while browsing through Bloglines, i stumbled across this new blog from Nkhata Bay in northern Malawi: http://njayalodge.blogspot.com A story of the most unlikely couple you could imagine, from Clapham London who packed it all in to discover a new reality. In 1993 on the shores of Lake Malawi two naà ¯ve 26 year olds, Paul and… Continue reading Malawi Madness: Everything has its own time
Goodbye Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Freehand?
Today’s top news should prove interesting to follow: Adobe said the Macromedia purchase, Adobe’s biggest-ever takeover, brings together two “complementary” products. Adobe is paying 43.8 times operating profit and 7.5 times sales for Macromedia, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Source: Bloomberg What will happen to the Macromedia products where Adobe offers a similar product?… Continue reading Goodbye Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Freehand?
RSS Calendar
Create events your subscribers can import into MS Outlook (VCal) or Mac (ICal) If this tool also offered some kind of an export/upload for outlook / mac / palm calendars… i could think of a number of useful ways to use it!
Working on the Nyika
Read Jeff’s and Leslie’s blog from Nyika Plateau in northern Malawi: Working on the Nyika The Nyika – Vwaza Trust (referred to as the Trust) was established in 2004 to promote for the benefit of the public, the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of primarily the Nyika National Park and… Continue reading Working on the Nyika
Java vs. PHP CMS/Portals
there’s a long but interesting discussion going on about content management systems at The Server Side. See: Ask TSS: Do any Java CMS/Portals match the PHP ones? There’s a lot of references to useful tools (both PHP and Java). Cos of the sheer number of different tools it’s all the more important to have a… Continue reading Java vs. PHP CMS/Portals
Internet Resources on Malawi
Comprehensive list of Malawi links at Columbia University: African Studies: Malawi
copy writing tips
Five B2B Copy Myths by Jonathan Kranz, March 29, 2005 The next time you write, forget about trying to appear “businesslike” and really get down to business. Be direct, forceful and concrete. Write as if you were talking one-to-one with a good friend you respect. When you blow the dust off your prose, you’ll find… Continue reading copy writing tips
Open Source CRM Solutions
crm
white Landcruiser phenomenon
No where is the white Landcruiser phenomenon more prevalent than in Zambia or Malawi. In the city of Lilongwe, Malawi, you can find a typical African town with dodgy mini-taxis held together by pieces of tape, bustling markets and poor people. However you can also drive three minutes into the new city centre and find… Continue reading white Landcruiser phenomenon
Otitis Blues
I was grounded this week. No day job. No blogging. What felt like a bad cold was diagnosed as otitis media, a severe infection in the middle ear, which can lead to meningitis or can rapture the eardrum or cause hearing loss. It is – may I add – somewhat painful. But I’m back online.… Continue reading Otitis Blues
Flower Myth
today’s cultural event: went to see the exhibition, Blumenmythos, at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (along with hundreds of other visitors). The show is a “must see”. Some of my favorites: David Hockney, Mount Fuji and Flowers, 1972 Andy Warhol, Flowers, series, 10 sheets, 1970 I’ll probably go back on a quieter day to see… Continue reading Flower Myth
wordpress: how it all started…
it would be nice to have the flexibility of MovableType, the parsing of TextPattern, the hackability of b2, and the ease of setup of Blogger
intro to php
Practical examples showing how to use basic PHP to display dynamic web content: Easy-peasy PHP
handmade latte macchiatto
is it machiato, macchiato, or machiatto? non lo so!
spell with flickr
Blogger Meetup in Basel in March 2005
Just got back from the Swiss Bloggers meetup in downtown Basel. It was fun sharing experiences and talking about tools and seeing the blogger “in person”. As Bamboozled had announced a couple of journalists came by asking questions about blogs, star bloggers… and the future development of blogs.
usability and rich web apps
Worries about rich web applications: I know I’m just one quiet voice in a storm, but if you are thinking of developing any kind of “rich” web application, please, please, embrace all the aspects of the web experience we all love so much rather than rejecting them for your own preferences and assumptions. Don’t make… Continue reading usability and rich web apps
jetzt
yet another quote…
I would rather endure the discomfort of adventure than the boredom of luxury.
influence
Even introverts influence other people. Sociologists tell us the most introverted of people will influence 10,000 others in an average lifetime. Wow. How many people might you influence, seeing that you actually want to make a difference in the lives of other people? source: paraphrase from one of John C. Maxwell’s books on leadership I… Continue reading influence
Traveling to Livingstonia in 1924
Traveling from Scotland to Livingstonia in 1924
Tips for Mastering E-mail Overload
via kottke: HBS Working Knowledge: The Leadership Workshop: Tips for Mastering E-mail Overload
What One Does With a Geography Major
here’s another blog from Malawi – this one’s from Livingstonia in the northern part: What One Does With a Geography Major
If you’re in marketing…
Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career You have to get noticed to get promoted. You have to get noticed to get hired. It really impresses people when you say “Oh, I’ve written about that, just google for XXX and I’m on the top page” or “Oh, just google my name.” No matter… Continue reading If you’re in marketing…
from no phone to mobile phone
97% of people surveyed in Tanzania said they could access a mobile phone, while just 28% could access a land line phone.