Project Athene; From geeks to Gods #projectathene
An off the cuff response to Mark Nagurski following a comment he had made on my recent post “Invented here syndrome; Demand attention” led me to waking up one morning at 5 am with a crazy plan.
Code4Pizza; Coding experience not necessary
I have just returned from a great night at Code4Pizza were I had the pleasure of meeting some really switched on people wanting to do stuff just to help people. That’s a pretty good reason in my book. We need more of it in this country. I guess its what people did before the “big society”.
A week is a long time in politics; Elections and the democratic process
While I am a bit of a political anorak I have never actively been engaged in politics. In the last week however I have had several discussions with people regarding nominations to stand for election, canvassing for support and the development of policy which would form the basis of future manifestos. As they say – “A week is a long time in politics”.
Want to start up? You have no idea; Prize available
In my professional and private life I meet many people (me included btw) who would love to start their own business. All they are missing is that killer idea. Well look no further. A little reported event this week may just be what you have been looking for.
Why the UAE’s block on Blackberry is PR manna from heaven
The United Arab Emirates, and laterally Saudi Arabia, have announced that they intend to block several functions on Blackberry. This can only be a good thing for RIM in my view whilst it obviously it isn’t great for the RIM country managers sales figures for those two markets. Here’s the rub.