by cameron | Feb 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
A week ago I was asking around on Twitter for recommended “storage in the cloud” services and nobody was able to offer a service by a company who didn’t look like they were about to go out of business. Nobody even *mentioned* Microsoft’s SkyDrive, probably because it was limited to 1Gb and to people in the US and UK.
No more!
Today they’ve announced they have increased the (free) storage to 5Gb, it’s available in 35 countries AND… you can access is from a Mac. Nice one MSFT!
This is the first online service of Microsoft’s that I’ll have used since I dumped Hotmail in 2004. Of course, if Google had a similar service I’d probably use that, because everything else I do is with Google. And if they come out with something (which is bound to happen) then I’ll probably move over. Nice, though, to see Microsoft do something early and right in the online services space.
by cameron | Feb 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
As of March 29, this is my new office.
by cameron | Feb 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsyqjxMLM14]
Yep, gotta love that superior Apple engineering… it worked on a cold start.
by cameron | Feb 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
Nick Bruse sent me this t-shirt as a “thank you for letting me be part of TPN” gift yesterday before he left on his six month trip around South America. I love it! Very cool shirt. Safe travels mate!
by cameron | Feb 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
I enjoyed reading this article today by Fidel Castro where he challenges claims made by American Presidential nominee John McCain that he was tortured by Cubans in Vietnam. One of the things I admire about Fidel is his ability to communicate history and to explain political matters. We can all only hope to be this erudite and passionate when in our 80’s.
by cameron | Feb 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
I was having coffee with TPN host Nick Bruse this morning before he and his partner leave tomorrow to travel around South America for six months (anyone want to take over the Cleantech Show on TPN? Ping me). We were talking about the application of nanotechnology to building a cleaner world and I asked Nick if he’d every read K. Eric Drexler’s classic “Engines Of Creation”. He said he hadn’t and told me I should post my library up online. It got me thinking…
As I’m once again packing up my book collection into boxes, I thought it was a good time to make a database of the books I’ve got. Bronwen pointed me to this online tool called Shelfari which is pretty bloody good. You enter the title or author of the book and it searches a database and presents you with some options. You click on the “Add To My Bookshelf” button and search for the next book. You can share your collection with others and they have blog widgets, etc. Very nicely done!
When I was about 19 I met a self-made millionaire called Peter Daniels. He gave me this piece of advice: “Spend 10% of your income on your brain for the rest of your life.” Astoundingly simple but how many of us do that? Do you get that message drilled into you from the media, the government, the education system, the church? It’s one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received.
Tonight, as I peruse through my library, I have such fond memories of so many of these titles. I could probably tell you what lesson I learned from each one. Every book I’ve kept holds a special place in my library and in my life.
If you are what you read, then the below widget contains my brain. I am just starting to add them – check back over the next week to see my entire library.
http://www.shelfari.com/ws/shelf.swf
