Archive for the 'Alternative Technology' Category

Collaborating for Social Change - Notes from Session from ChainReaction08

Given that’s it’s a packed and intense two days during Chain Reaction 08, and that the WiFi connection is sporadic, and non-responsive at times, it means that the social reporting, and real time updates from the event are a little more challenging to get out.
For now - I’m going to just share my unabridged notes, […]

Unleasing a Chain Reaction across London

Today (Monday 17th November 2008) marked the inauguration of Chain Reaction 08, a two day conference in London which “will bring together social leaders, community activists, policy makers, business leaders, young people and people like you from around the globe to share learning and to generate new ideas for social change, locally, nationally and globally.”
Today […]

Does the food you eat affect the quality of your thinking?

I’m an avid reader of Steve Pavlina’s Blog, and an entry I was reading today, got me thinking.. I just had to post a response.
Steve Pavlina, for those of you who’ve never heard of him, is a Personal Development Innovater, who through his blog, and website is sharing his experiences with the world, with regards […]

Summary of Benefits of Wordpress

I’m going to be part of the team advocating WordPress tonight, as a blogging platform of choice,  and pulled together some brief notes on what makes WordPress so great.
Would love to hear your thoughts, on why you prefer WordPress over other blogging platforms, and also, a link to your WP blog, would be appreciated.
If you happen […]

Crowdsourced Obama to Win US Election! - Internet Predictions…

So, the US presidential elections are a hot topic, no doubt.. It seems I couldn’t avoid them, thanks to my colleage at work, who streamed the debates, and news from the US elections, into the office, each and every day!! Thanks Greg :)  As much as I wanted nothing better than to ignore it, like […]

Blogging of the Fortune 500

It seems that blogging is still very much a “new” phenomenon, with many larger and older established businesses and organisations approaching it with caution, and hesitation.  Just thinking of mainstream supermarkets in the UK, such as Sainsburys, Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons, and Marks and Spencers, I did a quick poll of their main websites, to find […]

SeedCamp Interview Day - a real Eye-Opener..

So I attended the SeedCamp Interview Day yesterday, and I have to say it was a real eye-opener…
I managed to arrive at the right building, in time, and found that the interviews were running a little late.  That bought me a bit of extra time to get to know some of the folks that were […]

SeedCamp - the contest

So I’ve entered a contest called SeedCamp, and I need your support.  What’s the contest about?  Well, it’s a competition, run by some of the big venture capitalists in Europe (read - people with lots of money, who made it big in the dot.com boom!), including founders of skype, bebo, and some bigwigs from google, […]

This weekend on the Events front….

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, […]

The Importance of Child Labor

For some reason, I’ve always, from a young age, subscribed to the belief that it’s a bad thing when children have to work, and that it’s wrong, and that it should be stopped. What I failed to realise, is the importance of children starting work at a young age. I was just watching […]