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October 2009

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by thenakedpheasant on 30 October 2009

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Video me

October 29, 2009

AKQA showed this at a meeting on Tuesday, talking about collaboration and the power of crowd-sourced creativity – all the usual stuff we always bang on about.
But this is incredible. It’s a music video from a fairly sketchy band called Sour. They got their fans to work together to make a video for their new song. [...]

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songs about cheese

October 29, 2009

after the recent curry-inspired song list, we’re on a roll (literally) with some cheese-inspired titles… again, please add your suggestions below!
Feta the Devil You Know – Kylie Minogue
Let it Brie – Beatles
Gouda Vibrations – Beach Boys
Edam, Wish I Was Your Lover – Sophie B Hawkins
Brie My Babybel – Ronettes
Autobahn – Kraft(werk)
Private Eyes – Halloumi & Oates
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sex & ducks & flock n droll

October 29, 2009

ok, ok – sorry for the appalling headline  pun… I nipped out for a sneaky glass of wine at half nine the other night to read the paper, but instead bought the New Scientist instead which I do sometimes; nice read but my head would go numb if i read it weekly.
Some very interesting stuff in [...]

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Sneaking around the Internet with Sidewiki…

October 27, 2009

 
I’ve been playing around with Google Sidewiki today. It got a bit of attention when it launched a few weeks ago, but I think it was announced at the same time as Google Wave, which seems to have dominated the chatter.
A quick summary for those that don’t know. Sidewiki is a tool which is downloadable [...]

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Is the fact Blair is running for EU presidency a British power grab or for common good?

October 26, 2009

 The leaders of the 27 EU member states will meet in Brussels this Thursday to thrash out the remit of the new president for EU, with some of the smaller states favouring a low-profile role involving little more than chairing meetings:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6889786.ece
 
Mr Blair is very much in the running to take on this role. His opponents, [...]

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Who’d Be a Technology CEO?

October 26, 2009

Back in the day technology CEO’s were the golden children of the business world.  Golden not just in remuneration but the rock star status they enjoyed as they pioneered the wonders of new products that changed the world for the better.  Employees worked all night to ship the latest software, partners queued up to share [...]

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The Genetic Mis-Disposition of Airmiles Andy

October 26, 2009

If the Republic Blog’s reporting of Andrew Windsor’s speech about Bankers’ Bonus’ is accurate, then his words simply beggar belief:
“I was brought up to do this sort of work. It is training, experience and genetics. We offer consistency and regularity. We have been around for a long time and will be around for a long [...]

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best excuses ever…?

October 26, 2009

what better way to start the week than with a PHENOMENALLY good excuse for being late? Me – i forgot to reset my alarm clock to the new time; not brilliant in anyway and instead a bit divvy, but @AlexiaOSullivan has instead set a whole new benchmark:
Computer bag strap stuck in tube doors so had to [...]

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