For 2 weeks during the recent holidays, 17 or so of our young and not so young people spent time in Fiji on a missions trip. They were working at a camp doing painting and other maintenance projects. Some of the highlights: – The members of the group […]
So we’re walking through the mall on Saturday just before lunch, and we pass a shop with manequins in the doorway … fully clothed but with no heads. Matthew (10) walks past, and then retraces his steps. He acts out the drawing of his light sabre, sound effects […]
On Thursday I met with Mark Bennett, the IT Manager for the New Zealand offices of a global organization. What’s interesting about Mark is that he comes from a very strong technical background in Microsoft and Citrix, and when he joined the Firm, he discovered a Notes shop […]
On Thursday I had a couple of meetings in Christchurch, and I knew that I’d be done by 12.30pm or so. Hence I faced a decision: should I do what I should do and go to the University and work on my PhD, or should I do what […]
Back in the day … in a previous professional life … 1999 I think … I was looking for staff for my growing collaboration software applications development firm. The second person I hired was Bradley Harrison … although he had no background in Lotus Notes, he was a […]
A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. “House” for instance, is feminine: “la casa.” “Pencil,” however, is masculine: “el lapiz..” A student asked, “What gender is ‘computer’?” Instead of giving the answer, the teacher […]
This is a “let the buyer beware post”, learned from hard experience (mine, in this case). I purchased the Lenovo X60 Tablet PC in May 2007 to replace my Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet. I find a Tablet incredibly helpful in my work, both in my advisory work with […]
I was in Christchurch yesterday afternoon for a meeting with my PhD supervisors, but before heading out to the University, I had the privilege of meeting Derek, Nick and Glen from CORE Education. Peter, a mutual friend for Derek and I, had made the introduction as what I’m […]
I was last at the San Francisco International Airport two years ago, and the wi-fi network was so-so. This year it is super-amazing … congrats to T-Mobile. I had a number of phone calls with international and domestic locations, blogged a number of posts, and even had a […]
Tonight was the GEEC dinner in Boston MA for 2007. We had 7 people in attendance … Eric, Simon, Larry, Seth, Adam. Tom and myself. How did you get into computers? – Adam … Always been interested in computers. Started with a Commodore 64. After math and economics […]
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