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Turning Points
A regular correspondent of mine just posed an interesting question: “The Web has significantly evolved over the past 15 years. What have been the major milestones in the web’s evolution either in business or technology?” That’s quite a big Continue reading
Monday, July 18, 2011 in Thoughts on the World
…And Then Three Come Along All At Once
Reflections on an excellent Summer for live music Continue reading
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 in Reviews, Thoughts on the World
What’s in a Name?
I just had a bit of a scare. An app which tracks my Twitter activity informed me that “DignitasLtd” had started following me. Of course, I immediately thought of the Swiss clinic, and wondered what they knew that my doctor Continue reading
Thursday, July 7, 2011 in Uncategorized
Image Stabilisation – Know Your Limits?
I’ve blogged previously on the other merits of Canon’s wonderful EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens, but not really its image stabilisation characteristics. This shot from Cuba shows how good the lens is in that respect. The above is an Continue reading
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog, Photography
Low Cost Geotagging Using Bibble
I decided a while ago that it would be useful to “geotag” my photographs, i.e. to automatically record the location from which each is taken and add that to each images’s metadata. As my next photographic trip is to Iceland Continue reading
Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Photography, Travel
Journey, Foreigner and Styx
Thoughts on what makes a good live music performance Continue reading
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Reviews, Thoughts on the World
Back to Cuba!
Not literally, unfortunately, but I’m finally getting on top of my shots from last November’s trip, and I thought I’d share some of them with you. Here’s one I rather liked of a green car under dappled light on the Continue reading
Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog
iPad Communications Errors
I don’t know whether any other iPad / iPhone users out there get the same problem, but I’d be interested to hear if you do. Quite often I go to use an app which needs to communicate over the Internet, Continue reading
Saturday, June 18, 2011 in iPad, Thoughts on the World
Enterprise Architecture Conference 2011 Day 3
Well the third day of EAC 2011 came and went. My talk went well. Despite the last minute scheduling change I got a decent audience, and once in front of real listeners managed to find my style and pace again. Continue reading
No Plan B
Thoughts on the inadequacy of contingency planning on the British transport networks Continue reading
Enterprise Architecture Conference
Halfway through, and this is shaping up to be the best EAC I have attended for a while. I was umming and aahing about whether to attend yesterday’s seminar sessions, and couldn’t make up my mind which to join. In Continue reading
Thursday, June 9, 2011 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World
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