Archive for February, 2007

The other day I found this interesting note on the internet:
In the time of the great explorers Columbus, Magellan, and Drake many areas of the earth’s surface, especially the oceans, were uncharted. Most of the people still believed that the earth was flat. Legend among seaman held that sea monsters and other creatures lived in [...]

The Wi-Fi-FreeSpot™ Directory lists locations that provide free Wi-Fi. The list is mainly USA but includes other parts of the world too.
Their definition is : A Wi-Fi-FreeSpot is a location that offers Free Wi-Fi high speed wireless internet access to their customers and guests and/or the general public.

BBC News has an article titled Dream commuters cross borders. That is a very suitable distraction today when we in southern Sweden have strong wind, snow and icy roads.
It says that Britain’s commuters have the worst deal in all of Europe. They spend longer in their cars and trains than anyone else. But now there’s [...]

Technorati has a list of Popular Blogs. They list the biggest blogs in the blogosphere, as measured by unique links in the last six months. At the moment Engadget is top of the list with 26,188 links (and now they got a link from me too).

Site Search Tags: Technorati, blogs

I found an article titled How not to be a cultural knucklehead in a global business world over at Escape from Cubicle Nation. It is an interesting and useful read for everyone working in an international setting. I fully agree with what is written at the end, “applying these global etiquette principles is neither about [...]

GTDGmail is an extension to Firefox that integrates Getting Things Done (GTD) with Gmail.

The Chinese New Year starts on February 18 this year. It is the year of the Boar. The boar brings a year of goodwill to all with an excellent climate for business.
Learn more about the Chinese New Year at Wikipedia and About.

Fast Company has an interesting article titled The Brand Called You. It is some years old but still valid. Big companies understand the importance of brands. Today, in the Age of the Individual, you have to be your own brand. Here’s what it takes to be the CEO of Me Inc.
The article covers these:
+ What [...]

This weekend I attended a course about creativity and the subconscious. It was fun playing around with colours, using “the other hand” and finally trying to find a running thread in what we had created. One thing is pretty clear though, I will not make it as an artist but it was great fun.
“The other [...]

Getting Things Done (GTD) is a concept created by David Allen. I have looked at it a few times but it never got off the ground for me.
Today I found a blog post titled Getting Things Done with Remember The Milk. Coincidentally I have looked at Remember The Milk (RTM) before too but could [...]

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