Archive for July, 2008
It seems that the modern world is no less susceptible to water outages, as the rest of the world. Having experienced firsthand, water being cut in India, Pakistan, and hearing stories of it running out in Saudi Arabia, I thought at least here in the UK, we don’t have to worry about the water being […]
July 27th, 2008 | Posted in Class, Community, Culture, General, Global Community, Life, London, Social, Society, Travelling in Peru | No Comments
Have you ever wondered how much it really costs to make a pair of daily disposable contact lenses??
I always thought that the high streets were charging a decent price for contact lenses. That is until I discovered a website where I could buy two months supply for less than the cost of a months […]
July 10th, 2008 | Posted in Community, Efficient, Environmental, General, Health | No Comments
Everytime I traverse the Internet in search of something, inevitably, I come across some really interesting content, and especially some really good blogs… But keeping track of all the blogs, seems to be an ever increasing challenge. I originally thought surely Google Reader would be good enough, but it’s somehow unresponsive and too slow, and […]
July 10th, 2008 | Posted in RSS, RSS Readers, Tech, Web 2.0, Working Smart | 2 Comments
It seems there’s a lot on this weekend… On Saturday 5th of July, there’s a couple of events that all look equally appetising:
OpenTech 2008
“an informal, low cost one-day conference on technology, society and low-carbon living, featuring Open Source ways of working and technologies that anyone can have a go at.”
MediaCampLondon
An un-conference digging on advertising, blogging, […]
July 4th, 2008 | Posted in Alternative Technology, Community, London, London Tech Events, Social, Startup, Tech, Tech Events, Web 2.0 | No Comments
SeedCamp Season is now upon us again! The applications officially opened on 30th June ‘08, and the official deadline is 23:59 10th August.. I wonder if that’s GMT or BST?? Well, it sure seems like only yesterday, when fuelled by the possibility of launching through SeedCamp that I seized my idea, and started desperately looking […]
July 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Business Venture, London, London Tech Events, Seedcamp, Startup, Tech, Tech Events, Technical Stuff, Web 2.0 | No Comments