government… Continue reading Technology Leapfrogs