i went a-photowalking again
Month: July 2008
Upgraded to WordPress 2.6
A message from the admin: Chip moved to WP 2.6. If anything appears broken, leave a comment 😉 Update: Finally, fixed the Terong Related Links plugin, which hasn’t been working for the past months since I upgraded to WP 2.5. I found this fix here and simply replaced the PHP code as described. After activating… Continue reading Upgraded to WordPress 2.6
Zittel and Sosnowska at Schaulager
Schaulager is currently showing work by Andrea Zittel and Monika Sosnowska. If you get a chance to go, you should. I particularly enjoyed Zittel’s design and architecture-related work. And Sosnowska’s Corridor is great.
The queue at the Road Traffic office
Malawi blogger Victor Kaonga writes about the long queue at the Road Traffic office: NDAGHA: What I saw at the Road Traffic Office in Lilongwe I waited in a similar queue in Blantyre during my visit last year.
Mobile Technology and Malawian Farmers
Cy has uploaded a video discussing the benefits of mobile technology for farmers in Malawi:
Workspace of an artist…
Just a quick note pointing to some snapshots I took on Saturday in Martin Gyger’s studio. I like seeing other people’s workplaces… Martin told me that he will be moving into a new workspace very soon, but before he moves out he’ll organize an exhibition. I forget the exact date but this should be some… Continue reading Workspace of an artist…
Portable Power Generator
your very own energy generator: Portable Power Generator
fring-fring
in my mailbox: Hi there, You recently registered to get fring, but sadly your phone was not supported Well , good news, the wait is over, and weÂ’re delighted to now invite you to join the fring community! Caution: short techie bit coming up… Until now, phones running on Java ME software (for example lots… Continue reading fring-fring
the orange chairs
Pattern library
for future reference: Interaction Design Pattern Library Designing Interfaces Yahoo’s pattern library Improving Interface Design
Puzzled
This t-shirt text puzzled me this morning… ZIM TST ERN I figured it out after a while but at first I kept associating ZIM with Zimbabwe. I’ve uploaded two batches of snapshots to my Flickr stream. I’m a snapshotter at heart and I’m not spending much time correcting or editing my work (yet). Unhindered by… Continue reading Puzzled
The Coca-Cola Index
Recommended read (via White African): AFRICANS buy 36 billion bottles of Coke a year. Because the price is set so low—around 20-30 American cents, less than the price of the average newspaper—and because sales are so minutely analysed by Coca-Cola, the Coke bottle may be one of the continent’s best trackers of stability and prosperity.… Continue reading The Coca-Cola Index
VoIP for iPod Touch
How to make VoIP phone calls from your iPod touch or iPhone using a freeware application called SIP-VoIP
Biking in Malawi
stumbled across this: Malawi Travel Guide and Bicycle Touring Guide Not very detailed though. The south is less hilly than the north. Ok.
posing
Data, Stories, Interaction, Products, Connection
interesting read: Some questions marketers must ask: Does this interaction lead to connections? Do our products support our story? Is the story pulling in numbers that demonstrate that it’s working?
A reading list for aspiring knowledge workers
For future reference: A reading list for aspiring knowledge workers c.f. Definition of a knowledge worker
listening to podcasts
on photography – http://twipphoto.com/ and learning italian – http://www.italianpod101.com/
More CVS commands for humble MarComm folks
(for future reference) To remove a tag and file: cvs tag -d “tagname” filename cvs remove -f filename cvs commit -m “message” filename To tag an entire folder: cvs tag -F “tagname” foldername I started using command line cvs more frequently. These are reminders for myself. In addition to the cvs help.